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A review by organchordsandlightning
Flight or Fright by Stephen King, Bev Vincent
4.0
In general, I wish there were more books like this. I guess the closest thing that would come similar is themed literary magazines, though usually those are rather short? I just wish that there were more thick horror books about a particular idea. The fear of flying is so pervasive in culture that each story can focus on a distinct aspect of it.
That being said, as one might expect from an anthology, some stories held my attention more than others. Joe Hill's piece was my personal favorite (actually my first introduction to Joe Hill!). Short, quick, with strikingly memorable characters and a fantastic frightening premise. I also really liked the one about the demon on the wing just for a weakness to psychological horror. Arthur Conan Doyle's was also good fun.
The military-focused ones were a little more of a slog to get through - I can entirely understand why they were put in the anthology, as you might imagine how fear of flying and military would mix.
That being said, as one might expect from an anthology, some stories held my attention more than others. Joe Hill's piece was my personal favorite (actually my first introduction to Joe Hill!). Short, quick, with strikingly memorable characters and a fantastic frightening premise. I also really liked the one about the demon on the wing just for a weakness to psychological horror. Arthur Conan Doyle's was also good fun.
The military-focused ones were a little more of a slog to get through - I can entirely understand why they were put in the anthology, as you might imagine how fear of flying and military would mix.