King never set out to be a horror writer and doesn't consider himself one now.

"I could have written much more if I'd had a computer," said the famous horror writer, or something like that.

Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer.

Also on the island is an institute, where a Lovecraftian horror writer has a terrible secret that even he doesn't know.

A frequently asked question is 'What scares a horror writer?'

The fading number of outlets for horror writers means that most new work gets its exposure on Web sites or through small publishers.

The horror writer Joseph Freeman was a resident between 2000 - 2009, and has set some of his work here.

No horror writer is more adept at making the stomach churn".

Dean, an obsessed horror writer is holed up with his neglected wife, Dana.

There are regular cults that spring up, particularly about horror writers," Eliot said.