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
Carmageddon — that’s funny
Didn’t make it to the end of the short story this morning, but I’m almost there, and I can see it in my head. Up to 1800 words. First draft should come in at 2500 or so, I guess. Gotta … Continue reading
Unplugged
I intended to finish the first draft of my new short story this morning but instead I ended up rewriting the thousand words I already have down. Something I watched last night inspired me to flesh out certain details in … Continue reading
Discovering the story
I’m about halfway through the new short story in progress and I just discovered what it’s really about. I often think I know what it’s about, but sometimes I figure out along the way that it’s actually about something else. … Continue reading
Serpentine!
Yesterday afternoon, I heard thunder rumbling. Normally an ordinary sound here in the summertime, but not this summer. Then the light coming through the windows took on that unique amber color that heralds an afternoon storm. Then I heard the … Continue reading
Strange summer seasons
Still working on the Cemetery Dance column. It’s coming together very well. It even has segues and transitions and stuff like that. I didn’t notice that at first, but as I built it up out of pieces I noticed sort … Continue reading
That was fast
How to tell when a novel captivates you: I woke up at 7 a.m. yesterday and decided to read more of a manuscript on my iPad before getting up. Until 8 a.m., I told myself. When I next checked the … Continue reading
Best laid plans
Seventeen years ago, on the July 4th weekend, I drove back from a business trip to Atlanta. Took me all day, but it was worth it. On the day after I got home I met face-to-face, for the very first … Continue reading
Terre de nos aïeux
AT&T repair dude was supposed to come sometime between noon and 4 p.m. yesterday. When I got home at 5 p.m. he hadn’t arrived yet, and no call to say when, either. I spent the usual 15 minutes trying to … Continue reading
My kingdom for a title
Waiting for the service tech from AT&T to call to say he’s on the way to the house to figure out why our new phone line doesn’t work. At first, it only wouldn’t ring (or roll over to voice mail). … Continue reading
The number you have dialed
The Gulf has its first tropical storm of 2011, Arlene. Alas, she’s too far south to do us any good on the rainfall front. Spent most of the evening last night on the phone (or on hold) with AT&T customer … Continue reading