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
Author Archives: Bev Vincent
2019 in review (III): Books
I read–or listened to–just over fifty books this year. You can find the full list here. A few were audiobooks that I listened to in the car. Several were books I read to my wife in the evening, part of … Continue reading
2019 in review (II): Movies
I know a lot of people are doing “best of the decade” lists, but I can barely manage “best of the year,” so that’s what you’re gonna get! I saw something on the order of 80 movies so far this … Continue reading
2019 in review (I): TV
I don’t do Top X lists. As I’ve said before and elsewhere, my mind simply doesn’t function that way. I might be able to present a list of 10 unordered items, but that’s the best I could manage. When it … Continue reading
Two dozen
It’s been a while since I’ve added a new entry to this site. Busy times. Let me catch up on the major events. First, there was a signing at Murder by the Book for the anthology The Eyes of Texas, … Continue reading
That essay has no title
I’ve been a fan of Elton John and his music since the mid-70s. I’ve seen him in concert numerous times (the first and most memorable was at Wembley Stadium in June 1984) and his music has been the soundtrack to … Continue reading
The Accidental Novel
We made it through Tropical Storm Imelda unscathed, although the same cannot be said for many in the vicinity. We received somewhere between five and seven inches of rain, most of it on Friday, which isn’t all that unusual for … Continue reading
Honours
Yes, I spelled it the Canadian way. I do that sometimes. Honours come in all sizes, big and small. It is an honour to be nominated for an award, or to get honourable mention. It’s also an honour to appear … Continue reading
Jolly good Fellowes
Yesterday was interesting. I was interviewed by Anthony Brenzican a couple of weeks ago for an article he was writing about King for the New York Times. He used to write for Entertainment Weekly and is now working for Vanity … Continue reading
I’ll be the judge of that
One of the (many) great things about KillerCon in Round Rock, TX (near Austin) is that I can drive to it in under three hours. Traveling long distances isn’t nearly as much fun as it used to be…and was it … Continue reading
The heat is on…but the A/C isn’t
Every few (or several) months, I update the online version of my Cemetery Dance column News from the Dead Zone. The latest post went live on Friday, with a summary of everything coming in September, in the final months of … Continue reading