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
Author Archives: Bev Vincent
Ice Cold — anthology release
On April 29th, the MWA will launch its newest anthology, Ice Cold, edited by Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson. The launch party will be held at The Mysterious Bookshop in New York, starting at 6:00 p.m. Many of the contributors (alas, not me) … Continue reading
Six minutes in a stash house
I posted two new book reviews this weekend: Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto and Murder in the Ball Park by Robert Goldsborough. I really liked Galveston and intend to read Pizolatto’s recent short story collection soon. I’m currently reading The Troop by Nick Cutter, which is … Continue reading
Snowpocalypse 2014
It’s a good thing they didn’t have a good handle on this morning’s weather or else everything in Houston might have been canceled again. As it turns out, we saw more winter precipitation at our house today than during the … Continue reading
Superb Owl
I did a little bit of writing this weekend, but mostly I read. I finished Nemesis by Jo Nesbø, the fourth of the Harry Hole books, and Killer by Jonathan Kellerman, the upcoming Alex Delaware book, one of the better ones in a while. Then, … Continue reading
Winter Isn’t coming
Call it the snow-flop-aclypse. On the weekend, they were predicting we’d get 2-4″ of snow yesterday. The closer we got to the appointed hour, the less sure the forecasters were about what would happen. I woke up in the middle … Continue reading
Winter Re-mix
Apparently last Friday’s “winter storm” was nothing compared to what we’re supposed to get tomorrow. It was over 70° yesterday, in the sixties today and tomorrow we’re supposed to get 2-4″ of snow. Friday’s storm shut down a lot of … Continue reading
Winter mix
I know it doesn’t sound like much to people from northern climes, but we are under a “winter storm” warning (or a “winter mix,” as they’re describing it) for the next day or so. They’ve already started spraying the bridges … Continue reading
Conversion
I was propositioned this weekend for a possible gig unlike anything I’ve done before. Still waiting on some of the details, so I can’t say anything at this point. I’m about 600 words into a new short story, and I … Continue reading
POWs
One of the first things I do each year is create a new Microsoft Money ledger to record my writing income and expenses. Some years start off with expenses, and it can be some time before the first income comes … Continue reading
Buck jumping and having fun
Happy 2014! Doesn’t that sound like a line out of a science fiction novel? We had a stay-at-home New Years Eve. Fondue and other finger foods, beaucoup du vin, a jigsaw puzzle/mystery game, and a marathon viewing of the final … Continue reading