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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Paris: City of Lighters
Vignettes from Paris #3 We had a great time on our recent 10-day trip to Paris, make no mistake about it. It was relaxing, adventurous, rejuvenating, invigorating, educational and fun. We did have a couple of quibbles, though. The first … Continue reading
Security issues
Vignette from Paris #2 One of the best things we did shortly after arriving in Paris was to buy a Paris Museum Pass. These cards are good for admission for about 60 venues in and around the city (including Versailles), … Continue reading
One ring to rule them
Vignette from Paris #1 On Wednesday afternoon, as we were approaching the Musee D’Orsay on the left bank of the Seine in Paris, an older woman came into view. Suddenly she bent down and picked something up off the sidewalk … Continue reading
Quick update
1) It’s raining. How weird. It got really dark about 1 pm and then we got a pretty good soaking for the better part of the next hour. Then, four hours later, another shower. They tell us we might get … Continue reading
NECon gold
I spent the last four days in Bristol, Rhode Island, attending NECon 31. This was my fifth or six time at NECon. I’ll have to do the research sometime to figure it out for sure. I know I’ve been to … Continue reading
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
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
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