The Bound Volumes
Everything we have printed
A Volume a month, two Numbers to a Volume. 21 stories across 5 Numbers.
Volume III
October 20264 stories
No. 1 1 October 2026
- Baldur's Gate 3 cannot be retold, which is why HBO and T. Kingfisher are both going around itOn Screen
- Hidden Gems: Silverlock, Wizard of the Pigeons and The Raven Tower all deserve to be foundHidden Gems
- Sword and sorcery did in a short story what fantasy now needs a trilogy to doThe Classics
- Titus Groan was written by a painter, and its pictures are worth the slow goingThe Classics
Volume II
September 20268 stories
No. 2 15 September 2026
- The most famous plotting grid in fantasy has no column for magicFood for Thought
- An AI cover reaches the book through the stock library, not the art departmentFood for Thought
- Cars destroy Oxford in the Tolkien nobody knew existedHot Off the Press
No. 1 1 September 2026
- Dungeon Crawler Carl is science fiction, and calling it fantasy is doing it harmFood for Thought
- The Zelda games have never agreed with each other. That is the achievementThe Classics
- Here you leave today: what Disneyland understood about doorsHot Takes
- Twelve thousand lines, carried by hand for twenty-eight centuriesThe Classics
- The friendship that wrote two worlds, and the argument that separated themThe Classics
Volume I
August 20269 stories
From the Editor
Greetings, most distinguished reader! A warm welcome to the first issue of Neo-Fantastica! The paper you are reading was assembled in a rickety old publishing house in Barrel Town by people who mostly arrived here by…
Greetings, most distinguished reader!
A warm welcome to the first issue of Neo-Fantastica!
The paper you are reading was assembled in a rickety old publishing house in Barrel Town by people who mostly arrived here by accident, and though our interests vary, this paper concerns itself with the fantastic literature of Earth.
My name is Findus Charvein, and I am the editor in chief. It has long been a dream to create a place where individuals like myself; fascinated and enthralled by the magic, mystery, and adventure of an unknown world, can congregate and titter over ideas, insights, and news from this fabulous literary genre.
To your ears, my name may sound odd, but I assure you I am a real person with a real interest in seeing this periodical thrive. To that end, I have sought out (and am still seeking; see our applications page) skillful scribes to join our roster and make this venture truly something to behold.
We have now officially launched with some excellent stories covering the classic and newfangled, and I am excited to journey forth with you on this voyage of discovery.
Should you wish to convey your thoughts to myself or our desk in general, please do so. We would love to hear from you.
Kindest regards,
Findus Charvein - Editor in Chief
No. 2 15 August 2026
- The name of the unfinished: fifteen years of waiting at the WaystoneHot Takes
- Alchemy with a link cable: Kanto, and where the line between fantasy and science fiction actually fallsFood for Thought
- Nine hundred thousand books and no way to read them: Borges, interviewedVoices from the Guild
- Narnia keeps failing on screen, but the lion was never the problemOn Screen
- The long shadow of the boy who lived: what Harry Potter did to the rest of usThe Classics
- No dragons, no chosen one, and a magic system that can say no: The Torril City Mysterion reviewedHot Off the Press
- The floor that sings: Lian Hearn's masterpiece, twenty-four years onThe Classics
- The Wheel of Time was cancelled in its best season. What comes next should worry you moreOn Screen
No. 1 1 August 2026
- Enough with the propheciesHot Takes