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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Going to Guam
Today’s the best I’ve felt in a week. Still had trouble modulating my body temperature last night, but the pain is diminishing and I’m able to handle a wider range of foods. Last night I finished reading the manuscript for … Continue reading
Lending libraries
Libraries are wonderful places. I spent many hours in the town library when I was young. At first, the matronly librarian frowned at my selections (The Hardy Boys or Alfred Hitchcock Presents). Later she frowned again when I made most … Continue reading
Packaging
In today’s Storyteller’s Unplugged essay, I write about a little-known component of the publishing world: book packagers or book producers. I am currently working with one on a project that hasn’t been announced widely yet and I share my thoughts … Continue reading
Anti-virus software
I don’t get sick. Hardly ever, at least. The last time I had the flu was about 25 years ago. My college roommate was down with it for about five days. I was over it in twenty-four hours. Oh, I … Continue reading
Whoosh
One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes (and I have many): ” I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” Adams was reportedly cavalier about deadlines. He was just as likely to take off … Continue reading
Hawkeye
One more morning of polishing up the manuscript and it will be ready to go to the editor. This is the point where I get nervous and anxious and worried that I haven’t done a particularly good job. Of course, … Continue reading
Sleight of Hand
We had a strong windstorm last night, coupled with a bit of rain. Parts of Houston lost power, but we didn’t. A branch thudded against the roof during the evening–it looked like an Ike relic that had been suspended in the … Continue reading
Red ink
I started working on my book review of Spade & Archer last night, but I was late getting home from the office and then there was the press conference, so I didn’t get very far. A big laugh on the … Continue reading
British, is he?
What’s that wet stuff? Boy, that’s something we haven’t seen in a long time: rain. Neat concept–water falling from the sky. Anything else falling from the sky is deemed material for Charles Fort. Frogs and mud, things like that. I … Continue reading
Righteous Milk
We watched Righteous Kill last night, the cop film with Pacino and De Niro. If you get the chance to see it and it will cost you money, save your cash for something else. The surprise twist at the end is based … Continue reading