Science fiction novelist and retired engineer. Science fiction you can enjoy.
Midland, MI
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"...It was like watching myself in a mirror. A cracked, warped, fun house mirror in a darkened room. This man was me. Or had been at some point in the past. Now he sat there, hand on a shotgun, almost daring me to challenge his authority..." raytabler.substack.com/p/hot…
How alien do you like your aliens? Add some tentacles and ooze to taste. Simmer. raytabler.substack.com/p/in-…
Noted author, screenwriter, producer, and podcaster George Sirois just released the podcast he recorded interviewing me at Archon 49. We talk about real history in speculative fiction, getting started writing and publishing, and more! Tune in and listen. player.captivate.fm/episode/…
Uneasy lies the head... Dr. Carmody is in an alternate universe, surrounded by multiple copies of himself. Who is who? What is what? raytabler.substack.com/p/hot…
Which books have been to space? Has your favorite author been read in orbit? Read on if you’d like to know. Essay. 1100 words, 6-minute read. raytabler.substack.com/p/boo… raytabler.substack.com/p/boo…
Welcome to chapter 8 of my latest serialized novel on Substack, The Hotel Californium. Dr, Carmody is a man of science. He has become a man of science fiction. Things take an odd turn. raytabler.substack.com/p/hot…
On the way back from a family wedding, I stopped at the Armstrong Air & Space Museum, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A fun time!
A fun part of worldbuilding and writing Smitty’s Guide to Interstellar Bartending was coming up with a shelf of alien spirits (booze) for Smitty to make alien cocktails with. Here are the tables I concocted to keep it all straight. raytabler.substack.com/p/ali…
Many thanks to the Nice Planet Librarians podcast for mentioning me and me writing (1 hour, 3 minutes to 1 hour, 8 minutes in). Now I have a new pitch phrase for my current Substack Serial, The Hotel Californium: Oppenheimer meets The Prisoner. 😀 youtube.com/watch?v=QclqlXfj…
Here’s a little sample from the beginning of Smitty’s Guide to Interstellar Bartending. Smitty wakes up strapped to a table in a flying saucer. It’s a probing interlude. raytabler.substack.com/p/sni…
Cosplaying as a famous author at Archon 49, near St. Louis, this weekend! sites.grenadine.co/sites/arc…
Interviewed on the Old & In the Way Podcast! I am in the way, and chronologically I qualify as old. Mentally, I’m about 12. 📷 So, tune in and watch. youtube.com/watch?v=zGOdJvDb…
Now that I’ve learned the modern slang definition for “crop dusting” I’ll never watch this scene the same way again.
Ray will be signing books, doing a reading, and pontificating on panels at the Archon 49 Science Fiction Convention this weekend. Please drop by! October 2-4, 2026, at the Gateway Convention Center, Collinsville, Illinois. sites.grenadine.co/sites/arc…
