I've always shy writing horror. That statement is a bit of antithesis since I do read so much of this dark side of the fantastic genre. I've read countless Stephen King books, with a sprinkling of Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Bentley Little and other horrormeisters. However, whenever I tried to sit down and write a horror story, it doesn't always turn out right. It either turns out to be too cheesy and off-kilter that I have to abandon writing it altogether.