Like the headline says, I have three new reviews up at Tor.com.

The first review looks at the second in Diana Rowland’s new urban fantasy series, Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues.

The second looks at DC Comics’ latest attempt to reinvent Batman for a new generation, Batman: Earth One, written by Geoff Johns with art by Gary Frank.

The third is the sixth in Simon R. Green’s urban fantasy-meets-James Bond Secret Histories, Live and Let Drood.

Go check ‘em out!

I know, I know, it’s been a pretty busy week for me.  Two more reviews have gone live in various parts of the Internet.

Over at Tor.com, I look at John Barnes‘ new YA science fiction adventure, Losers in Space.  What happens when the children of celebrities stop being polite, and start getting real…while trapped in an out-of-control spaceship headed for Mars?  Nothing pleasant!

Over at the Green Man Review,  I conduct an in-depth, slightly rambling, extensive look at Graphic Audio, an audiobook publisher specializing in full cast adaptations with music, sound effects, spectacular voice acting and an excellent catalog of exciting books. Come see why they keep getting my money and why it’s hard for me to go back to the traditional style of audiobooks.

1) My new review of Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne is now live over at Tor.com.  Check out my coverage of this new apocalyptic YA and see why I liked it and why certain bits disturbed me.

2)I just received my contributor copy of the July 2 issue of Publishers Weekly.  In it, as part of the Flying Starts theme, I interview YA author Leigh Bardugo, whose Russian-themed debut, Shadow and Bone,  came out  last month. I had a lovely time chatting with Leigh, and I had a blast writing this up for PW. I’m thrilled that this even has my name on the byline, so I can actually take public credit for it.

3) Backer Surveys have gone out for Scheherazade’s Facade via the Kickstarter platform, so everyone who pledged should get the alert telling them to respond.  The book is currently scheduled to come out on September 1st ot thereabouts.  I’ll keep an eye on responses to make sure we don’t miss anyone.

4) Just as a reminder, I’m still looking for reviews for my new anthology, Like A Cunning Plan: Erotic Trickster Tales.  If interested and willing to post a review on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, your blog, or elsewhere, please contact me.

5)As an additional thing, I’m also going to need reviews for Scheherazade’s Facade.  If interested and willing to review it, let me know and I’ll see what we can do when the time comes.

That is all!  For now, anyway.

I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve had several reviews posted on Tor.com in recent weeks.

The first is of the YA mermaid-themed Of Poseidon, by Anna Banks.

The second is a two-fer look at the second two books in Mira Grant’s zombie apocalypse/conspiracy thriller trilogy, Deadline and Blackout.  (The former a Hugo nominee, FYI)

Finally, my review of Jack Campbell’s latest military SF adventure, The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Invincible, has gone live up on SF Site.

So take a break from drinking, setting off fireworks, celebrating freedom, or mocking us silly Americans for celebrating freedom, or whatever it is you’re doing today, and go check out these reviews.  Maybe you’ll find something worth reading!

An excerpt from that story is now available over at the She Shifters site.  Warning: Not entirely safe for work.

A review of the anthology can now be found over at Erotica Revealed.

As mentioned earlier, I’m really quite fond of this story, and pleased with how it turned out.  When I originally saw the call for submissions, I racked my brain for some kind of shapeshifter dyamic which would keep me interested. No wolves or cats for me! If I was going to go with were-creatures, I was going to go as far off the grid as I could manage.  And so the idea of a were-cobra and a were-mongoose, fighting, entangled by emotion and magic, was born.  From there, I worked backwards, to determine just who my lucky protagonists would be.  There had to be a reason for their animal affinities, a reason why these two people were related to these specific beasts.  Many hours of research later, and I had it.

Meet Hala Laghari: Pakistani-American, Muslim, research librarian, mongoose.  And meet Purnima Gurtu: Indian-American, graphics designer, cobra.  They’d love each other, if they weren’t cursed to fight one another in their animal forms….

I’m also pleased because I was able to throw in some other characters who either have, or will, show up in my other works. Isobel Sparks: were-raven and solver of problems. Raoul, one half of the infamous Coyote Brothers, causer of problems. And Phoebe Masters…mystery woman.  I had fun letting these characters interact, and I can’t wait to revisit them all in future escapades.  Some might even be the sort of story you can take home to meet the family. (Though don’t tell the Coyote Brothers, they pride themselves on a lack of respectability.)

So hey, check out She Shifters and see why the editor said, “Michael’s story struck me due to its fairy tale quality, quiet dignity and beauty.”  (Talk about a nice ego boost!)