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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Alert the Quantum Lords
Two evictions on Survivor last night–and Rupert’s still there. I thought for sure he was a lame duck early on, what with his broken toe and all, but he’s managed to avoid the chopping block time and time again. He … Continue reading
Aw, hell
It seems like we went straight from heating the house to having to cool it down. We got through most of April without any indoor climate control, but I know we had to turn the heat on at least once … Continue reading
I saved a life this morning
Earlier this year, I took a day-long course at work that gave me the credentials of an emergency first responder. Since then, my colleagues and I have jokingly asked each other if we’ve saved anyone yet. There was an incident at … Continue reading
Respect the Thing
Not many goaltenders are tall enough to strike that particular pose, which Ken Dryden made famous in the 1970s when he appeared from nowhere and led the Montreal Canadiens to a Stanley Cup or five. He was unique in so … Continue reading
Dem Bones
Finally got caught up on the Thursday night shows I missed while we were in New York. I wasn’t happy with the outcome of Survivor. I was hoping the heroes could turn the tables and even the score with the … Continue reading
And the winner is…
We’re back from a whirlwind trip to Manhattan for the Edgar Award banquet. We flew out on Thursday morning and encountered our first and only real bump in the road when the pilot had to reboot the entire airplane before … Continue reading
Nerves
I might have written this before, but when it came to the Bram Stoker Awards last month, I wasn’t nervous leading up to the presentation. I pretty much figured how it was going to go, and the adrenaline only kicked … Continue reading
Something in Store
I updated my online “store,” which has handy links to Amazon for my books and for anthologies that include my stories, including When the Night Comes Down, Evolve, Close Encounters of the Urban Kind, and Dead Set. I posted my … Continue reading
Time is not the boss of me
Ed Gorman kindly posted a Q&A with me on his Pro-File this weekend. In it I talk about the novel in progress, my experience selling my first book, pleasures and displeasures of a writing career, and I offer a little … Continue reading
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story
A nice review of When the Night Comes Down was posted this weekend at Shroud Magazine’s website. I finished reading the other stories in the collection this weekend. It’s an interesting mix, with some fascinating crossovers of theme or concept … Continue reading