AI Writing

A.I. Writing

The same eggheads who said the internet would end censorship, Bitcoin would end state coercion, and Google thermostats would end global warming have also been telling us the A.I. revolution is 10 years away for 50 years now. But the advent of A.I. drawing algorithms like MidJourney and Stable Diffusion…
October 17, 202211 Comments
Alshafaltha David V Stewart

Alshafaltha

The latest dark fantasy from author David V. Stewart is here! Life, death and dark dreams... Alshafaltha, elven city of a thousand towers, has stood far beyond memory, on the shores of the first sea. The warrior-poet Darusuo grows weary of life as king, his malaise quickened by the mortal…
October 14, 20222 Comments
Newpub Talk

Return of Newpub Talk

Until a little over a decade ago, you couldn't go online without being inundated by talking points from the popularly called New Atheists. In contrast to past popularizers of godlessness like Russell, Shaw, or even Sagan, the New Atheists largely dispensed with the genteel intellectual routine and waged constant rhetorical…
September 26, 202212 Comments
marriage vow

Marriage Vow

In which superversive scribe Ben Zwycky shares his latest musical composition Watch the video now: And for a haunting tale of the vows - marriage and otherwise - that bind us in this life, read my high fantasy novella.
September 19, 20222 Comments
Shoot the Devil

Shoot the Devil

The Superversive crew announce their latest anthology collaboration, whose central message I heartily endorse. My lovely and talented editor L. Jagi Lamplighter writes: Shoot the Devil-In the Face! Stories by myself, John C. Wright, and eight other excellent authors. Admit it. Haven’t you wanted to punch him, kick him, or…
September 15, 20226 Comments
oldpub warehouse

Oldpub Cope

A viral tweet that made the rounds over the weekend caused quite a stir in oldpub circles. Family festivities kept me from covering the story yesterday, so we'll dive in now. The background is that two of the big New York publishers are embroiled in antitrust litigation. An oldpub author…
September 6, 20225 Comments
The Last Fanatics

The Last Fanatics

Author J.D. Cowan returns with a new volume that gives readers the autopsy report on what - or who - killed the pulps. Once upon a time, there was a tradition of storytelling that went back into the Gothic romances all the way through the fairy tales into the classics. It…
July 7, 20225 Comments
Super Summer Book Sale

Super Summer Book Sale

Newpub author Hans G. Schantz announces this summer's super book sale! Some complain about the culture. Others do something about it. Support non-woke authors and get yourself some great books from both established and emerging talent for only $0.99 – many titles free! It’s a sale too big for just…
June 20, 20221 Comment
Sanderson's Neopatronage Masterclass

Sanderson’s Neopatronage Masterclass

Back in March, this blog reported on rock star author Brandon Sanderson's all-time number one Kickstarter campaign. At the time of that writing, Sanderson's crowdfunder had amassed over $35 million, an unprecedented sum not only for a book project, but for the crowdfunding site itself. But in a recent update…
June 14, 20225 Comments
Jiao Tu’s Endeavour

Jiao Tu’s Endeavour

Announcing the new book by newpub author Donald Jacob Uitvlugt: On a multigenerational colony ship five hundred years off course, a lagomorph warrior must survive using only his wits and his sword. Jiao Tu has been hired to rescue a young kidnapped mousling. A tip leads him to the Below,…
June 1, 2022