About
Bev Vincent is the author of Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life and Influences (nominated for a 2023 Locus Award), The Dark Tower Companion, The Road to the Dark Tower (nominated for a Bram Stoker Award), and The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, nominated for a 2010 Edgar® Award and a 2009 Bram Stoker Award. In 2018, he co-edited the anthology Flight or Fright (a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee) with Stephen King.
His short fiction has appeared in places like Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Borderlands 5, Ice Cold, and The Blue Religion. Four of his stories were collected in When the Night Comes Down and another four in a CD Select eBook. His story "The Bank Job" won the Al Blanchard Award. "The Honey Trap" from Ice Cold was nominated for an ITW Thriller Award in 2015 and "Zombies on a Plane" was nominated for an Ignotus Award in 2020.
His non-fiction has appeared in diverse magazines, including The Poetry Foundation, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, Screem, Pensacola Magazine and Texas Gardener. He has been a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine since 2001 and is a former member of the Storytellers Unplugged blogging community. He also writes book reviews for Onyx Reviews. He has served as a judge for the Al Blanchard, Shirley Jackson and Edgar Awards.
His work has been translated into: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, HItalian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Sleight of Hand
We had a strong windstorm last night, coupled with a bit of rain. Parts of Houston lost power, but we didn’t. A branch thudded against the roof during the evening–it looked like an Ike relic that had been suspended in the … Continue reading
Red ink
I started working on my book review of Spade & Archer last night, but I was late getting home from the office and then there was the press conference, so I didn’t get very far. A big laugh on the … Continue reading
British, is he?
What’s that wet stuff? Boy, that’s something we haven’t seen in a long time: rain. Neat concept–water falling from the sky. Anything else falling from the sky is deemed material for Charles Fort. Frogs and mud, things like that. I … Continue reading
Righteous Milk
We watched Righteous Kill last night, the cop film with Pacino and De Niro. If you get the chance to see it and it will cost you money, save your cash for something else. The surprise twist at the end is based … Continue reading
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Spring has sprung, for the time being at least. We’re in the mid-70s today with overnight lows in the upper 50s. Supposed to be the same for the next several days, although there are also gusty winds, up to 30 … Continue reading
Tax advice
I’ve figured out how to get free tax advice this year. All I need to do is get Obama to nominate me for something and in no time at all someone will tell me exactly how much money I owe. … Continue reading
State of Play
I’m still not sure I understand what the title refers, to, but if you get a chance to check out the BBC miniseries State of Play, do so. It’s like All the King’s Men crossed with House of Cards. It … Continue reading
Bill Nighy rocks
He has a face only a mother could love, and a stop-stammer delivery system that makes you think he’s making it all up as he goes along, but he elevates just about everything I’ve ever seen him in. He was … Continue reading
Marathon
I guess winter isn’t leaving any time soon. We had our first rainfall of any significance yesterday, but I doubt it was enough to put an end to the drought we’ve been in for all of 2009. The NY Times … Continue reading