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In 2009, the Louvre Museum, one of the most renowned art museums in the world, gathered comic book artists together for a unique exhibit showcasing the breadth of contemporary art found in comic books. French bandes dessinées and American comic books featured prominently in the display, joined by panels drawn by Japanese manga artist Hirohiko Araki. While […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. (Note: next week’s spotlight will be postponed to 4 April.) Codex Babylon (The Cross-Time Crusade #1) – Robert Kroese A secret cabal of demonic forces threatens to destroy civilization and plunge 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. Cirsova #14 / Spring 2023 – edited by P. Alexander Tales of heroic adventure and daring suspense that include: When an astronaut confronts a lamia, she has a proposition for him: she […]

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 Ascendant Wars – Rhett C. Bruno and M. B. Vance When the rules of war keep changing, fight for each other… Humanity has been banished to a distant star. Left to […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Apocalypse Tamer 2 – Maxime J. Durland Invaders have burned down Basil’s home. He’s out for blood. Now short of a house, Basil and his pets are leaving the countryside for the […]

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Affectionately known as the Twain, these rogues are two of the most legendary characters in all of fantasy. While R. E. Howard, C. L. Moore, and Clark Ashton Smith laid the foundation for sword and sorcery in Weird Tales, Fritz Leiber codified the genre with the first appearance of his […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Adrift (The Lost Warship Book 1) – Daniel Gibbs There is a time to weep and a time to mourn. For the CSV Lion of Judah, that time has not yet come. 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. Apprentice to the Gods (The Seventh Shaman #4) – D. T. Read The Resistance Pact’s attack on the Supremacy’s “ally” world, Jassem, has succeeded in taking the Jax out of the fight—for […]

Below are reviews of Web-novel inspired fiction from the Popadanets, isekai, and litRPG/GameLit genres respectively. For more on these genres, please check out “Here Be Dragons: The Web Novel’s Accidental Travels into Otherwhere”, which discusses these three common genres from the web novel branch of fiction. In M. H. Johnson’s Silver Fox & The Western Hero: Warrior […]

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 Feast of Ambrosia: The Adventures of Bingor and Donalbain – Glen Rahman Bingor, a sly scoundrel hailing from Sicilia, and Donalbain, a Scottish bard, are not your typical sword-and-sorcery heroes. Thieving […]

Every week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. 365 Infantry: 2022 Annual Collection – Jacob Calta For the brave wolven warriors of the 365th Infantry, the fight against the strange creations of sentient computer A.C.E.S. is a nonstop war for […]