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
Not as seen on TV
Wrote the first 750 words of a new short story this morning after two false starts. It’s a little slow going because I’m still finding my way in this historical context, but it’s coming together. And there’s a positive omen: … Continue reading
Falling into place
Many inexplicable things take place during the writing process. That zone you get into when the story is just flowing out of you when you aren’t even stopping to think of what comes next, for example. For the past several … Continue reading
Where was the flux capacitor?
I wrote a 600-word short story this morning for NPR’s three-minute stories competition. I only found out about it a few days ago, thanks to someone’s link on Facebook, and it took me until today to come up with an … Continue reading
A very noiry CSI
This morning, I wrote the first two paragraphs of a new short story I’m still developing in my mind simply because I wanted to get them out of my head, where they’ve been bouncing around for a couple of days. … Continue reading
About Time
Yesterday was my lucky day, I guess. I won a free tire rotation by answering a trivia question on my local car dealer’s Facebook page, and when I got home I found a package containing both the hardcover and audio … Continue reading
A Class Act
I love talking to my agent. I always feel inspired and motivated after I get off the phone with him. He always has time for me, and it’s not unusual for our conversations to go on for the better part … Continue reading
In Da House
Had another set of anthology guidelines added to my to-do list. This one doesn’t have a set deadline, which means I better not mess around or else it might fill up. However, I need to do some reading and research … Continue reading
As nutty as…
My new Storytellers Unplugged essay is up. It’s called “Potpourri” for the simple reason that it’s a meandering, stream-of-consciousness hodgepodge without a point. I was really stumped for a topic this month, so I opted for a State of the … Continue reading
Maybe I was paying attention
I received my first rejection letter of 2010. No, maybe it’s my second one. I think so. They don’t sting quite as much as they once did, but I had hopes for this one. It was intended for Blood Lite … Continue reading
From Socrates to Snookie
According to CNN, as of this morning there was snow on the ground in all fifty states except Florida. And, yes, that includes Hawaii, the meteorologist clarified, as if someone might speculate that Hawaii wasn’t one of the fifty. Our … Continue reading