#1 New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Stephen King teams up with Bev Vincent of Cemetery Dance to present a terrifying collection of sixteen short stories (and one poem) that tap into one of King’s greatest fears—air travel—featuring previously unpublished stories by King and Joe Hill, “an expertly compiled collection of tales that entertain and scare” (Booklist).
Stephen King hates to fly, and he and co-editor Bev Vincent would like to share their fear of flying with you.
Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you’re suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph, and sealed up in a metal tube (like—gulp!—a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. Here are all the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we’ll bet you’ve never thought of before... but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and place your fate in the hands of a total stranger.
Featuring previously unpublished “standouts” (Publishers Weekly) by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and many others, Flight or Fright is, as King says, “ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descents…Even if you are safe on the ground, you might want to buckle up nice and tight.”
Each story is introduced by Stephen King and all will have you thinking twice about how you want to reach your final destination.

- 352 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Stephen King: Introduction
- E. Michael Lewis: Cargo
- Arthur Conan Doyle: The Horror of the Heights
- Richard Matheson: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
- Ambrose Bierce: The Flying Machine
- E. C. Tubb: Lucifer!
- Tom Bissell: The Fifth Category
- Dan Simmons: Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds
- Cody Goodfellow: Diablitos
- John Varley: Air Raid
- Joe Hill: You Are Released
- David J. Schow: Warbirds
- Ray Bradbury: The Flying Machine
- Bev Vincent: Zombies on a Plane
- Roald Dahl: They Shall Not Grow Old
- Peter Tremayne: Murder in the Air
- Stephen King: The Turbulence Expert
- James L. Dickey: Falling
- Bev Vincent: Afterword: An Important Message from the Flight Deck
- About the Authors
- About the Editors
- Permissions
- Copyright
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