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
A buncha films
After weeks of unseasonably warm weather, the temperatures plummeted this weekend and we were under a freeze warning last night and again tonight. We had a very nice rainstorm over the long weekend, too. Both the cool weather and the … Continue reading
Playing Tag — part 2
Part 2 of my interview with Mick Garris about Bag of Bones just went up at FEARNet. Check it out, along with another batch of never-before-seen photos from the miniseries and production.
Starting with the weather
There’s an old writing adage that says: Never begin with the weather. This isn’t fiction, so I’ll begin with the weather. Except, I’m not beginning with the weather, I’m beginning by writing about writing about the weather. I’m so confused. … Continue reading
Tag, you’re it
It used to be that when I entered the company lottery for ham bones left over after our Thanksgiving lunch, I had a pretty good shot at winning one. If there were five available, usually eight or ten people entered … Continue reading
Asking questions
This month’s Storyteller’s Unplugged essay, Asking Questions, was inspired by my recent experiences interviewing people for a couple of projects. I spent 90 minutes on the phone with one interview subject yesterday. The results of my recent interview with Mick … Continue reading
Prepare to be boarded
My favorite character from Bloom County was Oliver Wendell Jones. He was the computer hacker who was always taking over corporate websites. He often dressed up like a pirate when he embarked on one of his missions. The predecessor to … Continue reading
Maybe I’ll drop in on the Ewings
Even a broken clock is right twice a day, they say. I don’t know why I repeat that old adage. It has nothing to do with today’s post. Not much, anyway. I realized this week that I seem to have … Continue reading
The best medicine
A number of years ago, when I was visiting northern New Brunswick over the Christmas holidays, I took a drive up to Campbellton. On my return trip, I found CBC Radio and a program I’d never heard before: The Vinyl … Continue reading
Give a hoot
The youngsters started arriving at around 6:45 last night and were all done by 8:00. We had maybe forty visitors or so in total, mostly in groups of four or five at a time. A fairly typical Halloween. Got rid … Continue reading
Empty DVR
Join us at Bitten By Books today for the EVOLVE Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead chat and contest, starting at noon Central and running into the evening. The anthology authors will answer questions and there are Valuable Prizes at … Continue reading