Curling gold? Check. Hockey? Lots of checking, I expect.
Dark Arts Books has released the cover of When the Night Comes Down and is now taking pre-orders for the book, which will launch during World Horror in a few weeks (10 p.m. to midnight on Friday). Here’s what they have to say about my contributions: “Bev Vincent, already renowned for his non-fiction, shows off [...]
Who won? Who won?
I had to go out last night so I didn’t get to see the women’s hockey gold medal match. Got home just in time to see the medal presentation. When I turned the TV on, the medals were being given out to the US team. The way the light was reflecting from the medals, I [...]
Go Canada!
I watched the last few ends of the tie-breaker in men’s curling last night. Sweden beat the Scottish team in the 11th, on the last stone. Then I discovered that the Canada/Russia hockey game was already well into the first period (msnbc? seriously?) so I tuned in there and watched the rest of the impressive [...]
Shoveling out from the storm of ‘10
When I left work at 5 p.m. yesterday it was like driving in a blizzard. These great, huge flakes were coming down and splattering against my windshield like bugs. You could actually hear them hitting the ground. It was awesome! It snowed off and on for at least the next two hours, but none of [...]
Surprise income
The snow is reportedly headed our way. Austin is already getting it, and it’s sticking to the ground and trees there. At best we’ll only get an inch or two, but that’s novel for this part of the world.
I received a nice check in the mail today. It’s from the Canadian Public Lending Right Commission, [...]
The groundhog gets a raise this year
Snow? Seriously? In Texas in late February? A cold front is arriving today and it could bring significant snow to within a few dozen miles of here. Two to four inches in some places. Though we may only get cold rain here, if a few snowflakes do happen to materialize it will mark the latest [...]
Shutter Island
Saw Shutter Island yesterday. There were some very unusual and disorienting switches in camera position during the ferry ride. First it showed the two actors from the left and then from the right, and back and forth a couple of times more. Having read the book, I wondered if this was supposed to be some [...]
Call me Edgar Stoker
Others have posted the Stoker nominee list, so I’ll just provide a link. The Stephen King Illustrated Companion was nominated for Superior Achievement in Non-fiction. My wife suggested that I take inspiration from the book’s two major award nominations and adopt the pen name Edgar Stoker. I countered with Bram Poe, which sounds a little [...]
And I didn’t know it
Somewhere in Atlanta there’s a guy who was staggering home after an all-night bender. He’s in rough shape, folks. Can barely stay on his feet. His breath smells like a brewery and his clothes reek of cigarette smoke. He lurches around a corner, disoriented. This is the way home, right? Oh, man, my head. Then, what [...]
Making travel plans
I like that people now have the possibility to make their own travel plans.
I hate having to make my own travel plans.
There are so many options these days…you have to visit so many different sites to make sure that you’ve found the best deal…it’s stressful.
I love it when it works out well. I made my [...]
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.
