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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 crazy town
Best line from this week’s NCIS comes from Abby. “If I keep going to crazy town every time one of you is injured, I’m going to have to have my mail forwarded.” The Mentalist was decent this week, but I … Continue reading
Fate decided for me
I was waiting to hear some comments, positive or negative, about the first four hours of 24 before deciding whether to invest the time in the show this year. However, as it turns out, my subconscious made the decision for … Continue reading
Sword of Longinus
Anyone watch the first two hours of 24 last night? Worth keeping up with? I have it on tape, and plan to commit tonight’s to tape as well, but if I hear enough people saying that it sucks the big … Continue reading
What were they fighting about again?
The problem with serialized shows that go on lengthy hiatuses is that it means the viewers have to remember what was going on before the break. What were Meredith and Christine bickering about? Was it still over the solo surgery … Continue reading
Synchronicity
It’s interesting how the same idea can show up in different television programs. Two shows that aired at the exact same time on Tuesday evening, Without a Trace and Law & Order: SVU, had characters who dressed up like children … Continue reading
Fibber McGee
Thank the gods for outlines. I don’t often work with one, but in the project I’m currently working on it was required and now that I have one, I’m free to jump around from one section to another at random, … Continue reading
A writer in need
Edward Bryant is best known as a horror and science fiction writer, with numerous Nebula and Bram Stoker awards for his fiction. He is also known as a reviewer and critic, with his work appearing regularly in Locus Magazine and … Continue reading
Optical camels
A gloomy, dark, rainy, cool morning, but the rest of the week looks promising. I’m setting an aggressive pace for myself on this new project that materialized recently. I have until the end of February to write 25-30,000 words, which … Continue reading
Hot and cold
45° today; almost 80 by Thursday. If someone could figure out a way to harness the power of oscillating mercury, we could put an end to the energy crisis. I received a couple of gift cards to bookstores, so I … Continue reading
The Next Doctor
A cold front is sweeping through southeast Texas. It was 82° yesterday and fairly balmy this morning, but then the temperature began to plummet. At present it feels like it’s about 50 and we’re destined for the low 40s overnight … Continue reading