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Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Express Elevator to Hell (Universes at War #1) – edited by Chris Kennedy and April Kelley Jones Attack! Attack! Attack! The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, and for […]

November 2023 is the centennial anniversary for publication of A. Merritt’s The Ship of Ishtar. This classic novel was first published as a six part serial in the pulp magazine Argosy All-Story Weekly from November 8, 1924 to December 13, 1924. Merritt first wrote the story as a novelette. Editor Bob Davis at Argosy All-Story […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Beware of Chicken #4 – Casualfarmer A laugh-out-loud, slice-of-life martial-arts fantasy about . . . farming???? Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Forged in War (Gustav’s Greatswords #1) – Michael G. Thomas and Nick S. Thomas A mercenary captain and his legendary swordsmen battle an unstoppable enemy! Gustav von Altenburg and his elite mercenaries, […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Men of Bretton (A Dream of Home #1) – Richard Fox The soldiers of the 11th Bretton Infantry knew they were being dropped into a combat zone on Dharien. But they didn’t […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Brink of Destruction (Edge of Imperium #3) – Peter Nealen Things Fall Apart Both Corvan and Zolah are now aware of the threat posed by the ghost ships—yet whether they will act […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. The Betrayed (Galaxy’s Edge: 24) – Jason Anspach and Nick Cole As Chhun and his fellow Legion Adjudicators work to uncover the buried secrets of the time called the Troubles, the rest of […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Ilus Found (The Four Horsemen #3) – Michael Chatfield Plunged into the heart of Vedra, the Abyssal Plane of Etera, The Four Horsemen connect with Limos once more. Having reestablished their connection […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Artifact (Starship Jericho #1) – Toby Neighbors There’s something out there. We’ve known about it for a long time. No one knows where it came from or who sent it. But one […]

The New Releases feature will return next week. In the mean time, let’s take a look back. Pulp fiction is full of Big Threes, from the top magazines every author wanted to write for, to the top three science fiction writers, the top three science fiction magazines, and the top three Weird Tales writers. But […]

There’s a rare lull in the breakneck world of independent science fiction, so while the New Release feature is catching its breath for a couple weeks, let’s look back at the pulps. What is pulp fiction? That is a loaded question, as pulp fiction encompasses many different genres. Science fiction, hard-boiled detective stories, heroic crime […]