Author Archives: mbey

Can you spot the new copies of SPACE SQUID in the above photo? The answer is below. I’m a member of the Austin writer’s group the Slugtribe. The group has a pretty healthy membership these days, with several members bringing … Continue reading →

If I can be perfectly honest with you for a moment, the whole point of having a little literary zine, is to throw nasty, death-defying parties. The release party for SPACE SQUID issue seven is going to be this Saturday, … Continue reading →

I would like to take moment to talk about a Space Squid advertiser. Now, this isn’t one of those times where I’m pimping a Space Squid advertiser on the blog because of a sneaky conflict of interest. This is one … Continue reading →

For the participants of Staple! the independent zine expo, the phenomenon that is Space Squid issue seven is already a reality. Approximately 300 lucky Staple-goers picked up a Space Squid for their very own. Several RevSF regulars were there, including … Continue reading →

We’re going to be getting a lot of up-to-the-minute posts on this subject, and here’s the first: SPACE SQUID ISSUE SEVEN HAS GONE TO PRESS! Here is the very first copy to be assembled, stapled, and folded. Once again, we’ve … Continue reading →

For months I’d been kicking myself for going to the marisco diner up on North Lamar, Taquerias de Las Chivas, and not ordering the octopus cocktail. I mean, seriously, a cocktail of octopus! What was I thinking, passing that up? … Continue reading →

My sci-fi comedy action short A Natural History of the Pancake Badger has just been posted on The Town Drunk. It’s been a whole year since Gimpbomb Enters Room, my chilling vision of the chatrooms of tomorrow, appeared on the … Continue reading →

Over the summer I gave Love Story 2050 the only positive review it had in the entire world. Well, Love Bollywood, the BBC Bollywood gossip show is running a facebook campaign to give Love Story 2050 the credit and the … Continue reading →

It’s less than a week until the next issue of Space Squid comes out. And don’t worry, everything is coming together quite nicely. This is the first Space Squid to come out in a new era of Hope and Change. … Continue reading →

Here’s some more goodies from web-surfing that shouldn’t go to waste. Today’s theme: animals! Fish with see-through head. Deep-sea of course. Baby Fennec fox’s are cute. As are baby gorillas. Rats in Bangladesh are less cute. Let’s kill them. Here’s … Continue reading →