Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories

Description: Remember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on "The Twilight Zone, " John Lithgow saw it in the movie--even Bart Simpson saw it! "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic Richard Matheson stories in this collection of 20 of his most memorable tales of fear and paranoia.

Brief description: Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. He has since published over 40 books and has become one of the world's most successful writers. Stephen lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities.

Review Quotes:

"Be warned: you are in the hands of a writer who asks no quarter and gives none. He will wring you dry . . . and when you close this volume he will leave you with greatest gift a writer can give: he will leave you wanting more." --Stephen King, from his Introduction

"Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions . . . ." --The New York Times

"One of those who have moved imaginative fiction from the sidelines into the literary mainstream. May he be writing far into the twenty-first century." --Ray Bradbury

"Matheson is the master of paranoia-pitting a single man against unknown horrors and examining his every slow twist in the wind." --San Jose Mercury News