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: May 2008
The vanishing comic shop
So, once a month I make the arduous trek five miles down the thoroughfare, across the interstate and through the back streets of another community to get to the strip center that houses the only comic shop in the vicinity … Continue reading
CSI and a half
We had record-setting rainfall yesterday. Glad I haven’t gotten around to watering the lawn lately. Last night’s Two and a Half Men, scripted by the writers from C.S.I., was a hoot. There was a guest appearance by the guy who … Continue reading
Two and a half CSIs
An interesting experiment: C.S.I. and Two and a half Men are swapping writers for this week’s episodes. The trailer for tonight’s comedy looks interesting but I’m wondering how the comedy guys are going to do on a techie show. Today … Continue reading
The curse of the idol is broken!
I finished the first Dexter novel and proceeded immediately into the second. Good stuff. The ending of the book was a bit of a surprise, especially what happens with his sister and the Lieutenant. I finally remembered to watch Back … Continue reading
Freezing in Grand Central Station
One of our Easter Lilies flowered this morning. We have several more that are fixin’ to in the coming days. The plants seem to get taller every year, despite the fact that they are competing for sunshine with a few … Continue reading