About
Bev Vincent is the author of Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life and Influences (nominated for a 2023 Locus Award), The Dark Tower Companion, The Road to the Dark Tower (nominated for a Bram Stoker Award), and The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, nominated for a 2010 Edgar® Award and a 2009 Bram Stoker Award. In 2018, he co-edited the anthology Flight or Fright (a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee) with Stephen King.
His short fiction has appeared in places like Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Borderlands 5, Ice Cold, and The Blue Religion. Four of his stories were collected in When the Night Comes Down and another four in a CD Select eBook. His story "The Bank Job" won the Al Blanchard Award. "The Honey Trap" from Ice Cold was nominated for an ITW Thriller Award in 2015 and "Zombies on a Plane" was nominated for an Ignotus Award in 2020.
His non-fiction has appeared in diverse magazines, including The Poetry Foundation, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, Screem, Pensacola Magazine and Texas Gardener. He has been a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine since 2001 and is a former member of the Storytellers Unplugged blogging community. He also writes book reviews for Onyx Reviews. He has served as a judge for the Al Blanchard, Shirley Jackson and Edgar Awards.
His work has been translated into: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, HItalian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Prone and supine
I didn’t get any writing done this morning as my session was taken up with preparing supporting material for a grant application. These things are long shots, as a rule, but if I don’t apply I definitely won’t get one, … Continue reading
Murder and Mayhem
Still banging away at the new Chapter 1 of my novel. I spend a lot of time rewriting the early stuff and then getting a little farther each morning. I’m getting close to the end of the chapter. Hopefully by … Continue reading
Video update
I’ve reconsidered my approach to the new novel over the last few days. My original plan with the rewrite was to convert the first chapter into what could be considered a prolog and then backtrack chronologically to detail the events … Continue reading
Julia Child is in my sights
We were sitting at the dining room table chatting after supper when I heard a truck pull up and stop out front. UPS is like clockwork in our neighborhood, so I suspected it was them. I peered out between the … Continue reading
Order up!
A cool, drizzly day. I know Texas well enough to not believe that summer is over yet, even though another cool front is predicted for a few days from now. Without warning it can end up over 90° again. I … Continue reading
One NCIS, not two
I’m reaching the end of my first pass through the first chapter of the novel. So far I’ve cut about three pages from it, and I suspect more will get lopped off during subsequent revisions. Since the scene’s place in … Continue reading
Homage
Can’t complain about the rainy cool weather too much since it’s been so hot and dry for months. It’s actually a good, solid rain, but it’s causing some street flooding in the city. Nothing like in other parts of the … Continue reading
Paree
Last Friday was my 20th anniversary at my day job. It’s hard to imagine. One of my pert coworkers brought it to my attention that she was 8 when I joined the company. My father worked for the same employer … Continue reading
Deal or no deal
Scratching your head trying to figure out why Agent Jessup from Fringe looks familiar? Well, she was normally seen wearing more flattering apparel when she was opening up briefcases on Deal or No Deal. Is she going to hang around … Continue reading
Puff or no puff
My Storytellers Unplugged essay this month is now online: What I Did on My Summer Vacation. Degrees of separation: here’s my Peter, Paul and Mary story. My wife and I spent the weekend of my 40th birthday at the Kerrville … Continue reading