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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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It is done
I finished my latest manuscript at about 9:30 pm on Sunday, April 1. That’s about an hour and a half ahead of my deadline. It worked out just right. I put in two more 14-hour days on Saturday and Sunday … Continue reading
A different kind of sound
An audio version of my short story “Silvery Moon,” which can also be found in When the Night Comes Down, is now available for your listening pleasure at Tales to Terrify, the same people who brought you recordings of the … Continue reading
Hey! Wasn’t that…???
I’m derelict in my duties. I neglected to post a link to my March Storytellers Unplugged essay, which went live on Saturday. Better late than never: Famous People. I had to go to the Social Security office today to tell them … Continue reading
Happy accidents
I’ve been conducting a bunch of interviews lately for my next book. Some of them have been with people who are very busy. They really want to take part in the project—it’s just a matter of finding 15 minutes or … Continue reading
The other bullet drops
Winter skipped us this year. We had some early cold weather in November, and it has dipped down into the thirties and forties on a couple of occasions, but for the most part it has been quite temperate. This week … Continue reading
Everywhere. Lords. Leaping. Why?
I’m not really trying to lose any weight, but if that dog by the mailbox last night had had his way, I’d be about two pounds lighter in the butt. Our neighbors a few houses up were taking it out … Continue reading
PLRC
One of the benefits of coming from a Commonwealth nation is the Public Lending Right Commission. I get a check from the Canadian version every year just for having copies of my books on the shelves in Canadian libraries. It … Continue reading
Prepare to be boarded
Few things will wake you up as quickly in the morning as sitting down at your computer, which you’ve left on overnight, to find only a black screen. All the lights are on, but nobody’s home. I’m not sure what … Continue reading
This old House
Logged onto the local newspaper when I got up this morning. The current weather said “mist.” Loudest damned mist I’ve ever heard. We got a good soaking. Puddles in the yard, ditch nearly full to overflowing. Mist, indeed. I was … Continue reading
The next one is coming faster
I’m not quite sure what it means if the groundhog predicts 6 more weeks of winter when we haven’t really had any to speak of thus far. It’s been over 70° and flirting with 80 for the past several days, … Continue reading