Author Archives: mbey

i ran across this clip from a cable cartoon that tells the story of a space squid who falls to earth and has delightfully precious adventures.

so a random google alert sent me to this site where a geek who apparently does nothing but insult things makes fun of a series of death star cakes. as this: and this attests, there’s apparently an entire cultural movement … Continue reading →

It’s been taking me awhile, but I’m working my way down the list of Bollywood flicks I want to see. I had high hopes for this last one, and oddly enough they weren’t crushed. I saw this trailer for Chak … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned the awesomeness that is the Drabblecast before on this blog. Well, I harassed Norm Sherman and his drabblecasters until they broke down and read one of my stories on their podcast. The story that Norm Sherman accepted is … Continue reading →

It’s pretty hard to figure out what a sci-fi market is looking for when you read through their guidelines. You take a mag that publishes goony sword and sorcery and one that only publishes stories where orbital mechanics are the … Continue reading →

Last night I competed in the Austin Grilled Cheese Invitational. And I won third place in the dessert sandwich category. The idea for the "tiramisu" grilledcheese came to me late at night, the night before the contest when I should … Continue reading →

I think having podcasts in my life is making me a bit over-stimulated. At work I’ve become a sort of defacto entertainment director. I hook up the super-cheap media player to the super-cheap boombox in the corner of the bakery, … Continue reading →

I just heard from Simon Cooper that a story of his that went across the Space Squid desk has recently been published in "Postcards from Uranus." It’s called "Little Marvin’s Private Dancer." He says that some of the comments we … Continue reading →

as a legacy of a previous revSF fiction editor, the fiction guidelines says that we accept hypertext fiction. to my knowledge, despite the complex description of how to submit such a thing, no one has actually done so. and i … Continue reading →

just a couple hours after mr.myers posts this link on the revSF list about windblown dutch sculptures, a friend sends me video footage of a quadruped robot that walks on ice better than most texans, you’d think the thing was … Continue reading →