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The Austin Chronicle wrote a couple of articles about the forthcoming Mushroom Men video game that we’ve been promoting here at Space Squid for months. They have an article about the creative team at Red Fly Studios and about the … Continue reading →

My camera wasn’t working at the Frugal Media event, so I didn’t get any pictures myself. But Camille Alexa who read a particularly upbeat slipstream story, was kind enough to snap some photos of the cake that the Frugal Media … Continue reading →

Norm Sherman and those lovely folks at Drabblecast have produced another one of my stories. Although "story" is a bit generous. It’s called "Train Dreams" and it’s a 100-word drabble that I produced explicitly for them. My previous Drabblecast story … Continue reading →

My friend Julia was working on this project over the summer, where they’re designing "trashcan-sized" fission piles for powering the NASA moon-bases that will never happen. You will notice that one of the final designs involves a stirling engine generator. … Continue reading →

For those of you in the Austin area, SPACE SQUID is hosting a reading on Friday, November 21st, 4-8pm, at Frugal Media (5400 N.Lamar). There will be free beer, cupcakes, and I’ll probably be bringing in that dead alien I … Continue reading →

The other day I was talking about how Austin was a hostile environment for experimental art, but tonight went to see one of the best-attended free-jazz concerts I’ve ever seen. Scandinavian trio The Thing had a show down at Ruby’s … Continue reading →

Now that we know what we are looking for, we can start working on a cure.

The advertising for J.M. McDermott’s debut novel Last Dragon has the following plug from Jeff Vandermeer: "Relentless, dark, and dangerous … A rare kind of clarity inhabits McDermott’s prose … the entire novel is a breath of fresh air." Before … Continue reading →

At a bar last night I was talking to my friend who was all scared because he had heard that Obama was going to institute mandatory national service at the behest of some advisers who have a history with similar … Continue reading →

I think the RevSF blort of Patrice Sarath related content is over, but I want to make sure that everyone got to see everything. Here are the links to everything Sarath on RevSF: We have a sample excerpt from Patrice … Continue reading →