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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
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2021 in Review – Part 2: TV/Streaming
Before I get into my overview of TV, I have an addition to make to my publication list for 2021. Today is publication day for the anthology Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, Vol. 6, which contains my story “The … Continue reading
2021 in Review – Part 1: Publications
It has been a long time since I posted to my blog. I keep intending to, but there are so many other shiny objects out there to occupy my waking hours, that I kept putting it off. As the end … Continue reading
Moderna World
My wife and I received our second Moderna vaccine doses on Sunday morning. Out of an abundance of caution, I decided to take yesterday off from the day job, as I’d heard there was a strong possibility of side-effects on … Continue reading
1.00 Years of Solitude
The last time we went to a restaurant was on March 12, 2020. We had pizza at Bellagreen, one of our favorite neighborhood establishments. We’d been out to eat three other times earlier that month. Since then, other than ordering … Continue reading
Deep freeze
In a couple of weeks—on March 2nd, to be specific—Hard Case Crime will publish their third Stephen King novel, Later. Although King is generally thought of as a horror writer, he has written numerous crime short stories, novellas and novels, giving … Continue reading
The long and the short of it
My most recent publications include a flash fiction story and a novella. The flash story is a touch over 1400 words (I’m not sure I’d consider it flash fiction at that length, but that’s what the publisher calls it, so … Continue reading
2020 in Review (3): TV Series
We watched several movies since my last entry and enjoyed them all, to varying degrees. First was Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which is adapted from a stage play and looks it, with its set-pieces and long soliloquys. It’s difficult to … Continue reading
2020 in Review (2): Movies
According to my movie log, I watched on average a movie per week during 2020. The last one we saw in a theater was probably 1917 and boy does that seem like a long time ago. The long list includes … Continue reading
2020 in Review (1): Publications
Seriously, who wants to remember 2020? It’s a year that we’re looking forward to seeing only through the rearview mirror where, as everyone knows, objects may be closer than they seem. I have high(er) hopes for 2021, what with the … Continue reading
Ho, ho…ho!
It’s been a good day. Two short story acceptances within several hours. I don’t think that’s ever happened before. There have been days when I’ve had two rejections, but not this! The first acceptance was for a twisted Christmas story … Continue reading