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Bio

Ray Tabler is a chemical engineer who was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He moved to the frozen wilds of Michigan due to a tragic addiction to a steady paycheck, married a Yankee girl, is now stuck there and happy.

Bibliography

Short Stories:

Local Boy Makes Good - Jim Baen's Universe(http://www.baens-universe.com/), June 2006.(Local Boy Makes Good) and in the anthology The Best of Jim Baen's Universe (July 2007).
Schrödinger's Pill - SFCrowsnest SciFi Magazine (http://www.sfcrowsnest.com), January 2006 (Schrödinger's Pill).
A Bullet in Time - SFCrowsnest SciFi Magazine (http://www.sfcrowsnest.com), December 2007 (Bullet in Time ).
By Any Other Name - SFCrowsnest SciFi Magazine (http://www.sfcrowsnest.com) , April 2008 (http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2008/nz12439.php) .
Gone but Not Forgotten - Atomjack Magazine (http://atomjackmagazine.com/10/main.html), May 2008.
The Mark of Cain - Atomjack Magazine (http://www.atomjackmagazine.com/2009/20090301_Mark_of_Cain.html), March 2009.
Game of a Lifetime - AlienSkin Magazine (http://www.alienskinmag.com/flashmic5.htm), April/May 2009.
The Departure Lounge - Blood Blade and Thruster Magazine (http://bbtmagazine.presspublisher.us/articles/The_Departure_Lounge_06,3,09,02,06,42), Issue Number 4, June/July 2009.
The Secret Weapon - AlienSkin Magazine (http://www.alienskinmag.com/flash16.htm) June/July 2009
Billion Dollar View - Escape Pod (http://escapepod.org/2010/08/05/ep252-billion-dollar-view/) EP252 - August 5, 2010
Time Management (January 1) and Gift of a Dark God (March 29) – Daily Flash 2011, Pill Hill Press, ISBN-13: 9781617060106 and ISBN: 1617060100 .

Cruel and Inhuman – Daily Bites of Flesh 2011, Pill Hill Press, ISBN -13:978-1617060182.

Stainless Steel City – Cosmic Crime Stories Magazine. Jamuary 2011, available from: http://samsdotpublishing.com/atthedot/february.htm
Odd Job - Cup of Joe, Coffee House Flash Fiction, Wicked East Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-61706-119-6.

Choices in the Dark – Shadows and Light II, Pill Hill Press, ISBN 978-1-61706-003-8.
A Routine Diplomatic Incident – Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine – Issue # 52, September 28th, 2011, http://www.andromedaspaceways.com/asim-52-released-from-captivity/
Honor Killing – Escape Pod-321, December 2, 2011, http://escapepod.org/2011/12/02/ep321-honor-killing/

Reviews

Arthur W. Jordin: on "Local Boy Makes Good" (in Best of Jim Baen's Universe I anthology)

...Local Boy Makes Good by Ray Tabler provides a solution to the problem of an overpowering enemy...

M. David Schafer: on "Local Boy makes Good" (in Jim Baen's Universe Magazine)

...but its really the new writers like Pam Uphoff, Tony Frazier, and Ray Tabler that turned in the best pieces... Ray Tabler turned is one of my favorite stories in this issue with Local Boy Makes Good. Its a fast-moving, military sci-fi story about a group of genetically-engineered soldiers raiding an alien base. Like many stories in this sub-genre, it has a World War II-in-space feel. But Tabler manages to transcend the trappings of the sub-genre, producing a story about what it means to be human. Its an interesting take on the genetically-engineered soldiers concept, and he deftly injects the nature verses nurture debate into a combat story. Tabler's writing is fast and clean, and he dumps a good amount of backstory into the narrative once it's moving and keeps zipping along. He also provides a strong ending that is probably the best image in the whole issue....

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Bibliography

Time Management (January 1) and Gift of a Dark God (March 29) – Daily Flash 2011, Pill Hill Press, ISBN-13: 9781617060106 and ISBN: 1617060100 .

Cruel and Inhuman – Daily Bites of Flesh 2011, Pill Hill Press, ISBN -13:978-1617060182.

Stainless Steel City – Cosmic Crime Stories Magazine. Jamuary 2011, available from: http://samsdotpublishing.com/atthedot/february.htm

Odd Job - Cup of Joe, Coffee House Flash Fiction, Wicked East Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-61706-119-6.

Choices in the Dark – Shadows and Light II, Pill Hill Press, ISBN 978-1-61706-003-8.

A Routine Diplomatic Incident – Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine – Issue # 52, September 28th, 2011, http://www.andromedaspaceways.com/asim-52-released-from-captivity/

Honor Killing – Escape Pod-321, December 2, 2011, http://escapepod.org/2011/12/02/ep321-honor-killing/

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