Meditations on Middle-Earth was a collection published in 2001 containing essays by authors on the personal impact of J. R. R. Tolkien. Contributors included Poul Anderson, Harry Turtledove, Charles de Lint, and Ursula K. Le Guin. It made for an interesting niche book reading on the impact the Oxford Don made on generations of fantasy […]
On a cold November night, a grieving father picks up his hunting rifle and shoots his only daughter in the head. The police are mystified. Why was the girl even at the house? Why wasn’t she at the mortuary, awaiting her burial? After all Mary Winston had been declared dead two days earlier. When John […]
Literary saints, Scotland Yard demon hunters, and interstellar gunrunners stalk through this week’s new releases. Indie Saint (Words of Power #1) – V. K. Fox Since she read a biography of Catholic saints and began spontaneously healing the sick and calling down lightning, Jane’s day-to-day has become a trippy journey of self-discovery. Lucky thing a […]
The war lords and bandits of Western China thought all visitors were fair game—until they ran into Norcross and his hard-boiled black army from the American Expeditionary Forces. Starting in 2015, Altus Press has rereleased the stories that filled the first and the greatest of pulps, Argosy Magazine, with its Argosy Library line. With over […]
Lost intergalactic secrets, interstellar pit stops, and heavy metal sword & sorcery fill this week’s list of new releases. Awaken Online: Hellion – Travis Bagwell Jason’s back! And he’s ready for some revenge! Roughly a month has passed in-game since Thorn’s attack on the Twilight Throne. In that time, the dark city has managed to […]
Love at first sight turns into a love that transcends the cosmos in Julian Hawthorne’s lost pulp romance, The Cosmic Courtship. 1917’s Argosy saw the introduction of Jack Paladin, nephew of a famous explorer, and his attempt to win the hand of the brilliant Miriam Mayne. But when Miriam goes missing, Jack sets out to […]
Space opera dominates this week, with the return of Galaxy’s Edge and The Ember War, and more Four Horsemen. Asylum – Lindsay Buroker A young woman with cybernetic upgrades, Mari Moonrazor has decided to flee the restrictive machine-worshipping cult she was raised in. She longs to know what it’s like to live among normal humans […]
https://media.arkhaven.com/videos/good-stories-belong-to-the-world.mp4 On April 28th, Arktoons, the newest venture from Castalia House and Arkhaven Comics, opened to the public. A webcomics site in the style of the popular Webtoons, Arktoons currently hosts 32 original comics from Arkhaven Comics, Dark Legion Comics, Rislandia, and Superprumo. Much like Webtoons, Arktoons will also allow independent creators to […]
Alien energy mines, discarded museum ships, and vengeful sellswords lie in waiting in this week’s new releases. Band of Broken Gods (Saga of the Broken Gods #1) – Ryan Kirk His sword for his friends. His life for his family. After a lifetime of battle and exploration, Hakon’s sword now lies hidden beneath the floor […]
“Because I believe in calling things what they are…And you should make a habit of it too. A group of people who can’t choose an insignia when they have a whole day to decide, who can’t even toss a coin to choose, are a spineless herd… “And a herd like that is perfect cannon fodder.” […]
Appalachian witches, deep space races, and arcane noir detectives fill this week’s new releases. Blood Creek Devil (Blood Creek Saga #4) – Jay Barnson A centuries-old plan. A final battle. The fate of the Crossroads will be decided. Jenny, Jack, Sean, and Jessabelle have battled for too long on both sides of the Crossroads. Their seemingly invincible […]
Cirsova Publishing is proud to announce that it has partnered with Michael Tierney and Robert Allen Lupton to restore and reprint Julian Hawthorne’s The Cosmic Courtship, a never-before-collected pulp Planetary Romance by the son of famed American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Mary Faust, a brilliant scientist, has developed a machine that can allow the conscious human […]