The Novel
The Origins of 'Pneumanauts'
A long-form account of how the novel moved from early notes and rewrites to publication with Eclogue Press.
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Pneumanauts
A speculative road story about spirit-seekers, stoner-doom mythology, and the hunger for meaning.
CJW Armstrong's debut novel is being published by Eclogue Press, with essays, fiction, and behind-the-book notes gathered at The Pneumanaut on Substack.
Wonder and wander: that is the pulse of The Pneumanaut, where science fiction, faith, myth, and cosmology keep opening new doors.
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The Novel
The 'Pneumanauts' Intertextual Library
Compiling a list of works that thematically complement my debut novel, published by Eclogue Press
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Pneumanauts: The (Semi) Official Soundtrack
A 25-track companion for the debut novel, tuned to stoner doom, heavy psych, sludge, and space-rock atmosphere.
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Sleep or Swim - Pt. 1
A science-fiction short story from Armstrong's fiction archive, originally published in 2021 and continued on The Pneumanaut.
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Are Wormholes Stairways to Heaven?
A cosmic-theological essay asking what black holes, wormholes, and possible baby universes might do to our imagination of God and heaven.
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Extraterrestrial Evangelism?
A theological thought experiment about alien life, mission, salvation, humility, and the limits of human certainty.
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