A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, do you enjoy novels?
I do. I really like horror novels.
So closer to genre fiction than literary fiction? Do you like Stephen King?
Yes Stephen King is definitely my favorite. I met him once and he's very nice!
Wow that is cool, I'm actually a big fan of Stephen King myself. Did you read his Dark Tower Series? He was born in 1947
No I didn't read the Dark Tower Series. I think Pet Semetary was my favorite.
There are eight books so there is a lot to get into but what I like about it the most is that it connects almost every other work he has done. It's pretty heavy dark fantasy and science fiction though.
Oh that's really cool. I'm going to have to check it out. His son is an author too.
Dark fantasy
Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate darker and frightening themes of fantasy. It also often combines fantasy with elements of horror or has a gloomy, darker tone, or a sense of horror and dread.
A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L. Grant and Karl Edward Wagner are credited with having coined the term "dark fantasy"—although both authors were
pulp fiction is quite another".
At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards in 2016, Tarantino received criticism after using the term "ghetto" while accepting the Golden Globe for best original score on behalf of composer Ennio Morricone, saying, "Wow, this is really cool. Do you realize that Ennio Morricone, who, as far as I am concerned, is my favorite composer – and when I say "favorite composer", I don't mean movie composer, that ghetto. I'm talking about Mozart. I