Due to space considerations, a further three reviews may be found here on the Realms website:
The Demon’s Covenant, by Sarah Rees Brannan
Shade, by Jeri Smith-Ready
Shadow Grail #1: Legacies, by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

The following reviews have gone up recently over at SF Site:
The Lost Fleet #6: Victorious, by Jack Campbell
Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez

Lastly, the following reviews from the previous issue of Realms of Fantasy, cover-dated August 2010, are now archived and available on my website:
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
A Wizard of Mars/a> by Diane Duane
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
The Shadow Hunt by Katherine Langrish
Other by Karen Kincy
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
Princess For Hire by Lindsey Levitt
This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer

As a special bonus, two more reviews, originally slated for that same issue but held back due to circumstances beyond my control, are available on my website for the very first time anywhere:
Thief Eyes by Janni Lee Simner
White Cat by Holly Black

As always, I welcome questions, comments, concerns, feedback, and review suggestions.

While the anthology has yet to find its final name, the theme was simple: study the picture supplied in the call for submissions, and write whatever the heck it inspired. As with any Circlet project, it had to be interesting, contain elements of the fantastic, and be damned hot. “The Devil’s Masquerade” was the result, a sexy, sinful story about a pair of special investigators who go undercover at a decadent ball for the city’s elite, in search of someone – or something – not on the guest list.

More details to follow when available. This marks my fifth sale to Circlet, not counting something I can’t talk about yet.

City of Souls and Cheat the Grave by Vicki Pettersson
The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny by Simon R. Green

Enjoy!

See why Publishers Weekly says: “Allen’s third volume of extraordinary short stories reaches new heights of rarity and wonder . . . Without a wrong note, all the stories in this anthology admirably fulfill Allen’s promise of ‘beauty and strangeness.’”

Be sure to read my story, “Your Name Is Eve” and discover why Adam Callaway at Sensawunda says “It almost felt like a folktale; it almost felt like a poem…”, why Leigh Kimmel at The Billion Lightyear Bookshelf calls it “a very allusive story, almost literary in the delicacy of its handling of the characters and their activities” and why Nate Winchester at Impish Idea claims “…this one is my favorite so far. This is how you blur the line between metaphor and reality and draw the readers in and invest them in your work.”

With stories by Tanith Lee, Marie Brennan, Shweta Narayan, Gregory Frost, John Grant, Cat Rambo, John C. Wright, and more, this is one anthology that’s sure to astound, amaze, and blow the mind. And not just because I’m in it.

Just over 900 individual reviews, covering over 1000 books, written between 1999 and now.
54 written for Absolute Magnitude (not counting a handful that were lost.)
208 written for Science Fiction Chronicle for my short fiction and YA review columns. (Again, not counting a small handful that exist only on paper at the moment.)
133 written for SF Site
274 written for The Green Man Review.
199 written for my Realms of Fantasy YA review column.

While the vast majority are book reviews, there’s a scattering of music reviews from the older days, a few films, a couple television shows, and one live performance covered. Fantasy, urban fantasy, romance, mystery, YA, non-fiction, graphic novels, military SF.

Now that I’ve finally caught up to present day, I can finally relax, a little.
Hah. That’s a lie. Now that I’ve archived everything that can feasibly be archived, I’ll just write more reviews. And eventually, I’ll have to upload them as well. It’s a vicious, never-ending cycle. Oh well!

The archive has been tagged and categorized for your convenience and amusement, and is fully searchable. It’s fun, easy, and quite possibly addicting. Go forth and marvel, so I know my work wasn’t in vain. I’ll be here. Writing more reviews. Again.

Dying Bites and Death Blows by D.D. Barant
Outcast Season 2: Unknown by Rachel Caine
Unperfect Souls by Mark del Franco
Hunted by the Others by Jess Haines
Shades of Grey by Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge

In addition, I’ve just completed a major update to my reviews archive, having uploaded every last YA review I wrote for Science Fiction Chronicle between 2000 and 2005. This just leaves ten years worth of reviews for Green Man Review and it’ll be pretty much complete. Feel free to go look and browse what I was reading and what I thought about it years ago.

I cover the following books:
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
A Wizard of Mars by Diane Duane
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
The Shadow Hunt by Katherine Langrish
Other by Karen Kincy
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
Princess For Hire by Lindsey Levitt
This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Inhuman Resources by Jes Battis
Ghosts & Echoes by Lyn Benedict
Hard Magic by Laura Anne Gilman
The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke
Steamed by Katie MacAlister
Ghost of a Chance by Simon R. Green
Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead
Black Blade Blues by J.A. Pitts
Dead Matter by Anton Strout

Love them? Hate them? I welcome all feedback. Are you an author who wants me to consider reviewing you? As always, feel free to contact me. I don’t bite. Much. In the meantime, I’ll be over here, perfecting my latest chili recipe.

Belatedly, these ran over at Green Man Review:
Master of None by Sonya Bateman
Red Hood’s Revenge by Jim C. Hines
Death Most Definite by Trent Jamieson