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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Unplugged
I intended to finish the first draft of my new short story this morning but instead I ended up rewriting the thousand words I already have down. Something I watched last night inspired me to flesh out certain details in … Continue reading
Serpentine!
Yesterday afternoon, I heard thunder rumbling. Normally an ordinary sound here in the summertime, but not this summer. Then the light coming through the windows took on that unique amber color that heralds an afternoon storm. Then I heard the … Continue reading
That was fast
How to tell when a novel captivates you: I woke up at 7 a.m. yesterday and decided to read more of a manuscript on my iPad before getting up. Until 8 a.m., I told myself. When I next checked the … Continue reading
Best laid plans
Seventeen years ago, on the July 4th weekend, I drove back from a business trip to Atlanta. Took me all day, but it was worth it. On the day after I got home I met face-to-face, for the very first … Continue reading
Terre de nos aïeux
AT&T repair dude was supposed to come sometime between noon and 4 p.m. yesterday. When I got home at 5 p.m. he hadn’t arrived yet, and no call to say when, either. I spent the usual 15 minutes trying to … Continue reading
The number you have dialed
The Gulf has its first tropical storm of 2011, Arlene. Alas, she’s too far south to do us any good on the rainfall front. Spent most of the evening last night on the phone (or on hold) with AT&T customer … Continue reading
Soundtrack
The Biography Channel is airing their Peter Falk biography this week in tribute. I watched it last night. He led an interesting life, that’s for sure. He was so popular that people recognized him as Columbo in a tiny market … Continue reading
Just one more thing…
I had one of those great hour-long lunch breaks where I completed several errands. Normally I spend the hour at the gym, but every now and then the tasks pile up and I have to handle ’em all. One thing … Continue reading
Sign here
Back to the threatening kind of rain today without actually producing much. Yesterday gave us nearly 2″, which is the most we’ve had in one day since last October, but it didn’t solve the drought problem and they’re still debating … Continue reading
Good weather for ducks — and Texans
We might have had a sprinkle or two yesterday (30% chance of rain) but we’ve had the first serious rainfall in months today. I don’t know exactly when it started, but I heard it coming down heavily at around 6:30 … Continue reading