Michael Chabler wrote and acted in the screenplay The Interview from Hell. This was derived from the short play he wrote, Help Desk: Monday Through Friday.

He had a short story (“Human and Machine Lifespans”) in November 2019's issue of The Scarlet Leaf Review.

He is the author of the science fiction spy-thriller novel I Saw the Number 9. He also wrote a screenplay based on the same story.

In 2017, he completed the play A Paris Traveler Before The Revolutions. In 2018 he completed the short story Auto World.

In the fall of 2016, he acted in two small films, one where he recalls a strange dream about Hillary Clinton, in Ruth Patir's short Sleepers, the other as a South African judge in Ken Sibanda's 1948.

He is a founding member of the children's music group Treehouse 10, which released the album Bug in a Puddle in 2009.

Michael Chabler sang and co-wrote the music on this album with four former members of the Hillside Singers, famous for the '70s smash hit, "I'd Like to Teach The World To Sing" based on the Coca-Cola theme - songwriters/ musicians and siblings Frank Sebastian Marino, Joelle Marino McDermott, Laura Marino and Bill Marino.

He has written news stories for both print and radio.

He is a member of the National Writers Union, the Dramatists Guild, Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and ASCAP.