Matthew Kressel's fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in such publications as Interzone, Naked City: New Tales of Urban Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow, Electric Velocipede, Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest, Abyss & Apex, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Farrago's Wainscot, A Field Guide to Surreal Botany, and other markets.

In 2003 he started the speculative fiction magazine Sybil's Garage, which has since received multiple honorable mentions in three consecutive issues of the Years's Best Fantasy & Horror, edited by Datlow, Link and Grant, and continues to receive critical acclaim. The magazine combines a unique aesthetic of merging 20th century imagery with 21st century fiction.

In April of 2008, Matt took over for Gavin Grant as the co-host of the KGB Fantastic Fiction reading series with Ellen Datlow. The reading series features luminaries and up-and-comers in speculative fiction and is held on the third Wednesday of every month in Manhattan at the famous KGB Bar.

Matthew is a member of the writing group Altered Fluid, where he has appeared several times as a guest on Jim Freund's radio show, Hour of the Wolf, on WBAI. He read a draft of one of his stories live on the air.

He currently lives in Brooklyn, with a steadily decreasing view of the New York skyline.