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Dees' current subject of investigation is the Night Flier, an apparent serial killer who travels between small airports in a Cessna Skymaster, gruesomely killing people in a way that leads Dees to think the man is a lunatic who believes himself to be a vampire.Īfter only a few days of interviewing witnesses and following the killer's trail in his own Beechcraft Bonanza, Dees overtakes the Night Flier during a violent thunderstorm at Wilmington International Airport, and quickly learns that he is badly mistaken about his would-be quarry: it is, indeed, a vampire that is doing the killings. The story centers on Richard Dees, a deeply cynical reporter from a trashy supermarket tabloid called Inside View. "The Night Flier" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King, first published in the 1988 anthology Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror, and then in King's own 1993 Nightmares & Dreamscapes collection. Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror (1st release),

They do share themes of small-town isolation and ignorance, however, and Flanagan is the first to admit to "Storm of the Century" being a big influence on "Midnight Mass.Short story by Stephen King "The Night Flier" "Midnight Mass" is a much more spiritual story about humans that wrestle with their faith and how that faith can be weaponized against them and "Storm of the Century" is more about a community having to make an impossible choice. That's not to say Flanagan ripped off King for this story, but the parallels are pretty impossible to miss if you're a hardcore King nerd. In "Storm of the Century," a 1999 original miniseries penned by King, a strange being with supernatural powers appears on a small, coastal island, and it's up to the town's sheriff, who works out of the community's sole grocery store, and a handful of islanders to stand up to this menace. The writer/director's Netflix series " Midnight Mass" is a story set on a small coastal island that is visited by a strange being with supernatural powers, and it's up to the town's sheriff, who works out of the community's sole grocery store, and a handful of islanders to stand up to this menace.