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
Lighting a fuse
Instead of watching NCIS, I’m tuned in to the Elton John / Leon Russell live concert on fuse.tv. Today is the launch day for their new duet album, The Union, produced by T-Bone Burnett and featuring such guest performers as … Continue reading
It’s only bullets whistling by
Rubicon ended with a whimper, not a bang. And I really thought we’d hear that bang, or something like one. We still have no indication whether or not the series will be renewed for a second season, so there are … Continue reading
Bartleby
My Storytellers Unplugged essay Ch-ch-ch-changes went live yesterday. In it I discuss my general resistance to changing something that I’ve used for a long time and my plans to try out a new writing program called Scrivener for my revisions … Continue reading
Another quiet night in the Hotel California
I received my copy of the hardbound omnibus of American Vampire last night. I’ve only read the first installment until now because the local shop stopped carrying the series for a while. I still find that I have a hard … Continue reading
How’s the dog?
The Evolve author/editor chat at Bitten By Books is still going on until noon tomorrow. Drop by and ask one or all of us questions and enter the contest to win valuable prizes. (Real valuable prizes, not NECON valuable prizes.) … Continue reading
This is not Woody Allen
Join editor Nancy Kilpatrick and authors from Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead (including me) tomorrow on the Bitten by Books online launch event from noon central on Wednesday, through to noon central on Thursday. Post your question for … Continue reading
I didn’t think he’d be first
I was going to start Elmore Leonard’s new novel, Djibouti, next, but I decided to breeze through the new Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker first, Painted Ladies. I have it on my Kindle and read the first 1/3 of … Continue reading
The Two Georges
I finished The Reversal by Michael Connelly yesterday. Full review to come. Connelly makes some interesting decisions about how to resolve—or not resolve—certain vital aspects of the novel that lead me to believe he has a sequel planned. Did a … Continue reading
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
I ordered a kangaroo yesterday. Yes, indeed. No, it’s not some sort of exotic drink like a Wallaby Darned, although ordering a wallaby was an option. I’ve been on a quest to find a reasonably affordable sit-stand desk adapter. Something … Continue reading
My former self
I finally pulled the trigger on the short story in progress this morning. I read it through aloud last night, made a few minor touch-up changes, keyed them in this morning and shipped it off to the market. I was … Continue reading