Monthly Archives: August 2010

As you may know, I’ve done a fair amount of research on the Wisconsin horror writer Helmut Finch, and I wrote a retrospective of his work that appeared on Pseudopod last year. So you can imagine that I took a … Continue reading →

Okay, everything has more or less come together. I think the internet meme of the clay tablets has died down a little. The eBay listings have gone up, but there’s still a deal on clay tablet #14. The clay tablets … Continue reading →

Within moments I will have completed my huge list of things to do before Armadillocon. I get up early in the morning to help out with the writing workshop, so this is my last chance to prepare before everything goes … Continue reading →

For those of you who can’t get down to the Armadillocon art auction this weekend, there’s two of our clay tablets up for sale on eBay.com. There’s #6 and #14, two of the most readable of the tablets I printed. … Continue reading →

It’s only two days until Armadillocon and Space Squid issue nine is nearly ready for its debut. The PDF of our electronic version is about 90% completed. The photocopier (Sanjay2) is partially working, so I will likely run off a … Continue reading →

For Public Release: 8/25/10 Contact: Matthew Bey, Publisher and Communications Director, Space Squid email: squishy-at-spacesquid-dot-com Literary Magazine to Print on Dead Media — Clay Tablets As digital media threatens traditional print periodicals with economic and cultural obsolescence, some magazines are … Continue reading →

A couple entries ago I showed you how to make a clay tablet magazine using stupid words and pictures. Wouldn’t you rather watch how to do it without having to do any stupid reading? Editor D Chang put together a … Continue reading →

Let’s give you a little peek behind the scenes for how things are coming together for Space Squid issue 9. Newcomer (or at least new to Space Squid) Morgan Wilson just completed an illustration for Brian Beise’s story "The Truth … Continue reading →

I mentioned a little earlier that Space Squid will publish this issue in clay tablet format. This afternoon I made the first prototype in this series. So why don’t I walk you through the process? Of course I have no … Continue reading →

Why haven’t I fired up the grill more often? I made a special trip to a carneceria and bought a strip of bright-red marinated fajita meat. Meat should always cook over an open flame. It brings together the two great … Continue reading →