On April 12, 2008, starting at 2 pm, I will be signing The Blue Religion, the MWA anthology containing my story "Rule Number One" at Murder By The Book in Houston.
Later that afternoon, Pulitzer Prize-nominated crime novelist Ace Atkins will be signing at the same location.
April 9
Visit my new store for links to books
containing my stories and essays
March 27
My short story Groundwood was accepted for publication by
Wrong World. They will produce it as a PDF that is accompanied
by an audio narrative introduction and wrap-up in the style of
The Twilight Zone. “Groundwood” will appear in
July’s WRONG WORLD® collection “INFLATION—Things
that go big in the night.”
On April 24, 2008, from 1-4 pm, Tomball College (North Houston) is holding a Mystery Writers Conference
Myth or Truth: How Our Past Influences Our Writing. Guest speakers will explain how to write, and publish mystery novels, with a book signing at the end of the program. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free.
Location: Tomball College & Community Library, Meeting Room, L129 on the first floor
The following speakers will be in attendance: Bill Crider, John Foxjohn, Russ Hall, Ayn Hunt, William Manchee, Rosemary Poole-Carter, Jo Ann Power, Leann Sweeney, Bev Vincent, and Gayle Wigglesworth
The first review of Gratia Placenti appears in Dark
Scribe magazine, and it's a doozy. They say, in part,
"With “Popup Killer”, Vincent brings a well-written,
cautionary tale to the star power of Gratia Placenti’s
pages." Gratia Placenti would make a great
stocking stuffer for all the horror fans on your Christmas
list! It's available directly from Apex Publications here.
The Amazon
page for the MWA anthology The Blue Religion, edited by
Michael Connelly and containing my short story Rule Number One
is now online.
November 6
My story "Wake Me Up For Meals" was accepted by
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
October 17
I posted my classic tale "Harming Obsession" at Storytellers
Unplugged today. Just in time for Halloween.
October 12
"Change of Plans" will appear in Nossa
Morte #2 in February 2008.
September 18
"Adrift," the story that is the inspiration behind this month's
Storytellers Unplugged essay (see below), was officially accepted this morning for an anthology of Atlantic Canadian stories tentatively titled
Hard Old Spot, edited by Mike Heffernan, who also edited
A Dark and Deadly Valley.
The podcast
version of my Storytellers essay is now available.
My short story Talking Old Soldier will by published at Espresso
Fiction on October 16, 2007
July 17
Storytellers Unplugged: Why
Go To Conventions? I have recorded this as a podcast and
will post the link when it is available.
July 16
My short story Popup Killer was accepted for the Apex Featured
Writers anthology Gratia Placenti, which will be
published this fall. The title means "for the sake of
pleasing."
Into the Dreamlands is now available at Amazon
for a nice discount.
June 3
Legends of the
Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the State of West
Virginia, edited by Michael Knost, is now available for pre-order at Shocklines.
Thirteen great stories from:
Thomas F. Monteleone,
Tim Waggoner,
Kealan Patrick Burke,
Scott Nicholson, Joseph Nassise,
Bev Vincent,
Mark Justice, Geoffrey C. Fuller,
Michael Hughes,
Jude-Marie Green,
Brian J. Hatcher,
Trent Walters, and Marta Murvosh
Into the Dreamlands is now available for preorder
from Shocklines. This collection, edited by Jason Andrew
for Simian Publications, has stories by: Caitlin R. Kiernan,
Christa Faust, Bev Vincent, Jane Gwaltney, James S. Dorr,
Amy J. Benesch, Gary McMahon, Gill Ainsworth, Larisa Walk,
Louise Bohmer, Lisa Mantchev, and AC Wise. My story is
called "Before the Fall," and has to do with that
annoying falling sensation dreamers sometimes experience.
May 3
My DREADLINES article "Darabont wraps shooting on
King’s The Mist" appears in Rue
Morgue #67, out now.
Apparently contributor copies of Le
livre des livres de Stephen King were sent out a few
months ago, but my copy didn't show up yet. My essay is
called "Stephen King's Dark Tower."
My interview with Tabitha King is finally appearing in Pensacola Magazine and even gets prominent cover ink: Tabitha King collaborates with the dead.
I haven't seen a copy yet -- it's the April issue. I submitted it before the hardcover of Candles Burning came out and it's being published just before the paperback is released!
March 19
Apex
Digest #9, containing my contest-winning short story
"Sufficiently Advanced," was released over the
weekend.
My brand new short story Screaming Jenny was accepted for
Legends of the Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the
State of West Virginia, which will be published by Woodland
Press in October.
My short story "Therapy," winner of the
Hellnotes Wee Small Hours final contest in 2006, will be
published in Dark Wisdom
magazine some time this year.
I have launched a new book review site, Onyx
Reviews. Check it out. I have a brand new interview with
Tabitha King in the interview section, along with a batch of
new reviews.
My Storytellers Unplugged essay this month is Nano
Redux
November 1
My story "Sufficiently Advanced" won the Apex
Science Fiction and Horror Digest second annual
Halloween short fiction contest. The story will be published
in issue 9 sometime in 2007.
October 31
Silverthought Press is now taking
preorders for A Dark and Deadly Valley, the
WWII-themed anthology that contains my story "Sturm und
Drang."
October 17
This is story month at Storytellers Unplugged. My tale is
called The
Illusion.
False
Witness can now be purchased from Dark Cloud Press or
Shocklines.
The anthology contains 37 stories that break every one of
the ten commandments. Mine is called "False
Witness." Other authors include Mike Arnzen, M. Stephen
Lukac and Barbara Malenky.
Covet it! Worship it! Read it on Sundays!
September 1
My short (short) story Your Shoes is now available in
audio at Pseudopod.
If
you have five free minutes, check it out. It won second
place in the Twilight Tales Flash Fiction contest at World
Horror Convention in 2005.
August 22
Writer's Digest now has a page up for On
Writing Horror, which contains my essay "For Love
or Money: Six Marketing Myths." Amazon lists a
publication date of November 18, 2006.
August 15
My story "Harming Obsession" will appear in the
next issue (#5) of Post Mortem magazine. I have a few
reviews in the new issue of Cemetery Dance magazine (#55).
Check out my new Storytellers Unplugged essay on the 17th.
My story Sturm und Drang was accepted for the anthology A
Dark and Deadly Valley. Read more here.
Also, check out the cover and contributors for Into the
Dreamlands here.
This anthology contains my story Before the Fall.
June 12
I was interviewed by Paul Castle at CBC New Brunswick for
his program Shift.
You can listen to the 10-minute
RealAudio. I will have a short story in the 2007 Doctor
Who anthology Destination: Prague, edited by
Steve Savile.
My "flash" short story Therapy won
the final Wee Small
Hours contest sponsored by Hellnotes and will appear online
starting April 15.
April 6
My short story Rule Number One will be
published in Burden of the Badge, an MWA
anthology edited by crime writer Michael
Connelly to be published by Little Brown in 2007.
February 23
I received my contributor copy of Damned
Nation last night. This is a great anthology with some
terrific contributors and a bargain at less than $10. Check it
out!
February 13
My December submission to Wee Small Tales is
now on my stories page. It's
called The Illusion. New web page design is launched, courtesy of Creeping Hemlock Design.
2005
November 28
I'll be signing at the Signatures literary series event at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in The Woodlands, TX, from 10:30 to 2:00 pm. The keynote guest is former First Lady Barbara Bush. This event was scheduled originally for 11/29 but was changed at a late date.
November 28
I'll be the guest in an online chat promoted by Biting Dog Press in conjunction with the Utah Library System. 7 pm Mountain time. Log on here to participate.
November 22
The table of contents for Shivers IV has been announced. It includes my story, The Deer of St.
Barts.
My new essay, Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You?, is now up at Storytellers Unplugged.
September 27
My story False Witness has been accepted
for the anthology Thou Shalt Not,
slated to be published next year.
September 13
My August submission to Wee Small Tales is
now on my stories page. It's
called Starting Small.
September 9
I will be participating in the Books on the
Bayou Storytelling Celebration at Central Park in The Woodlands on
September 15, 6-8 pm. Read more about it in the Woodlands
Villager.
August 22
Author Jeff Strand posted a review
of the Corpse
Blossoms anthology on Shocklines.
He writes, "Okay, so, those of you who know me know that I'm going
to gravitate to the quirky/funny stuff, and so Bev Vincent's 'The
Smell of Fear' was my favorite story in the anthology. It's a
clever, extremely amusing tale written from the point of view of a
complete whack-job." You can also see the final lineup and order
for the Damned
Nation anthology here.
My story "The Garden of Earthly Delights" is second to last.
August 19
SHOCKERFEST has nominated
Stephen
King's Gotham Café for Best Horror Short and Cullen Douglas
(Guy) is also nominated for Best Actor! The festival takes place
September 23-25. Gotham is screening tonight at HorrorFind in
Baltimore.
