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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Cold Snap
One of my Facebook friends from Texas made this pithy observation: When the temperature in Texas begins with the digit “1,” it’s supposed to have two more digits after it, not just one. The cold snap of 2010 is sweeping … Continue reading
Deep Freeze
It felt good to be back at the keyboard this morning. This was my first day of normal writing sessions of the new year — my first since before Christmas, in fact. I’m still working on revisions to a 6000-word … Continue reading
London Calling
The Houston Chronicle had a jaunty front-page article this morning about how the temperature in Houston is going to be lower than the temperature at McMurdo Station in Antarctica on Friday morning. The forecast low there is 21° and we’re … Continue reading
Distinguished. Oh My.
The forthcoming vampire anthology Evolve, which contains my short story “A Murder of Vampires,” has a spiffy new web site and is now accepting pre-orders for the various editions, including a trade paperback (signed by all contributors), a hardcover, and a … Continue reading
Worst. Rescue. Ever!
My daughter is attending the Houston Texans game today with a friend, who is a Patriots fan. I’m sitting at home watching the game on TV, probably getting a much better view of events without all the aggro of dealing … Continue reading
Hockey Day at Fenway
I haven’t seen it for myself yet, but I’m told that my short story “Rule Number One” (published in The Blue Religion, edited by Michael Connelly) received honorable mention in one of the Year’s Best Mystery Stories collections, possibly the … Continue reading
Once in a blue moon
A happy 2010 to one and all. Have a great and safe evening. You know all those things they say happen only once in a blue moon? Well, tonight’s the night that they all happen. Beware. Next interesting date: February … Continue reading
The End of Time — It’s Complicated
We had a very Doctor Who Boxing Day evening. BBC America re-ran the two most recent specials as a lead up to part one of The End of Time, the two-part swan song of David Tennant as the Doctor. I … Continue reading
Life’s a Beach
Another balmy day here in southeast Texas. If Santa were on Galveston Island at the moment, he’d probably be decked out as in the accompanying picture. The temperature is supposed to drop 20° on us between today and tomorrow so … Continue reading
The End is Drawing Near
Unseasonably warm today — just a hair shy of 70° and it’s supposed to be even warmer tomorrow. However, we’ll dip into the 30s on Thursday night, so it might feel a little more seasonal by then. It’s hard to … Continue reading