Mostly fact. Essay. 700 words, 4-minute read. Parcel Post By Ray Tabler I’m a firm believer that a writer of fiction will struggle to outdo real life in terms of unlikely incidents. As the old saying goes, fact is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense. For example,…
Month: April 2026
Don’t Quit Your Day Job (encore)
A little meditation on working (and playing) for a living. Essay. 1000 words, 5-minute read. This is an essay I first posted in March of 2024, the prehistory of my time on Substack. I think it’s still relevant today. Don’t Quit Your Day Job By Ray Tabler Lately, I find…
Ghostwriting
With “real” ghosts. Essay. 1000 words, 5-minute read. Ghostwriting By Ray Tabler The famous physicist Richard Feynman maintained that the entire universe consists of nothing more than interacting fields of various types. According to Feynman matter, the stuff that makes up you and me and everything else, is simply particularly…
Tears in the Rain
Laughing at fate. Essay. 600 words, 3-minute read. Tears in the Rain By Ray Tabler I am a hopeless optimist. Anyone who has read my books will note that. As my mother told me, there’s a silver lining to every cloud, no matter how darn deep you have to dig…