Books

Pneumanauts, fiction, and essays

A focused entry point for CJW's debut novel, the writing around it, and selected fiction and essays from The Pneumanaut.

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.

The Novel

The 'Pneumanauts' Intertextual Library

Compiling a list of works that thematically complement my debut novel, published by Eclogue Press

The Novel

Pneumanauts: The (Semi) Official Soundtrack

A 25-track companion for the debut novel, tuned to stoner doom, heavy psych, sludge, and space-rock atmosphere.

Fiction

Sleep or Swim - Pt. 1

A science-fiction short story from Armstrong's fiction archive, originally published in 2021 and continued on The Pneumanaut.

Essays

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.

Essays

Extraterrestrial Evangelism?

A theological thought experiment about alien life, mission, salvation, humility, and the limits of human certainty.