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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100 Days of Solitude
By my reckoning, today marks 100 days since I was last at my day-job office. One hundred days during which I have only been out of the house to pick up take-out (once), go to the post office (half a … Continue reading
Idle thoughts
Several unrelated thoughts that occurred to me while I was mowing the lawn this morning – the longest stretch of time I’ve been outside in at least two months. When my daughter was 10, I offered her 25¢ for every … Continue reading
For the birds
Maybe a month or so before the world turned upside down, we decided to move our neglected birdfeeder from the back yard (which we rarely see) to the front lawn. Now it is clearly visible through the big window in … Continue reading
Stuck-home syndrome
I haven’t made a blog post this year. So what’s been going on, you ask? Oh, not much. Just this pandemic. I’m in the midst of my fourth week working from my home office. The only times I’ve been outside … Continue reading
2019 in review (IV): Publications
This year has been quite active in terms of publications. As December comes to a close, I thought I’d wrap up my round-up with a summary of what came out in 2019. Flight or Fright continues to be my biggest … Continue reading
2019 in review (III): Books
I read–or listened to–just over fifty books this year. You can find the full list here. A few were audiobooks that I listened to in the car. Several were books I read to my wife in the evening, part of … Continue reading
2019 in review (II): Movies
I know a lot of people are doing “best of the decade” lists, but I can barely manage “best of the year,” so that’s what you’re gonna get! I saw something on the order of 80 movies so far this … Continue reading
2019 in review (I): TV
I don’t do Top X lists. As I’ve said before and elsewhere, my mind simply doesn’t function that way. I might be able to present a list of 10 unordered items, but that’s the best I could manage. When it … Continue reading
Two dozen
It’s been a while since I’ve added a new entry to this site. Busy times. Let me catch up on the major events. First, there was a signing at Murder by the Book for the anthology The Eyes of Texas, … Continue reading
That essay has no title
I’ve been a fan of Elton John and his music since the mid-70s. I’ve seen him in concert numerous times (the first and most memorable was at Wembley Stadium in June 1984) and his music has been the soundtrack to … Continue reading