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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. Echoes of Issel (The Sergey Chronicles #2) – D. T. Read Reunited with his family, Tristan struggles to find common ground to build a relationship with Lujan Sergey, commander of the Unified […]

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 Alliance (The Survivors #21) – Nathan Hystad A wedding. A mysterious entity. A dangerous lineage. Jules is ready to get married. If only things were that simple. Dean is contacted by […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. A Blade’s Rebirth (The Chain Breaker #13) – D. K. Holmberg When a power greater than the Chain Breaker rips through his realm, Gavin must become more. When a strange power breaks […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Aegeon #7 – edited by Brendan Heard Sharpen your thoughts, late stage fructose-cows, the barriers of your prison shall soon crumble before you, like an atomic crab shedding its black-glass shell. Peruse […]

Comics (Razorfist) – If you think one has to choose between SJW superheroes… or the idiosyncratic art of Manga… Good news! You don’t. France has been quietly producing better comic books than American and Japan for decades. Sword and Sorcery (Adventures Fantastic) – I have long felt a growing angst about the ongoing disputes 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. Ganwold’s Child (The Sergey Chronicles #1) – D. T. Read Darcie was taking her young child Tristan to rejoin her husband Lujan in the Enach system when nonhuman slavers attacked and captured […]

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 Blade Bearers (Blade and Bone #6) – D. K. Holmberg As the drumbeats of war intensify, the Bearers must answer. Finn and Morgan struggle to return to Verendal, finding only destruction […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Cirsova #16 / Fall 2023 – edited by P. Alexander Tales of heroic adventure and daring suspense that include: Krallenburg is beset by a werewolf! Can witchhunter Friedrich Rosch stop the monstrous […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Combat Frame XSeed Illustrated Tech Guide II – Brian Neimeier  Space is a graveyard Meet the advanced war machines fighting for the fate of Earth! Get the official specs on every Ynzu […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Before Us (The Abyss #2) – Nathan Hystad They came from below but were they also here Before Us? Wyatt survived the initial destruction, but he’s lost someone important to him. While […]

“We solved every case we worked on. It’s just that the solutions weren’t always pretty. An explosion here, an inferno there, and in the end, we’re left with a mountain of corpses, and, incidentally, a solution.”–Kei, “The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair” When science fiction writer A. Bertram Chandler visited Japan in the late […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. My Sister Suprema – Chuck Dixon and Anthony Gonzales-Clark Randy is a bright young boy who devours comics and dreams of becoming a superhero. One day, he discovers a secret formula on […]