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: Sons of Anarchy
Proof
Winter is coming, they say. We may get temperatures in the 30s after the weekend. Can’t happen soon enough. It’s going to be over 80 all weekend. No wonder I’m “bah humbug” when it comes to Christmas. It’s hard to … Continue reading
Sons of Chaos
Tune in to this spot tomorrow for big news (for me, at least). And, no, it won’t be because I won the Powerball lottery draw. Well, it could be because of that—I bought a few tickets for the first time … Continue reading
My weekend — spoken for
The show goes on. My publisher has no power. My editor has no power and has had to relocate. But still they manage to get the copyedited manuscript for my next book to me. So, now I know what I’m … Continue reading
The vote
This weekend I’m going to do something I’ve never done before: Vote in an election in the US. I became a citizen earlier this year, so it’s my first opportunity. It’s been a long time since I voted anywhere in … Continue reading
Narrative lapses and shortcuts
We’ll see how long this lasts. I finally received a car magnet supporting my candidates of choice. As some of you may know, this is the first time I’ve been able to vote in a presidential election. I’ve even contributed … Continue reading
I’m your Venus
I’m halfway through the fifth and final season of The Wire. I like the way they change up the theme song each season. I just realized that Steve Earle, who sings the theme for the final season, also plays Bubbles’ … Continue reading
Down the rabbit hole
I sort of relaxed and got caught up on things over the long weekend. Does signing ~1000 signature sheets count as relaxing? I did them while watching recorded TV shows, so it wasn’t too taxing. They’re for the revised and … Continue reading
Goth class
Even though he only lives a few miles from me, I had to go all the way to Austin to meet Danel Olson, at the World Horror Convention the year before last. We met by chance—he strolled by my table … Continue reading
The McNulty driving academy
While I was cleaning some papers off the sideboard on my desk this weekend, I found the submission guidelines for an anthology that I’d forgotten about. The deadline is next week, so I tossed the guidelines. Then, when I was … Continue reading
Nothing says endless love like capital murder
I finished Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough while waiting for my car to be serviced this weekend. Car is seven years old and has just over 35,000 miles. I joke (though it’s almost true) that I change my oil once … Continue reading