I’ve never seen it do that before
Many years ago, I used to work in software development. Anyone who has ever done that knows that bugs are unavoidable. We make silly mistakes, we fail to anticipate a set of condition or a combination of events, we are presented with a type of data we’ve never encountered before, etc. Without fail, computer bugs [...]
More free time
If I had free time, I would have turned the accompanying image into an animated gif in which Jack vanished, which is the trademark of his show Without a Trace. The victim of the week was always shown doing something and then disappearing through camera trickery.
The season finale of the show had the feel of [...]
Every six and a half hours
Watched the most recent episode of Breaking Bad last night. Holy cow. What a story. Jesse causes Jane to backslide into addiction, she gets him hooked on heroin, her father catches them and they plan their great escape. Which, of course, includes the nearly $500,000, which is Jesse’s share from the sale of their drugs. [...]
Everything expires in May
My passport (well, actually, that used to expire in March but thanks to my oversight, it is now May), my car registration, my car inspection sticker…it’s got me looking at other things that might expire. My driver’s license — nope, that’s good for a few more years. Ditto my green card.
One thought I had in [...]
Angels and Demons
I’ve been ignoring my short story submissions for most of 2009, while working on the book project that will be coming out later this year. I filed the rejections, but let the stories lie fallow. This weekend I decided to get back on top of things, so I went through my records, did a [...]
Crane House
In May 2007, I wrote a section of a serial novella that didn’t have a title. From time to time I would wonder what became of it, but didn’t ever bother to ask. Well, now it can be told.
The Crane House: A Halloween Story featuring Brian Keene, Kealan Patrick Burke, Al Sarrantonio, Rick Hautala, Bev [...]
Keyless entry
I can’t believe that I was in Canada for five days and I didn’t get to Tim Hortons once. Not once. I was so looking forward to it. Our last chance was at the airport yesterday morning, but we cleared customs thinking that there would be an outlet airside, but we were mistaken. Bummer.
We were [...]
Reading and telling stories
Read this morning that Castle has been renewed for a second season. Yay! Not many TV series with writers as protagonists, especially a dapper writer like the one played by Nathan Fillion. And his counterpart, Detective Beckett, isn’t a dumb cop, either. They make perfect foils for each other.
My Storytellers Unplugged essay Telling Stories will [...]
Slayed
I know Mr. Strand will disagree with me, but I’m glad the dragonslayer got the axe on Survivor last night. He was such a fake and a malingerer. A lot of the other survivors have made comments alluding to the fact that he does nothing around the camp. He pulled a couple of really dumb [...]
Like the title of a SciFi novel
This is going to be all about Lost. If you don’t want to hear my meandering thoughts about last night’s season five finale, this isn’t the place to be. Just keep on walking, and cast your eyes away.
2010 — doesn’t that sound like the title of a science fiction novel? Of course, it was, by [...]
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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.
