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
Category Archives: Castle
Elementary
Acceptance letters make me smile. I received one last night from a relatively new Canadian pro market for a story called “Matthias Comes Home From the War.” More details once all the paperwork is finished. I also received the page … Continue reading
Did the butler do it?
Here we go again. A nice, sunny day, highs in the fifties. Not summer weather by any stretch of the imagination, but I can go outside without needing a jacket. And then tomorrow we get hit with an 80% chance … Continue reading
Not as seen on TV
Wrote the first 750 words of a new short story this morning after two false starts. It’s a little slow going because I’m still finding my way in this historical context, but it’s coming together. And there’s a positive omen: … Continue reading
From Socrates to Snookie
According to CNN, as of this morning there was snow on the ground in all fifty states except Florida. And, yes, that includes Hawaii, the meteorologist clarified, as if someone might speculate that Hawaii wasn’t one of the fifty. Our … Continue reading
That 70s Castle Show
For several years, I’ve been trying to remember the title and author of a book I read in high school. I would get close, but it kept slipping away. I thought the author’s first name might be Eric and that … Continue reading
Today’s evidence
This morning I found a new market for the story that was rejected yesterday and then wrote a brand new 250-word flash fiction story for the CBC Literary Awards flash fiction contest. They provide a prompt of a few words … Continue reading
The truth is out there
My Storytellers Unplugged essay Contests? No Contest is now live for your reading enjoyment. There’s a new review of On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association at Famous Monsters of Filmland today. The book continues to sell … Continue reading
Bad things happen in darkness
Elton John no longer feels the need to make hit records. He’s had his long run, so now he can be self indulgent and do what he wants. So what happens with The Union? It’s his biggest hit in decades. … Continue reading
Another fun-filled day in the six counties
When it remembers how to rain around here, it does it up in style. We had heavy rains overnight on Sunday, and more again through the night last night. Badly needed. Maybe now I can stop watering the lawn. I … Continue reading
Acting your age
To celebrate the publication of Tuttu su Stephen King, today’s entry will be written entirely in Italian. However, because I have cleverly embedded a babelfish in the post, you won’t notice the difference. I’m told that dvd.it has this translation … Continue reading