I HATE Stephen King. The only thing that I know of that I've liked from him was the film version of Shawshank. Which is doubly surprising as I'm not real big on Robbins either. If I want to read horror, I am likely to pick up a John Saul novel. My sister got me started on him years ago. If you're into horror type novels, you owe it to yourself to check out some of Saul's stuff. I would recommend The God Project as one of his best. Also noteworthy are The Unwanted and Creature.

EDIT TO ADD: This caveat though: Don't pick up a Saul book if you are in a mode to just skim through and not get deep into subtext. I've yet to see a Saul work that can just be slid through on mental cruise control.