Welcome to Asphalt Arcanum
After a bizarre subway accident, a group of ordinary people develop powers right out of books and movies—just as their city is overtaken by shadowy monsters. They’re thrust into an ancient battle between good and evil…but even the last hopes of humanity still have to pay the bills and take care of the kids.
Asphalt Arcanum is a serialized webnovel about what happens when fiction meets reality.
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Each chapter debuts during a Tuesday night livestream (9 p.m. EST), read by the author, with the text displayed to read along and followed by a relaxed chat and Q&A.
The text of each chapter is released on the Asphalt Arcanum website and several webnovel sites at 10 p.m, after the stream. Substack emails are sent out at the same time. A recording of the livestream is available on YouTube and Twitch shortly after it ends.
A little later, an edited, cleaned-up version of the audiobook will be released as a video and audio file.
Read or listen to the story in whatever way works for you!
Read in your browser, and see all the chapter visuals exactly as intended.
Get the newest chapter sent to your email inbox every week! You can subscribe through Substack for free, but there’s an option to pay to support the book if you’d like.
Read through the Tapas webnovel app for a better phone reading experience.
Read through the Wattpad webnovel app for a better phone reading experience.
Read on Royal Road, a fantasy-heavy webnovel site. This is an image-free version.
Watch the weekly stream and get the new chapter before anyone else! Video of each stream will be saved for a limited time, so you can watch even if you missed it.
Video of each stream will be saved permanently here. An edited audiobook version of each chapter will also be available at some point after the stream.
Join the Patreon to support the book and get notification when each chapter is about to come out. There may be extra bonuses for Patreon subscribers in the future!
Credits:
Incredible pigeon art, Janxie and StarfruitSorbet’s Discord icons by Corky Lunn
Brick texture adapted from Brick – Seamless by AGF81, used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
Chat conversations made with SuperEmotes Fake Discord Message Maker
Stream 1 music: Change by Danijel Zambo. Used royalty free from Uppbeat
Stream 2 music: Tokyo Drizzle by wooll. Used royalty free from Uppbeat
Stream 3 music: Cello Prelude No. 1 by Francesco D’Andrea. Used royalty free from Uppbeat
Stream 4 music: Ventanas by Dan Barracuda. Used royalty free from Uppbeat
Stream 5 music: Music Is by Pryces. Used royalty free from Uppbeat
Stream 6 music: Rock With Me by Sonda. Used royalty free from Uppbeat
Chipmunk icon photo by alex lauzon on Unsplash
Keep out sign photo by Edwin Hooper on Unsplash
Black cat photo by Marina Velasco on Unsplash
Many thanks to my friends and family for lending me their handwriting:
Cherie: Sunita
Dalisay: Kimberley (aka Mom)
All other music, photography, and artwork by Pigeon Lee