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
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It was 100° the day we arrived in San Francisco, the tail end of a heat wave, but it moderated quickly after that. Most days the temperature was in the seventies and it was in the forties at night, which … Continue reading
Every day, the same old thing
Spent much of the weekend reading over the manuscript for my next book before it goes off to the copy editor. I found a bunch of typos and slip-ups. Not a ton, but enough. I still have a fair amount … Continue reading
Unless this is the one where…
Trying to whip my new short story into shape. I need to get it into the mail by Tuesday morning to make the deadline. I also posted two new book reviews at Onyx Reviews: Long Gone by Alafair Burke and … Continue reading
Exotic marigolds
Part 2 of Episode 2 of the Lilja & Lou Podcast is now online for your listening pleasure. I join L&L to talk about The Wind Through the Keyhole and my book, The Stephen King Illustrated Companion. I got some more … Continue reading
RPM
I turned in my review of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County to FEARnet this weekend so you should see it in a day or two. I also posted reviews of Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh and The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King. … Continue reading
Salmon fishing
The table of contents for Chilling Tales 2, edited by Micheal Kelly, was announced this weekend: In Libitina’s House by Camille Alexa Gingerbread People by Colleen Anderson Meteor Lake by Kevin Cockle Homebody by Gemma Files Snowglobes by Lisa L … Continue reading
Smiley’s people
Since turning in my manuscript last weekend, I’ve been taking it relatively easy. For three days in a row I didn’t even go upstairs to my office. I did work on a couple of diagrams for the manuscript, though, and … Continue reading
A time-traveling island? How novel.
Got a little behind schedule this month, so my Storytellers Unplugged essay is a revised rerun: The Day Job. Originally posted in 2005, it is still as true for me today as it was back then. We’ve had enough rain … Continue reading
I’m speaking Danish. No. You aren’t.
Making good headway on the work in progress. I see I have roughly 80 days before my deadline. That’s ok. I wrote all of The Stephen King Illustrated Companion in half that time so I should be in good shape. … Continue reading
Sitting pretty
That’s my Christmas gift over there, a recliner. The fact that it reclines is the least important aspect. See the way the back is recessed? The lower ridge supports my lower back, which has been causing me problems for a … Continue reading