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
Drive by. Nearly deported. This is just Day 1.
One of my Canadian cousins contacted me via Facebook today to say that he was watching the Biography Channel’s Stephen King episode that I was interviewed for earlier this year. It’s an update to the previous biography, which was about … Continue reading
A heavy traffic zone
I’ve become a stand-up guy. My kangaroo arrived last night. The UPS guy wrestled it to the door. It was in a massive box, and weighed about 40 lbs. Solid construction, and the wooden platform matches my work desk perfectly. … Continue reading
How’s the dog?
The Evolve author/editor chat at Bitten By Books is still going on until noon tomorrow. Drop by and ask one or all of us questions and enter the contest to win valuable prizes. (Real valuable prizes, not NECON valuable prizes.) … Continue reading
Currying favor
Another round of revisions on the story in progress. Still not quite ready to send it off. Maybe tomorrow, if I get a chance to read it through completely this evening. The relationship between Gibbs and FBI agent Tobias Fornell … Continue reading
Is that “old lady” enough for you?
I reached the 6000 word mark on the story in progress, but it’s a downward mark. I started at 9600 words and am aiming at 5000-5500. Got rid of 700 words on the current pass, and I still have a … Continue reading
Checking for implants
I’m so pleased with my decision to switch to Chrome on my home desktop computer that I converted to it on my work desktop as well, and I think I’ll put it on my laptop next. I only have one … Continue reading
The Cleaner
Though at least one of the new Survivor competitors did her homework by learning how to start a fire without flint, another one threw her game plan out the window on the first day, and got sent packing for her … Continue reading
Why is there a dog in the Parthenon?
Down to the final three on Big Brother. I was sad to see Britney go. In the early few weeks I thought she was an annoying spoiled brat, but she grew on me over the summer. She’s so animated and … Continue reading