Do you know Stephen King, the “King of Horror”? Undoubtedly. Do you know Stephen King - the edgy, uncompromising, intelligent postmodernist? Maybe. But there is another Stephen King. Stephen King is a brilliant, lively, direct author of the history of the “black genre” from its very origins to its most odious, mass-cultural manifestations. Here is literally “everything you wanted to know about horror, but were afraid to ask.” And here in front of you is an infinitely original literary work that absolutely and decisively does not fit into ANY CONCEPT OF STEPHEN KING. Don't believe me? Read it and see for yourself!