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
Category Archives: Covert Affairs
Better living through chemistry
My August contribution to Storytellers Unplugged is called Writing in My Head, and it’s now live. I’ve been suffering with lower back pain for a couple of years. I say “pain,” because that’s the standard term, but it’s really a … Continue reading
The Cure
Sold another short story today. Always a good feeling. I’ve been catching up with book reviews these past couple of mornings. Wrote the first draft of my next contribution to Dead Reckonings and posted reviews of Tess Gerritsen’s The Silent … Continue reading
Manhunters
It’s funny how after a year of drought, every time it rains becomes noteworthy. This has been a fairly typical summer for rain. Some heavy storms, the odd squall or typical rain shower. And yet every time it rains now, … Continue reading
But I’m not watching him
Found out this morning that the owner of our favorite bagel cafe sold the business. We’re hoping that it won’t change too much. It’s been a big part of our lives for many years. It’s sort of our Cheers, the … Continue reading
An explosive beginning
Another rainy day. It started at about 3 a.m. and has been raining more or less steadily ever since. Some local flooding around the city, mostly on the southern side. At least a 50% chance of rain through the weekend. … Continue reading
CSI: Boston
We’ve been on a run of >100° days. I think we’ll only hit 97° today. What a relief. I moved offices at the day job yesterday for the first time in 10 years. My new one is upstairs and at … Continue reading
Dead is Dead
Hot, hot, hotter than hot. And dry. But humid. Saps the energy out of you when you go outside. Long live A/C. Both The Closer and Rizzoli and Isles started with the disappearance of a young child. In both episodes, … Continue reading
Oh, great. Walt’s in his underwear again
I think I’ve got all the research done that I need to start writing my essay. I want to finish it up by the weekend so I can get to work on that book thing I’m supposed to do. Hot … Continue reading
Six Feet Over
I finished the first draft of the new short story on Sunday. Came in a little over at 2650 words. Then I did a slash and burn edit. Lots of black ink on the pages when I was done, most … 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