Here is a partial list of forthcoming Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and Paranormal books to look forward to in October. Reviews coming as time and budget permits. Note I have included some items from September that I missed from last months list (flagged with an *).

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Check out the Locus page for forthcoming titles. Coverage through June of 2009.

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ANTHOLOGIES:

• Blood Lite by Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Mysteria Lane by Gena Showalter, P. C. Cast, Mary Janice Davidson, Susan Grant
• The Magical Christmas Cat by Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh, Linda Winstead Jones
• Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Charlaine Harris, Keri Arthur, Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance, Carrie Vaughn

NOVELS:

• All I Want For Christmas is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
• Between Light and Dark by Elissa Wilds
• Blood Memories by Barb Hendee
• Chalice by Robin McKinley*
• Intimate Beings by Jessica Inclán
• Irreversible by Liz Maverick*
• Magic and the Modern Girl by Mindy Klasky
• Naughty or Nice by Sherri Erwin
• Night Falls Darkly by Kim Lenox (Shadowguards #1)
• Night’s Master by Amanda Ashley
• Red Fire by Deidre Knight
• The Chosen Sin by Anya Bast
• Veiled Truth by Vivi Anna

SERIES NOVELS:
For those of you that like to follow series I have split off series novels separately from standalones.

• Angel’s Pain by Maggie Shayne (Wings in the Night #2)
• Backup by Jim Butcher, Mike Mignola [Harry Dresden Novella)
• Bite The Bullet by L.A. Banks (Crimson Moon #2)*
• Bond of Darkness by Diane Whiteside (Texas Vampires #3)
• Brimstone Kiss by Carole Nelson Douglas (Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator #2)
• Caine Black Knife by Matthew Stover (Caine #3)
• Cast In Fury by Michelle Sagara (Elantra #4)
• City Of Jade by Dennis L. McKiernan (Mithgar series)
• Crusade by Taylor Anderson (Destroyermen #2)
• Dark Harvest by Lynda Hilburn (Kismet Knight #2)
• Dead Reign by T. A. Pratt (Marlaverse #3)
• Ex-Kop by Warren Hammond (Kop #2)*
• Foundation by Mercedes Lackey (Valdemar series)
• Half A Crown by Jo Walton (Alt History #3)*
• Heart and Soul by Sarah A. Hoyt (Magical British Empire #2)
• Hunter’s Prayer by Lilith Saintcrow (Jill Kismet #2)*
• King of Sword and Sky by C.L. Wilson (Tairen Soul #3)*
• Living With the Dead by Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld #9)
• Mercury’s War by Lora Leigh (Feline Breed #16)
• Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance (Dorina Basarab #1)
• Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow (Steelflower Chronicles #1)*
• The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insiders Guide by J. R. Ward
• The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #3)
• The Knight of the Red Beard by Andre Norton & Sasha Miller (Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan series)*
• Two to the Fifth by Piers Anthony (Xanth #32)
• Untamed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (House of Night #4)*
• Up In Smoke by Katie Macalister (Silver Dragons #2)
• Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher (Harry Dresden #11)
• Your Magic or Mine by? Ann Macela (Magic #3)

Here is a partial list of forthcoming Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and Paranormal books coming out in September. Hope to have reviews for some of these titles in the near future.

Science Fiction

Check out the Locus page for forthcoming titles. Coverage through March of 2009.

Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban Fantasy

ANTHOLOGIES

• Everlasting Bad Boys (novellas by Shelly Laurenston, Cynthia Eden, Noelle Mack)

NOVELS

• An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe
• Crate & Peril by J. D. Warren
• Dark Hunger by Sara Reinke
• Deadly Redemption by Kathleen Korbel
• Dragon Actually by G. A. Aiken
• Fallen by Claire Delacroix
• I Want You to Want Me by Kathy Love
• Jinx by Jennifer Estep
• Kiss of a Dark Moon by Sharie Kohler
• Knight's Fork by Rowena Cherry
• Michael Angelo by Diane Merlin
• Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory
• Prey by Melina Morel
• Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead
• The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
• The House of the Stag by Kage Baker
• The Night Serpent by Anna Leonard
• The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith

 SERIES NOVELS

For those of you that like to follow series I have split off series novels separately from standalones. 

• Bite The Bullet by L. A. Banks (Crimson Moon #2)
• Break of Dawn by Chris Marie Green (Vampire Babylon #3)
• Dark Curse by Christine Feehan (Dark Series #17)
• Faefever by Karen Marie Moning (Fever Series #3)
• Hands of Flame by C. E. Murphy (Negotiator #3)
• Heart Fate by Robin D. Owens (Heart Series #7)
• Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh (Psy/Changeling #6)
• Insatiable Desire by Rita Herron (Demonborn #1)
• King of Sword and Sky by C. L. Wilson (Tairen Soul #2)
• Noah by Jacquelyn Frank (Nightwalkers #5)
• One Bite with a Stranger by Christine Warren (Others  #1, formerly Fantasy Fix)
• Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow (Steelflower Chronicles #1)
• The Bride of Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta (Casa Dracula #3)
• The Crossing by Joy Nash (Immortals #6)
• The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks (Genesis of Shannara #3)
• The Phoenix Endangered by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory (Enduring Flame #2)
• The Riven Kingdom by Karen Miller (Godspeaker #2)
• The Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands (Argeneau #10)
• The Scourge Of God by S.M. Stirling (Sunrise Lands #2)
• The Storm by Jean Johnson (Sons of Destiny #6)
• The Wyrmling Horde by David Farland (Runelords #7)