User blog comment:Subjectshadow666/what is this becoming/@comment-25052433-20140815050213

The big question to ask here though, is what constitutes scary? Ghosts? Demons? Loneliness? There are many ways that the writer can go about attempting to inspire fear in the reader, and obviously, not everyone is going to think the same thing is as scary.

I think what we need to strive for is quality, with a focus on the horror genre. Quality speaks for itself. If you look at writers like Stephen King, you'll find that some of their finest works have not been traditional horror novels.

The Dark Tower series for example, which is probably the best work of King, is not a scary story, yet it's still amazing in every which way.