Rick Maddocks has been widely published in anthologies and magazines. He has also written and performed music with The Beige, an atmospheric roots quintet whose second album, El Ángel Exterminador, was released in 2010. His experimental gospel funk opera, The Meal, premiered at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in 2011 and was restaged in Spring 2012 at Pacific Theatre. He is the author of Sputnik Diner (Vintage).