User blog comment:Ameagle/Most Unique Horror Story You've Ever Read?/@comment-5632489-20150719204250/@comment-26030957-20150720015442

Most of Stephen King's stories are not unique at all. He blatantly says that most of his ideas are from H. P. Lovecraft and old E.C. horror comics. Pet Sematary is based on the old folk tale The Monkey's Paw. If you read/write creepypasta you should definitely be familiar with this classic tale of want and woe with a twist that rivals any pasta.

Somewhere along the way it just seems King became a parody of himself. Also, while he started off as a horror writer his work just became more and more dark fantasy and really, in my opinion, cheesy.

That being said, Salem's Lot is my favorite as well, Grim with Pet Semetary The Stand and The Shining trailing along behind there.

Hey, you guys remember that bog I wrote "The Shining: King or Kubrick"? Wasn't that fun? Some really, really different opinions in that one that really revealed the diversity of our little creepypasta community.