Nightmare At 20,000 Feet

by Richard Matheson

First published 2002

John Valentine is a businessman on a routine flight. But when he looks out the window, he sees a horrifying sight: a monstrous creature tearing at the plane's wing. Trapped in the air, John must confront his own fears and a deadly threat that could bring the plane crashing down. With the flight in peril and his sanity unraveling, John faces a nightmare from which there may be no escape.

Genres: fiction, suspense, horror, thriller

Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful

Tropes: man-vs-nature, unreliable-narrator

Setting: 20,000 Feet

Period: 20th-Century

336 pages · Hardcover · Tor Books

Content warnings: anxiety, violence

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