A review by becthree
Flight or Fright by Bev Vincent, Stephen King

3.75

For such a specific subgenre (microgenre?), there's quite a bit of variety here. Material from classic authors such as Roald Dahl, Arthur Conan Doyle, and, pleasantly surprising enough, Ambrose Bierce; masters of science fiction and horror like Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Dan Simmons, an offering from editor Stephen King, and even a poem from James Dickey, author of Deliverance. Though none were outright scary to me, these stories will stick with readers to varying degrees. Joe Hill's story, "You Are Released", was the most persistent in my mind as it was timely at publication and has become timely again through current events, and honestly probably will be to some degree for quite a while. Bottom line, this is a solid collection, and I can't say it made me any more apprehensive about flying than that baseline unease I usually have. Definitely no window seats for me though.