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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Legacies
A couple of weeks ago, my wife asked me what I wanted my legacy to be. I tend not to be a deep thinker when it comes to future matters. Oh, that’s not to say that I don’t make plans … Continue reading
By the Book
I just heard that David Thompson from Murder by the Book in Houston died suddenly yesterday. He was in his late thirties and had been working at MBTB for 21 years. MBTB is the place for mystery lovers in Houston. … Continue reading
Before that lady chopped off his foot
This past weekend was the first monthly meeting of the Candlelight Writers Group, a name we picked pretty much on the spot, after some more colorful and politically scandalous suggestions didn’t gain the required traction. The group consists of David Liss, … Continue reading
Why is there a dog in the Parthenon?
Down to the final three on Big Brother. I was sad to see Britney go. In the early few weeks I thought she was an annoying spoiled brat, but she grew on me over the summer. She’s so animated and … Continue reading
Mean, mean TS Hermine
One of the problems with going off the grid for a number of days, especially during the summer, is that things can sneak up on you. We spent Labor Day weekend in a beachfront house on Surfside, which is about … Continue reading
Tastes from the past
Nostalgia comes in many forms. We enjoy movies set in the era when we were young. We browse through old photo albums and floods of memories come back. We go to reunions or meet up with old friends from school … Continue reading
Denethor Bishop
At just about the same time as he was accepting an Emmy award, John Hamm’s alter ego, Don Draper (or Dick Whitman, if you prefer) was getting a Clio award for the best floor polish commercial. Nice piece of synchronicity. … Continue reading
A year of stories
It’s so nice to leave the gym at noon and walk out into dry air. Usually it’s like a sauna, but our humidity has been down so it doesn’t feel nearly so close. While I was updating my bibliography this … Continue reading
Shivers Me Timbers
Cemetery Dance officially announced Shivers VI today (after a pre-announcement directed at long-time clients yesterday). The anthology contains my story “It is the Tale,” as well as stories by many names you’ll recognize: Brian Keene, for example. Kealan Patrick Burke, … Continue reading
And he shall be Leon
A while back, I sat down for a lengthy interview with a producer working for Biography Channel International. They were updating their Stephen King biography, which was a decade out of date, and wanted to add some new faces to … Continue reading