Flight or Fright

Flight or Fright
First edition
EditorsStephen King
Bev Vincent
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror
PublisherCemetery Dance Publications
Publication date
September 4, 2018
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages336
ISBN978-1-587-67679-6

Flight or Fright is a horror anthology edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent, published by Cemetery Dance Publications on September 4, 2018. All of the stories within the anthology are about flight-based horrors.[1]

The audiobook of Flight or Fright was released on September 4, 2018, by Simon & Schuster Audio. It is narrated by Stephen King, Bev Vincent, Norbert Leo Butz, Christian Coulson, Santino Fontana, Simon Jones, Graeme Malcolm, Elizabeth Marvel, David Morse, and Corey Stoll.[2]

Background

At a dinner with friends, before a screening of The Dark Tower in Bangor, Maine, Stephen King brought up how much he hated flying. This sparked a conversation about various stories on the fear of flying, and other horrors that can happen in flight. King said "there [has] never been a collection of flight-based horror stories [...] someone ought to do the book", to which Richard Chizmar responded "I would, in a heartbeat." This discussion prompted King and Bev Vincent to collect and edit Flight or Fright, with Chizmar publishing it under Cemetery Dance Publications.[3]

Stories

# Title Author Originally published in
1 "Cargo" E. Michael Lewis Shades of Darkness (2008) by Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden
2 "The Horror of the Heights" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle November 1913 issue of The Strand Magazine
3 "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" Richard Matheson Alone by Night (1962) by Don Congdon & Michael Congdon
4 "The Flying Machine" Ambrose Bierce First published as "The Clipper of the Clouds" in the April 3, 1891 issue of the San Francisco Examiner
5 "Lucifer!" E. C. Tubb Vision of Tomorrow #3 (1969) by Philip Harbottle
6 "The Fifth Category" Tom Bissell Fall 2014 issue of The Normal School
7 "Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds" Dan Simmons April 1988 issue of Omni
8 "Diablitos" Cody Goodfellow A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession (2017) by Scott R. Jones
9 "Air Raid" John Varley Asimov's Choice: Black Holes & Bug-Eyed-Monsters (1977) by George H. Scithers
10 "You Are Released"` Joe Hill Previously unpublished
11 "Warbirds" David J. Schow A Dark and Deadly Valley (2007) by Mike Heffernan
12 "The Flying Machine" Ray Bradbury The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953) by Ray Bradbury
13 "Zombies on a Plane" Bev Vincent Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology (2010) by Michael McCrary & Joe McKinney
14 "They Shall Not Grow Old" Roald Dahl Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946) by Roald Dahl
15 "Murder in the Air" Peter Tremayne The Mammoth Book of Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000) by Mike Ashley
16 "The Turbulence Expert" Stephen King Previously unpublished
17 "Falling" James Dickey February 11, 1967 issue of The New Yorker

Reception

Publishers Weekly called Flight or Fright "a strong anthology full of satisfying tales", saying it "will have the reader thinking twice about flying."[4] Becky Spratford of Booklist said, "Whether readers take it to the airport or read it with feet firmly planted on the ground, Flight or Fright delivers on its promised theme and will make the next plane ride a little more exciting."[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Squires, John (March 12, 2018). "Stephen King Edited Horror Anthology 'Flight or Fright' Will Include New King Story!". Bloody Disgusting!. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Barkan, Jonathan (September 5, 2018). "Christian Coulson Narrates Exclusive Excerpt From Stephen King and Bev Vincent-Edited Anthology Audiobook". Dread Central. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Sprague, Mike (March 15, 2018). "Flight or Fright: New Horror Anthology Novel Edited by Stephen King Lands This September". Dread Central. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "Flight or Fright". Publishers Weekly. July 9, 2018. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  5. ^ Spratford, Becky (August 2018). "Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales Review". Booklist. Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association. Archived from the original on March 27, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.