Author Archives: mbey

Here’s how things stand right now: The slush pile is getting consistently cleared, thanks to Elle’s hard work. And the editorial board has even approved a few more of thes stories for publication, but we’re still far short of a … Continue reading →

Here’s something I made this morning. It’s called a girdle scone, or if you’re speaking to someone non-Scottish and you wish to avoid confusion, just call it a griddle scone. I ate this fresh off the pan, but I always … Continue reading →

Sometimes a man just wants to sit in the sun and enjoy a bag of cheese rings, a can of macadamia-flavored canned coffee, and a Vietnamese desert cup. The desert cup was a bit of a trip. The white fungus … Continue reading →

I’ve just started exploring the possibilities of encasing LEDs in plastic resin. The downside is that the resin, until it sets, smells like the Houston suburb of hell. Plus it’s incredibly expensive, especially after you add in the costs of … Continue reading →

I said earlier that I could only find one really good folly house in the Austin area, but there’s also this one, down south near South First. It used to be a church, but now it’s a castle-themed bed and … Continue reading →

…if you recall my campaign to set myself up as the king of Innsmouth Free Press #2, I’ve been on the IFP listserve for a while, the upshot of which is that I was able to snag a promotional CD … Continue reading →

Maybe you read my story, "Beneath the Red City," on Innsmouth Free Press a couple months ago. Maybe you didn’t. That’s not important. What’s important is you want to vote for me, by going to the site and saying that … Continue reading →

These pictures have been collecting in my harddrive. None is really worth a blog entry in of themselves, and they don’t really fit any particular themes. But I’m too cheap with my data to just file them away without doing … Continue reading →

I’ve had this dream of one day becoming a loving and nurturing abuela. To that end I have radically improved my tortilla manufacturing capabilities. Armed with a tortilla press and some instant masa flour, I realized that I was making … Continue reading →