Author Archives: mbey

Recently I had to earn a City of Austin Food Handler’s certificate. I’m not going to go too much into how little I think of that program. It seems to be both futile, considering that foodservice is an industry with … Continue reading →

Space Squid has been chugging along for a a few years now, and it’s surprised me that no-one has really said anything about the way that there’s always a woman on the cover. I mean, sure, we’ve named them Squid … Continue reading →

For the Food Frakker, there’s nothing better than discovering a new taco meat. There’s a taco cart right next to the Saltillo Plaza train station on the East Side that has suadero. It’s sort of like marinated chunks of steak … Continue reading →

I’d like to point out that some more of my fiction has reached print, in this case my story "The Gaping Corpse" in Black Ink Horror issue #5. There are only 110 copies in existence, so it’s unlikely that you … Continue reading →

This is the second year in which I competed in the Grilled Cheese Invitational. Last year I entered in all three categories (which was a horrible mistake), and I won third place in the "honey pot" category. This year I … Continue reading →

Often I am asked the question: "Hey, Matthew Bey, how is it that you have the time to edit two sci-fi publications, publish regularly, blog and podcast incessantly, and still work your crappy blue-collar job?" There’s a simple answer to … Continue reading →

Regular followers of this blog know that Space Squid had the issue seven release party last Saturday at Frugal Media book store. The Frugal Media folks were kind enough to provide us with an awesome spread of cakes and beer. … Continue reading →

At last, the story of the censorship of Space Squid can be told. So there we were, doing the standard last-minute struggle to get Space Squid ready by the announced release date. It had been a little more than six … Continue reading →

We’re continuing our countdown to the release party this Saturday, so I thought that I would publish the official table of contents for this issue. Tonight I should have the time to put together all the mailings and payments for … Continue reading →

If you remember the Space Squid party invitation (don’t forget it’s this Saturday at Frugal Media), I promised everyone that there would be a zombie simulation with real heads. Well, this week I started to panic. Usually Fiesta just has … Continue reading →