Stephen Kingish

English

Etymology

Stephen King + -ish

Adjective

Stephen Kingish (comparative more Stephen Kingish, superlative most Stephen Kingish)

1. Reminiscent of the style of Stephen King (1947–), American author of horror, supernatural fiction, and fantasy.
   • 1997 December 14, Kevin Fredde, “Stephen King & PMP”, in alt.tv.x-files‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Did Stephen King write PMP?? There was mysteriously no writing credit given on this episode and it was kind of Stephen Kingish in quality. And I had heard the rumor a couple years ago that he wanted to write an episode.

   • 2002 September 24, EDimoff [username], “Re: ATWT scripts”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.cbs‎^[2] (Usenet):

     My fear is not that he is being controlled from above from writing the good stories he can but that he has some kind of disdain for the genre and ATWT's historic characters in particular and would be happier writing for something more Stephen Kingish or Twin Peaksy.

   • 2006 March 3, GabrielM [username], “Re: John Connolly's "Nocturnes"”, in alt.books.ghost-fiction‎^[3] (Usenet):

     The first story actually sets the wrong tone, it's a very Stephen Kingish type of contemporary thriller and the rest of the collection has more of an antiquarian feel.