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
The tax man
Have you been holding off from buying a copy of When the Night Comes Down because you couldn’t decide whether to get the trade paperback or the ebook? Well, wait no more. If you buy that trade paperback (or any … Continue reading
Friday the 13th
I’ve never been sure why it takes a full day to catch up when you’re only out of town for 36 hours, but it does. Wednesday morning I flew to Atlanta. Had to get up at 4:30 a.m. to make … Continue reading
Salmon fishing
The table of contents for Chilling Tales 2, edited by Micheal Kelly, was announced this weekend: In Libitina’s House by Camille Alexa Gingerbread People by Colleen Anderson Meteor Lake by Kevin Cockle Homebody by Gemma Files Snowglobes by Lisa L … Continue reading
Smiley’s people
Since turning in my manuscript last weekend, I’ve been taking it relatively easy. For three days in a row I didn’t even go upstairs to my office. I did work on a couple of diagrams for the manuscript, though, and … Continue reading
It is done
I finished my latest manuscript at about 9:30 pm on Sunday, April 1. That’s about an hour and a half ahead of my deadline. It worked out just right. I put in two more 14-hour days on Saturday and Sunday … Continue reading
A different kind of sound
An audio version of my short story “Silvery Moon,” which can also be found in When the Night Comes Down, is now available for your listening pleasure at Tales to Terrify, the same people who brought you recordings of the … Continue reading
The sound they make
Issue #66 of Cemetery Dance magazine is at the printer and will ship in April. In addition to my usual column, I wrote the feature review of The Wind Through the Keyhole. The review got top billing on the magazine … Continue reading
Hey! Wasn’t that…???
I’m derelict in my duties. I neglected to post a link to my March Storytellers Unplugged essay, which went live on Saturday. Better late than never: Famous People. I had to go to the Social Security office today to tell them … Continue reading
The Night Comes Down, electronically
Including my session this morning, I estimate that I spent 30 hours working on the manuscript this weekend. Productive work, too. The thing is getting close to the point where I can print it out for the first time and … Continue reading
Happy accidents
I’ve been conducting a bunch of interviews lately for my next book. Some of them have been with people who are very busy. They really want to take part in the project—it’s just a matter of finding 15 minutes or … Continue reading