The music I’m hearing, but not the mood
I’m listening to CBC radio in streaming audio, and they just fired up “Taking Care of Christmas” by Randy Bachman, a sort-of parody of his own BTO song, “Takin’ Care of Business.” Oddly enough, it works without sounding too hokey or schmaltzy. Pretty funny, in fact. With the torrential rain and tornados we’re enduring today, [...]
Rollover
I haven’t written much here lately because, quite frankly, there hasn’t been much to write. I didn’t figure that folks would be particularly interested in my naval gazing or wool gathering. For instance, my car odometer just rolled over 80,000 a couple of hours ago. Interesting, no? If I haven’t mentioned it here before, I’m [...]
The Fungus Effect on Peachtree Road
Elton John doesn’t release albums at nearly the same pace he did back in his heyday. I remember when it was an off year that didn’t see the release of two albums. It was quite a feat. Now he’s down to one every three or four years, if you don’t count all of the repackaged [...]
Ramblin’
The Dutch edition of The Road to the Dark Tower will be published in April 2005. I had my first contact with the publisher today when they e-mailed me to ask for an author photo for their catalogue. I hope to see the cover soon. Hank Wagner, co-author of The Stephen King Universe reviewed Road [...]
Two cons, one weekend
I attended World Fantasy in Tempe (pronounced tem-pee by some locals) Arizona last weekend, the first time I’ve attended this convention. It’s understandably heavy on science fiction and fantasy, but there’s a horror fringe as well. It seemed the logical place to go this year since I have a book out about a fantasy series. [...]
About
Bev Vincent is the author of The Road to the Dark Tower, the Bram Stoker Award nominated companion to Stephen King's Dark Tower series, and The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, which was nominated for a 2010 Edgar® Award and a 2009 Bram Stoker Award.
His short fiction has appeared in places like Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, From the Borderlands and The Blue Religion. He is a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine and a member of the Storytellers Unplugged blogging community. He also writes book reviews for Onyx Reviews.
