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
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TMI
I didn’t get much writing done over the weekend, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t get work done. My main focus has been on a re-read of a book that I’ve been asked to review. The review is due at … Continue reading
Doctor Lecter
My review of the first episode of Under the Dome went live on FEARnet a short while ago. I’m using the word “review” loosely, as it’s actually a long essay that touches on the series and its place in King’s … Continue reading
The end of horror
My message board, which was behaving badly last week, is now back to normal. I worked with support at my ISP, but they weren’t able to figure out why it was throwing errors. Then it just started working properly again. … Continue reading
Pilates. Pontius Pilates.
My write-up of the Dollar Baby Film Festival at Comicpalooza is now up at FEARnet. I really meant to submit a story to Fearful Symmetry, but a lack of time and inspiration thwarted my plans. This week I did manage … Continue reading
Engage
My wife and I can do the work of ten men, apparently. She asked for a quote for a spring yard cleanup from a local lawn service and was quoted nearly $2000. The guy wanted to send five men for … Continue reading
Cherry blossom special
I thought I had beaten the jet lag. I got back from Tokyo on Friday afternoon, went to bed at the usual time that night and slept soundly. Saturday night was fine, too. But the last two nights I’ve awakened … Continue reading
Zero Dark Olympus
The weather is whacked. On Saturday afternoon I went for a post-prandial stroll along the artificial riverwalk with my daughter. Yesterday afternoon I was out mowing the lawn. By last night it was down near freezing again. Whacked, I say. … Continue reading
Rick and AJ
Nearly 10 years ago, I was invited to be a guest of honor at a mini-conference in Maine called Palavercon. I didn’t have high hopes for the event, but I agreed to go. My first book was just out, so … Continue reading
Time flies
There’s always one clock that you forget to reset. It’s in an out-of-the-way location and it completely slips your mind. And yet, that’s the one that you notice and believe the next day. The one that makes you wonder why … Continue reading
Never trust an assistant with sharp objects
At 30°F, it was two degrees colder in north Houston this morning than in Montreal or Halifax. And it’s supposed to get cold again tonight. The future doesn’t look promising for Zero Hour, the series about…what? What is it really … Continue reading