Danse Macabre
You may think that Danse Macabre is a suitable name for the novel of King but at reading you will find out that it is a non-fiction introduction to the horror world. It was published at the beginning of 80s. Danse Macabre follows the well-known Kings novels Carrie, The Shining and The Stand. Danse Macabre is a kind of answer about the horror genre because many ask about it.
The novel Danse Macabre contains information about King´s genre influences, for example, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson (who is praised by King in the interviews). King works as a real master in this factory of horror and readers follow this path of genre.
If you know little about the horrors of the author, you would find other new authors and materials about this genre. King mentions Dracula of Bram Stocker and Frankenstein of Mary Shelley which were the first novels of this genre and today they are the fundamentals for the horror writers.
Danse Macabre has the description of the process of the author´s writing. This can be found in On Writing which contains personal and detailed description of the process. The real fans will feel the originality and freshness of the ideas but sometimes King admits lack of it. He realizes that everything has been done before and other writers also accept it. They just use these standards which have been made by the other authors. But a writer should use it carefully and make it work with good results, and King understands it and he has a success.
You will enjoy this dark side of psyche. King sets an example of successful and popular fiction and the other writers should strive for such result. Danse Macabre is a novel of deep and insightful look into the dark horror world.
