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: October 2009
Genre Bender
My newest Storytellers Unplugged essay is online: Genre Bender. I awoke this morning with most of a new short story rattling around in my head. I grabbed the ledger that always sits on the night stand and jotted down a … Continue reading
I Can See Clearly Now
Well, not quite yet, but soon. My new lenses are in and I have an appointment to get them replaced at noon today. I scratched them last week, though I don’t know how, and I’ve been staring through this V-shaped … Continue reading
Law & Order: PSA
My agent sent back a very encouraging response to my first chapter. His only suggestions were some clarifications and requests for a little more detail in a couple of places, but on the whole he likes the direction. So, after … Continue reading
Pick Me Up
The Stephen King Illustrated Companion now seems to be in stock in most Barnes & Noble stores. If you want to check before you head out to the store, visit this link and enter your ZIP code to see if … Continue reading
Heat Wave
One night it’s cold enough that I added the winter blanket to the bed. The next day it’s verging on 90°. Yes, folks, this is crazy time in Texas. Anywhere else, it’s fall. Here, it’s summer-winter-winter-summer-summer-summer-winter-winter-summer. At least we’re getting … Continue reading
TV Insider
Fast Forward is still holding my interest, but not I’m not as captivated by it as I am by Lost. The characters aren’t quite as fascinating. The situation has its moments, but they’re not as frequent. I liked the ending … Continue reading
Cold front
This is what a cold front looks like on the radar! We’re expecting 1-2″ of rain shortly and about a 20° drop in temperature after it passes through. I don’t mind so long as I don’t have to go out … Continue reading
Examined
I was interviewed earlier this week about The Stephen King Illustrated Companion by Blu Gilliand for examiner.com. The interview went online yesterday. When I visited it, I got a Netflix popup, but not everyone reported that so maybe it was … Continue reading
Nobel endeavors
I received an e-mail this morning from the slush pile guardian at the new market where I submitted my stories from the defunct Winter Frights anthology. Who even knew there was such a thing? Anyhow, while doing due diligence, the … Continue reading
People to dismember
Fall arrives slowly here in Texas. “Cold fronts” come in, reducing the temperatures to the 70s and 80s, lulling us into the misguided notion that summer is over. Then, in October, it all goes poof. The heat index today could … Continue reading