Monthly Archives: November 2008

Back when I was visiting Chicago, I had some modestly interesting food experiences. From a Thai restaurant I ordered some tastefully arranged strips of duck: Those ducks are as tender and delicious as they are cute. The restaurant was apparently … Continue reading →

A few months ago I attended the Austin Asian American Film Festival. Yeah, I know, I’m a jerk for not writing about it sooner. It was an intriguingly curated little festival (I used to put in several film festivals a … Continue reading →

The Austin Chronicle wrote a couple of articles about the forthcoming Mushroom Men video game that we’ve been promoting here at Space Squid for months. They have an article about the creative team at Red Fly Studios and about the … Continue reading →

My camera wasn’t working at the Frugal Media event, so I didn’t get any pictures myself. But Camille Alexa who read a particularly upbeat slipstream story, was kind enough to snap some photos of the cake that the Frugal Media … Continue reading →

Norm Sherman and those lovely folks at Drabblecast have produced another one of my stories. Although "story" is a bit generous. It’s called "Train Dreams" and it’s a 100-word drabble that I produced explicitly for them. My previous Drabblecast story … Continue reading →

My friend Julia was working on this project over the summer, where they’re designing "trashcan-sized" fission piles for powering the NASA moon-bases that will never happen. You will notice that one of the final designs involves a stirling engine generator. … Continue reading →

For those of you in the Austin area, SPACE SQUID is hosting a reading on Friday, November 21st, 4-8pm, at Frugal Media (5400 N.Lamar). There will be free beer, cupcakes, and I’ll probably be bringing in that dead alien I … Continue reading →

The other day I was talking about how Austin was a hostile environment for experimental art, but tonight went to see one of the best-attended free-jazz concerts I’ve ever seen. Scandinavian trio The Thing had a show down at Ruby’s … Continue reading →

Now that we know what we are looking for, we can start working on a cure.

The advertising for J.M. McDermott’s debut novel Last Dragon has the following plug from Jeff Vandermeer: "Relentless, dark, and dangerous … A rare kind of clarity inhabits McDermott’s prose … the entire novel is a breath of fresh air." Before … Continue reading →