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.

Guping is on its way

Posted on 7 July 2012 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

Just found this BBC article about “beaming” yourself into avatars. Reality is catching up with my fiction. Oh, and this: brain-scan-controlled robot. Thanks to Larissa Hammond for these.

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Reviews and Responses

Posted on 6 July 2012 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

I recently talked to someone I know on Google+ about _Gu_ and he picked it up and read it. He totally gets it, as this blog post shows: It’s Gu-tastic!. And another Plusser, in a non-public post on G+ itself, … Continue reading →

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Gu, the Kindle edition

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

Having recently discovered how damn easy it is, I’ve published Gu in a Kindle edition. At the moment, only Kindle – I’m giving their KDP Select thing a whirl, where you give it to them exclusively for 90 days, so … Continue reading →

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New novel: The Gryphon Clerks

Posted on 9 November 2011 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

Gu readers, I’ve started a new novel, The Gryphon Clerks. Heroic steampunk-fantasy civil servants. Go now and subscribe to updates!

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Gu has moved

Posted on 29 September 2010 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

This post is (if I’ve done everything correctly) coming to you on my own C-Side Media site. I’ve moved Gu from Blogger to my self-hosted WordPress, now that WP has that nifty multi-site feature, and repointed my Feedburner feed. I’ll … Continue reading →

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New novel: The Y People

Posted on 29 May 2009 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

Just to let anyone know who’s subscribed to this blog but not City of Masks: Over there, I’ve started a new novel called The Y People. (That link is to Chapter 1.) It’s quite different from Gu, but then, almost … Continue reading →

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City of Masks on Authonomy

Posted on 19 February 2009 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

I’ve just added my previous novel City of Masks on Authonomy, which is a website Harper-Collins Publishers have set up to get the reading public to help them choose books for publication. If you want to help me out, especially … Continue reading →

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Afterword

Posted on 20 November 2008 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

And that’s all he wrote. For now, anyway. I may eventually, when things are slow, revise this and put it on Lulu, but it hasn’t generated much interest so far and I have other projects to move onto. It’s short … Continue reading →

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Gu-knocker

Posted on 20 November 2008 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

You are Callie Arnold again, being interviewed by Halwaz in your home. “You have become something of a celebrity, haven’t you?” she asks. You flush. Clearly there is an emotional charge to this word. “Not really by choice. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Yupe

Posted on 18 November 2008 by Mike Reeves-McMillan

Professor Allan Scott is dressed in a girl’s school uniform, a blonde wig, and robes, and reading a volume entitled Hogwarts: A History. He puts it down and smiles at us welcomingly through his now rather incongruous white beard. “Yupe,” … Continue reading →

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