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: April 2008
Jailhouse rocks
I’m not sure about Catherine Tate as the new companion on Doctor Who. The jury is out. We’ll see. After two excellent companions in a row, she’s got big boots to fill—and all I’ve seen so far is a big … Continue reading
One for you, nineteen for me
It’s tax day. Do you know where your return is? I’m a regular at one place, and one place only—the Brooklyn Cafe, which started out as a bagel shop and expanded to do more expansive breakfasts and lunches. It’s still … Continue reading
Signing my life away
I had a book signing at Murder By The Book in Houston on Saturday afternoon for The Blue Religion, which is officially published today. It was a beautiful day, so many people found other things to do, but the turnout … Continue reading
Dabu Dabu
Did you get the impression Jeff knew that Erik was having one over on the group when he claimed that the word he came up with for the merged tribe (Dabu) was “good” in Micronesian? Jeff’s grin seemed to say, … Continue reading
Something in Store
The publicist for The Blue Religion produced a very nice four-page press release about the anthology. It’s nice working with a publicist again. The book comes out on Tuesday, by the way, in both trade paperback and hardcover format, so … Continue reading
Buy a book or a story!
Visit my new store for links to books containing my stories and essays
Murder By The Book
On April 12, 2008, starting at 2 pm, I will be signing The Blue Religion, the MWA anthology containing my story “Rule Number One” at Murder By The Book in Houston. Later that afternoon, Pulitzer Prize-nominated crime novelist Ace Atkins … Continue reading
Exit Wounds
Quick reminder: if you’ll be in Houston on Saturday at 2 pm, I’ll be signing at Murder By the Book on Bissonet. Full details about the event can be found here. I watched the season finale of Torchwood last night. … Continue reading
Ketchup
I spent last evening catching up on recorded TV episodes since there was nothing new on except for Samantha Who?, which is one of those shows that I’m continuing to watch but wouldn’t miss if it vanished. I’m not a … Continue reading
Fricasseed finger
I flew to Baltimore on Friday morning to attend The Three Kings, a PEN/Faulkner event featuring Stephen, Tabitha and Owen King. It was originally supposed to be held at the Folger Shakespeare Library, but due to heavy demand it was … Continue reading