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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No More Half Measures
I’m contemplating signing up for another Citizen’s Police Academy program this summer. There’s one starting up at the end of the month nearby — it would be a smaller police department, which might be interesting. Haven’t decided yet, but I … Continue reading
It Must Be Noon Somewhere
About once a month I go to the local comic and gaming shop to pick up the latest installment of the Dark Tower graphic novel series and, recently, the American Vampire books. I usually go at lunch time–the place only … Continue reading
A perfect square
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a bit of a math geek. I like numbers. I probably have a touch of OCD that encourages me to count things or keep track of statistics — my car’s gas mileage, for … Continue reading
The heat is on…the A/C isn’t
Summer is here in full force in Texas, with highs in the 90s and overnight “lows” in the 70s. We had a nice thunderstorm on Friday or Saturday evening, but it’s definitely A/C season. I received an e-mail from one … Continue reading
#51: Sometimes You’re Wrong
Interesting season finale to NCIS last night, with Papa Walton, I mean Papa Gibbs at risk. I think I see how it will conclude. After all, if there’s an armed guard in Abby’s lab then Gibbs probably has someone (possibly … Continue reading
All dogs don’t necessarily go to heaven
This is going to be a very long post, and it consists of a combination of ramblings, musings and observations, but it’s all about Lost, so it’s all behind the cut. First off, I thought it was an excellent idea … Continue reading
*This* is the 77
Shows are wrapping up left and right for the season. For some reason I thought last night was going to be the (series) finale of FlashForward, too, but I guess there’s one more episode left. I can’t say I was … Continue reading
We’re very close to the end, Hugo
When I saw this scene at the end of this week’s NCIS, I was immediately reminded of Taylor (Charlton Heston) riding up the beach near the end of Planet of the Apes. The only thing missing was the Statue of … Continue reading
Checkmate
Finished reading Corduroy Mansions to my wife last night. A book Douglas Adams might have described as “mostly harmless.” Light, frothy entertainment. We’re going to switch gears and read Avoid Boring People by James Watson (of Watson and Crick, discoverers … Continue reading
Tawdry Quirkshop
My Storytellers Unplugged essay this month is about translators: Lost in Translation. A lot of the essay consists of an interview I conducted with Tullio Dobner, who has been translating Stephen King’s novels for many years and also translated The Stephen … Continue reading