Dreaming the ending
Yesterday, I mentioned a short story idea that had been demanding my attention for a while. Last night, after watching my summertime guilty pleasure (Big Brother 6) I sat down and wrote most of it. When I left off, I had about 500 words left, though I didn’t know that at the time. The story’s [...]
I’m a sick man
That was the message that accompanied a recent acceptance letter for a story that will appear in an anthology in a few months. Considering the source, it was high praise! I’m not at liberty to reveal more about the anthology at present, but will do so when the official announcement has been made. The odd [...]
40% solution
I sent the first section of my novel, Missing Persons, back to my agent today. Because that’s the kind of person I am, I picked up the calculator to get a rough estimate of how much I was sending him. More than 1/3, less than 1/2 — but, as it turns out, exactly 40% by [...]
Doubleday auctions
You know how sometimes you’re driving down a country road and you hit a spot with a bunch of curves and hills that slow you down, but then you reach a nice straightaway and you goose the gas pedal to make up for lost time? That’s a little what it’s like to edit this manuscript [...]
All Hands on Deck
I have a new short story online today. It’s called Two Hands, Then Four and it took second place in the Descending Darkness short fiction contest (under 1500 words). (Nothing strange happens on these pages except for some weird floating text associated with the mouse, but be warned that other pages — eg news — [...]
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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.
