The modern world has lost its sense of adventure. In a world that is ever more regulated, legislated, and moderated, people need an outlet from recurring payments, cubicle farms, and restrictions of every kind.

However, the modern world hasn’t lost its capacity for adventure, and it is here that the classic adventure tale delivers its greatest impact. We all need a little escape in ways that we only dimly recognize and can’t begin to measure.

Ray Gun Revival provides just that, a throwback publication that revisits space opera and golden age sci-fi. Our stories focus more on character development than hard science and sail all the wide-open waters between fantasy and harder sci-fi. Think of the original Star Wars stories, Doc Smith's Lensman series, the Warlord of Mars tales from Edgar Rice Burroughs. Think of everything from John Carter and Gully Foyle to Kimball Kinnison and Han Solo.

Ray Gun Revival is about dusting off the pulp adventure stories of old and giving them a fresh spin. We are bringing out the deepest elements of what has traditionally been rather superficial fiction and updating them for a new generation of fiction enthusiasts.

The RGR Spiel
Ray Gun Revival (RGR) is an e-zine (electronic magazine) publication that is targeted to a particular kind of story and not a specific age group. With that said, we assume that those who will find the most interest in these stories will be readers aged 14 to adults.

We believe it is impossible to tell an adventure story without revealing something of the author’s or the character’s moral compass, and we will try to stick to the high road. Stories that do have some kind of rowdy language or anything approaching explicit content will be clearly labeled.

The RGR Overlords believe that the moral struggles, failures, and triumphs inherent in space opera and golden age sci-fi speak for themselves. Therefore, we wield a collectively light editorial hand and trust that that will bear itself out in the published works.

Ray Gun Revival is mostly about the simple things: well-crafted stories, great characterization, ideas that will carry us away and refresh our reality-wearied minds, a sense of adventure that will take us to another place for a little while.