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
But I’m not watching him
Found out this morning that the owner of our favorite bagel cafe sold the business. We’re hoping that it won’t change too much. It’s been a big part of our lives for many years. It’s sort of our Cheers, the … Continue reading
I’ll handle that tomorrow
My essay The Illustrious Man is now up on Storytellers Unplugged. It’s about the people whose works inspire and influence us and, in particular, Ray Bradbury. I was going to work on my Screem magazine essay this morning but I … Continue reading
Miller Time
Our rain continued off and on over the weekend. It wasn’t too bad on Saturday but we had a heavy downpour yesterday. The timing was perfect: I hadn’t yet mowed the lawn so I couldn’t. The first thing I got … Continue reading
Two by two
The rain tapered off yesterday afternoon. I don’t think I used the windshield wipers on the way home from work. Then it started up again at about 3 a.m. and it has been pouring ever since. I had a call … Continue reading
An explosive beginning
Another rainy day. It started at about 3 a.m. and has been raining more or less steadily ever since. Some local flooding around the city, mostly on the southern side. At least a 50% chance of rain through the weekend. … Continue reading
It’s a kind of magic
I think I only had to mow the lawn two or three times all last summer because of the drought. I mowed a week ago Saturday before the rains came and I had to do the same thing again this … Continue reading
Crazy diamonds
While I was working on my computer upgrade yesterday, I watched The Story of Wish You Were Here, which began its life as a VH1 rockumentary or some such and is now available on DVD. It’s a fascinating look at the … Continue reading
Fireworks
Yesterday was my first Fourth of July as a dual citizen. I got to celebrate both my countries’ birthdays in one week. We didn’t go out to see the fireworks, but we could hear them from the living room. If … Continue reading
Don’t Stop Believin’
We had a rainy weekend. I barely managed to get the lawn mowed on Saturday morning before it started. Then we had another good soaking yesterday. At the midpoint of the year, we’ve received about 27″ of rain, which is … Continue reading
Longmire with an ‘e’
After my overexposure to sun last week while riding around in northern California with the top down on our rental convertible, I’ve gone through three distinct stages of peeling. (Too much information? I find it fascinating!). First, there was my … Continue reading