I love Dean Koontz. Hes just as original as Stephen King but not so wordy. My favorite was One Door Away From Heaven. It was not anything near a horror. Its a very surprising book. You will never guess where it ends up but its a wonderful story. Door to December is good too. I have read a couple of his that will gross you out though. I cant remember the name of it but the bad guy turned into swarms of roaches and stuff and I thought that was creepy.