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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. Cloak of Embers (Cloak Mage #10) – Jonathan Moeller A deadly puzzle. A closing trap. My name is Nadia, and I’m a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves. That means […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Alliance of Outlaws (The Augment War #1) – Ben Hale A lost weapon. A forgotten enemy. A new alliance will rise. An old enemy has returned. Militant zealots backed by a new […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. After Us (The Abyss #3) – Nathan Hystad The fate of the world is on the line. What will be left After Us? Safety is obviously only temporary as the Static continues […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Galaxy Under Siege (Forgotten Galaxy #3) – M. R. Forbes Caleb Card always knew that fighting back against overwhelming odds would be a thankless slog. And with Legion forces expanding across the […]

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 […]