Horror isn't about jump scares. It's that persistent sense of dread that we get when we're shown the parts of ourselves that terrify us. At that, King excels.

No one does Urban Fantasy better than Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden. Fair warning, there are like 20 of them.

Time Traveler's Wife meets About Time. Beautiful and heartbreaking. See also: Vicious, A Darker Shade of Magic.