Author Archives: Mike Reeves-McMillan

About Mike Reeves-McMillan

Mike Reeves-McMillan lives in Auckland, New Zealand, the setting of his Auckland Allies contemporary urban fantasy series; and also in his head, where the weather is more reliable, and there are a lot more wizards. He also writes the Gryphon Clerks series (steampunk/magepunk), the Hand of the Trickster series (sword-and-sorcery heist capers), and short stories which have appeared in venues such as Compelling Science Fiction and Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores.

Review of City of Masks

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

I was delighted to find this review of City of Masks by Ben Rovik, whose Mechanized Wizardry books I’ve been enjoying. He says in part: This book has all the twists and revelations you’d expect from a story of courtly intrigue, … Continue reading →

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New novel announcement

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

I’ve started a new novel, The Gryphon Clerks. Heroic steampunk-fantasy civil servants. Where City of Masks was “no-magic” fantasy, The Gryphon Clerks will be packed with magic. And sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from mad science. Go now and subscribe … Continue reading →

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City of Masks reviewed

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

Silentrequiem writes: I love epistolary stories, and I love political intrigue, and I love masks. This book was all three wrapped into one delicious package. Reeves-McMillan has created a fascinating society with Bonvidaeo where all the citizenry wear masks and … Continue reading →

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Stadt der Masken? Possible German publication of City of Masks

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

Now, this is at a very early stage, so my excitement is probably not well justified. But I’ve just heard that an Italian agent wants to present City of Masks to some German publishers. Germans are huge readers, apparently, and … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Lit

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

Here’s a little joint project by some Podiobooks authors, including me. In the lead-up to Christmas 2009, we’d like to suggest that you consider buying our books as gifts, or asking others to do so for you. HORROR NIGHT’S KNIGHTS … Continue reading →

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City of Masks review

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

Just found (via Google blog search, which I have fed into my feed reader) a nice review of the podcast version of City of Masks on Livejournal. The reviewer initially wasn’t sold on my reading, until s/he (I think she) … Continue reading →

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City of Masks on Smashwords

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

City of Masks is now available on Smashwords as an ebook. This means you can download it and read it in multiple formats, including Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Palm and iPhone (using Stanza). I’ve set it to have the first … Continue reading →

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Authonomy again

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

If you’ve been putting off backing City of Masks on Authonomy, please, delay no longer. After an initial rapid rise up the rankings, it’s starting to slowly slip back as activity around it dies. I’m appealing to you, who are … Continue reading →

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City of Masks on Authonomy

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve been thinking about submitting City of Masks to a traditional publisher. I’ve discovered a way of doing this that is quite clever (of the publisher, not me). Harper-Collins has a site called … Continue reading →

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City of Masks "pirated"

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

I just discovered (via a Google search) that the City of Masks ebook has been uploaded to Scribd, under an Attribution-Noncommercial Creative Commons license. Now, in fact I have never released the ebook under any CC license. I have released … Continue reading →

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