Author Archives: Bev Vincent

A Beryl full of monkeys

A lot of people in our region didn’t take Hurricane Beryl seriously when it entered the Gulf of Mexico. Early indications were that it would go to Mexico (which it did) and keep going that way (which it did not). … Continue reading

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All roads lead to 1984, it seems

Several weeks ago, I was contacted by Michael Small of the I Couldn’t Throw It Away podcast. Their series is a discussion about things he and his cohost, Sally Libby, rediscover. They then debate whether it’s junk to be Marie … Continue reading

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Review: Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

Call it “found footage adjacent.” Thirty years ago, a small group of twenty-somethings banded together to create a movie called Horror Movie. The film was never completed due to an on-set accident, but it became a cult legend after the screenplay … Continue reading

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House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias

It begins with the death of a woman named Maria, killed in a drive-by shooting as she worked checking IDs outside a Puerto Rican nightclub. The reason she was killed and the ever-shifting quest to identify the shooters is what … Continue reading

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Review: First Frost by Craig Johnson

At the end of The Longmire Defense, Sheriff Walt Longmire had made several powerful people unhappy because he exposed a decades-old embezzlement scheme worth billions. His under-sheriff, Victoria Moretti also made the surprising decision to move in with him. The contemporary … Continue reading

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Review: I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay

No good deed goes unpunished. Never was this platitude truer than in the case of high-school teacher Richard Boyle, whose is turned upside down after he performs a courageous act. He’s lecturing his students on The Road by Cormac McCarthy when he … Continue reading

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1917 was a long time ago. So was 2020

I’ve been using (and re-using) a joke that goes like this: The last time I saw a movie in a theater was 1917. It only makes sense if you remember the great Sam Mendes war movie of that name, filmed … Continue reading

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Stephen King: His Life, Work, and Influences (Young Readers’ Edition)

Where the hell did February go? We even got an extra day this year and still…gone. Finito. So, what’s new? Well, on September, 2024 I’ll have a new book on shelves…bookstore shelves and library shelves, if all goes according to … Continue reading

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2023 – The Year in Review: (3) Movies and TV

The interview that almost wasn’t: Beyond Horror: The Enduring Impact of Stephen King. I was interviewed by Tim Webster for the Overnights show on Australian public radio. Webster is a self-avowed fan of King’s work and was a knowledgeable interviewer. … Continue reading

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2023 – The Year in Review: (2) Books

I’m trying to get back in the swing of things after a two-week vacation visiting family in northern California. That’s the longest I’ve been away from home in a long, long time. It’d been a year and a half since … Continue reading

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