Conversations on writing with Anne Rice, Stephen King, Umberto Eco, and more
Sharing excerpts from author interviews, including blockbuster horror authors Anne Rice and Stephen King, and more. Also sharing more info about the authors and links for further reading.
15 Best Horror Authors: Dead and Alive
Find out more about some of horror fiction’s most well-known and beloved authors. Including info and links for Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, and more!
Stephen King on the return of HOLLY in his latest novel: “I could never let Holly Gibney go.”
Watch Stephen King read from his new book, Holly. The horror author shares how he came to care so much for a walk-on character that he kept bringing her back. We also have more info about the book and about King’s epic work as an author.
Stephen King: ‘Holly’—return of the beloved character from ‘Mr. Mercedes’
Holly Gibney returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. “I could never let Holly Gibney go,” King says.
28 Striking Vampire Books—including horror, romance, fantasy, and comedy titles
This list of remarkable vampire books shows classics to blockbuster series—ranging from horror and romance to fantasy or even comedy. Which books would you add to the list?
Complete Talisman series by Stephen King and Peter Straub
A look behind the scenes of the blockbuster series co-written by these horror fiction masters. “I like the idea of horror,” Peter Straub says, “to speak truths otherwise ignored or suppressed.”
Top 70 Horror Authors and Their Work (According to Google)
Who are YOUR favorite horror authors? We’ve got behind-the-scenes info on popular horror writers Stephen King, Tananarive Due, Mary Shelley, Koji Suzuki, Ray Bradbury, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and many more!
Celebrating 40 years of Stephen King’s CHRISTINE
Celebrating now 40 years, the classic Stephen King horror novel Christine tells the story of a car possessed by dark supernatural forces. The book was also adapted—that same year—as a movie directed by John Carpenter.
Complete Dark Tower series by Stephen King: “It’s fun to play with a world where feelings of mysticism and wonder are taken for granted.”
Find out all about Stephen King’s multiverse fantasy western series Dark Tower. “If you create an entirely new, fictional world, readers who participate in the creation of that world say, ‘Fine. Let it exist according to its own laws,’” King says. “That’s wonderful.”
Multiverse Fiction: 22 Diverting Examples of Parallel Universe Stories
Lately, there have been lots of references to alternate realities in pop culture, including the Oscar-winning movie Everything Everywhere All At Once. Interested in exploring some of these examples? In the list below were going to look over several cases, ranging from literature, TV, movies, and more.
Stephen King: ‘The Shining’—when the author explored his own secrets
In Stephen King’s classic novel The Shining, Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. “Consciously, King was writing Jack Torrance as a kind of exorcism,” author Grady Hendrix says.
Flashback: Stephen King—It
Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.
Top 61 Monster Complex posts in 2022 about authors and books
Here at Monster Complex we explore the pages of urban fantasy, horror, supernatural thrillers, paranormal, zombie, vampire, magic and other kinds of monster fiction. Here are the most popular articles about horror fiction that folks were reading on Monster Complex last year…
27 Monster Musicals (Pt 2): From King Kong and the rock band KISS to Beauty and the Beast and more
Continuing our series celebrating musicals that celebrate monsters, we’ve got more titles for the list—including Little Shop of Horrors, plus musicals from Stephen King and Batman!
Ranking 61 Stephen King Novels
King has sold LOTS of horror fiction, which has also been adapted for a bunch of movies, TV shows, and more. Book reviewer Jimmy Mango lists the best Stephen King books…
10 Best Horror Books—Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, more
When things get dark, horror fiction allows you to practice being brave. The best horror stories take you for a terrifying ride. Whether you’re a horror expert or getting into these books for the first time, check out this great list of 10 horror books for you.
Stephen King’s 5 favorite Stephen King stories
Stephen King stopped by “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Colbert and King talked about a few things—and Colbert asked his guest which of Stephen King’s books are his favorites…
Fairy Tale By Stephen King [Spotlight]
Stephen King Reveals a Chapter from FAIRY TALE: In this spellbinding novel, a 17-year-old boy inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war…
‘Salem’s Lot’ Movie Delayed Nearly a Year
New Line has pushed back the film until 2023 due to COVID-19 related delays. In Salem’s Lot, writer Ben Mears returns to his childhood home and discovers something sinister at work.
Stephen King, Richard Chizmar: Gwendy’s Final Task (Gwendy’s Button Box Trilogy #3) - Spotlight
Evil forces seek to possess the button box and it is up to Senator Gwendy Peterson to keep it from them. At all costs. But where can you hide something from such powerful entities?