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K. J. Parker

Pseudonym of Tom Holt

89 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
October 1998 29 Review Colours in the Steel Locus, #453 October 1998
March 1999 29 Review Colours in the Steel Vector 204
May 1999 35 Review Colours in the Steel Vector 205
May 1999 35 Review The Belly of the Bow Vector 205
July 1999 31 Review The Belly of the Bow Locus, #462 July 1999
May 2000 34 Review The Belly of the Bow Vector 211
July 2000 35 Review The Proof House Vector 212
July 2000 61 Review The Proof House Locus, #474 July 2000
November 2000 28 Review The Proof House Vector 214
September 2001 30 Review Shadow Vector 219
July 2002 35 Review Pattern Vector 224
July 2002 35 Review Shadow Vector 224
September 2003 28 Review Memory Vector 231
November 2003 36 Review Memory Vector 232
April 2004 119 Review The Scavenger Trilogy: Shadow, Pattern and Memory Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #12, April/May 2004
May 2005 53 Review Devices and Desires Interzone, May-June 2005
July 2005 26 Review Devices and Desires Vector 242
July 2006 34 Review Devices and Desires Vector 248
November 2007 25 Review Devices and Desires Locus, #562 November 2007
December 2007 Review Devices and Desires Strange Horizons, 3 December 2007
December 2007 Review Devices and Desires Realms of Fantasy, December 2007
December 2007 Review Evil for Evil Strange Horizons, 3 December 2007
December 2007 21 Review Evil for Evil Locus, #563 December 2007
December 2007 Review The Escapement Strange Horizons, 3 December 2007
December 2007 23 Review The Escapement Locus, #563 December 2007
June 2008 Review Evil for Evil Realms of Fantasy, June 2008
June 2008 Review The Escapement Realms of Fantasy, June 2008
November 2008 27 Review The Company Locus, #574 November 2008
2009 39 Review The Company Vector 259 Spring 2009
January 2009 20 Review The Company Locus, #576 January 2009
March 2009 Review The Company Strange Horizons, 2 March 2009
August 2009 1 Essay On Sieges Subterranean Online, Summer 2009
August 2009 56 Review Purple and Black Locus, #583 August 2009
2010 32 Review The Folding Knife Vector 264 Autumn 2010
May 2010 15 Short Fiction Amor Vincit Omnia Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #45
May 2010 21 Review The Folding Knife Locus, #592 May 2010
October 2010 23 Review Blue and Gold Locus, #597 October 2010
December 2010 Review Blue and Gold Strange Horizons, 20 December 2010
December 2010 60 Review Blue and Gold Locus, #599 December 2010
December 2010 Review The Folding Knife Strange Horizons, 20 December 2010
2011 55 Review The Hammer Vector 268 Autumn 2011
January 2011 19 Review The Hammer Locus, #600 January 2011
March 2011 4 Short Fiction A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong Subterranean Online, Winter 2011
March 2011 49 Review The Hammer Interzone, March-April 2011
October 2011 2 Essay Cutting Edge Technology: The Life and Sad Times of the Western Sword Subterranean Online, Fall 2011
July 2012 1 Short Fiction Let Maps to Others Subterranean, Summer 2012
July 2012 24 Review Sharps Locus, #618 July 2012
July 2012 Review Sharps Strange Horizons, 23 July 2012
October 2012 Short Fiction One Little Room an Everywhere Eclipse Online, October 22, 2012
December 2012 3 Short Fiction Illuminated Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #55
2013 56 Review Sharps Vector 274 Winter
May 2013 |6 Short Fiction The Dragonslayer of Merebarton PodCastle, #262
June 2013 5 Essay Rich Men's Skins; A Social History of Armour Subterranean, Summer 2013
June 2013 158 Review Sharps Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #58
June 2013 1 Short Fiction The Sun And I Subterranean, Summer 2013
December 2013 7 Short Fiction I Met a Man Who Wasn't There Subterranean, Winter 2014
August 2014 16 Review Academic Exercises Locus, #643 August 2014
August 2014 4 Short Fiction The Things We Do for Love Subterranean, Summer 2014
September 2014 53 Review Academic Exercises Locus, #644 September 2014
October 2014 Short Fiction A Rich, Full Week Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2014
October 2014 Review Academic Exercises Strange Horizons, 27 October 2014
October 2014 Short Fiction Heaven Thunders the Truth Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #157
July 2015 15 Review Savages Locus, #654 July 2015
September 2015 25 Review Heaven Thunders the Truth Mothership Zeta, Issue 0
October 2015 60 Review The Last Witness Locus, #657 October 2015
2016 46 Review The Last Witness Vector 283
January 2016 Review The Last Witness Strange Horizons, 11 January 2016
February 2016 128 Review Savages Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, #54
February 2016 |1 Short Fiction Told by an Idiot Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #192
March 2016 107 Review Savages Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2016
March 2016 15 Review The Downfall of the Gods Locus, #662 March 2016
April 2016 42 Review The Devil You Know Locus, #663 April 2016
June 2017 60 Review Mightier than the Sword Locus, #677 June 2017
October 2017 13 Review Mightier than the Sword Locus, #681 October 2017
January 2018 15 Review The Father of Lies Locus, #684 January 2018
April 2018 12 Review The Father of Lies Locus, #687 April 2018
April 2018 Short Fiction The Thought That Counts Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #250
September 2019 Short Fiction Portrait of the Artist Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #287
March 2020 8|8.4 Review Prosper's Demon The New York Times Book Review, March 15, 2020
September 2020 Short Fiction Many Mansions Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #313
September 2020 Short Fiction Told By An Idiot Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #313
October 2021 Short Fiction Stronger Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #340
March 2022 |154 Review The Long Game Locus Magazine, March 2022
October 2022 Short Fiction Playing God Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #366
December 2022 |1 Short Fiction Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit Tor.com, December 14, 2022
September 2024 Short Fiction Set in Stone Reactor, September 4, 2024
October 2024 Short Fiction Nine Tenths of the Law Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #417
September 2025 |151 Review Making History Locus Magazine, September 2025
November 2025 |5 Review Making History Strange Horizons, 10 November 2025

61 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1998 Novel Colours in the Steel K. J. Parker
1999 Novel The Belly of the Bow K. J. Parker
2000 Novel The Proof House K. J. Parker
2001 Novel Shadow K. J. Parker
2002 Novel Pattern K. J. Parker
2003 Novel Memory K. J. Parker
2005 Novel Devices and Desires K. J. Parker
2006 Novel Evil for Evil K. J. Parker
2007 Novel The Escapement K. J. Parker
2008 Novel The Company K. J. Parker
2009 Chapbook Purple and Black K. J. Parker
2010 Chapbook Blue and Gold K. J. Parker
2010 Novel The Folding Knife K. J. Parker
2011 Novel The Hammer K. J. Parker
2012 Novel Sharps K. J. Parker
2014 Collection Academic Exercises K. J. Parker
2015 Novel Savages K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Last Witness K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part 5 K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Eight K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Eleven K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Five K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Four K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Nine K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part One K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Seven K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Six K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Ten K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Three K. J. Parker
2015 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Two K. J. Parker
2016 Chapbook Downfall of the Gods K. J. Parker
2016 Chapbook The Devil You Know K. J. Parker
2016 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Fifteen K. J. Parker
2016 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Fourteen K. J. Parker
2016 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Thirteen K. J. Parker
2016 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Twelve K. J. Parker
2017 Chapbook Mightier Than the Sword K. J. Parker
2017 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Eighteen K. J. Parker
2017 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Nineteen K. J. Parker
2017 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Seventeen K. J. Parker
2017 Chapbook The Two of Swords: Part Sixteen K. J. Parker
2017 Novel The Two of Swords: Volume One K. J. Parker
2017 Novel The Two of Swords: Volume Three K. J. Parker
2017 Novel The Two of Swords: Volume Two K. J. Parker
2018 Collection The Father of Lies K. J. Parker
2019 Chapbook My Beautiful Life K. J. Parker
2019 Novel Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City K. J. Parker
2020 Novel How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It K. J. Parker
2020 Chapbook Prosper's Demon K. J. Parker
2021 Chapbook Inside Man K. J. Parker
2021 Chapbook The Big Score K. J. Parker
2022 Novel A Practical Guide to Conquering the World K. J. Parker
2022 Chapbook Pulling the Wings Off Angels K. J. Parker
2022 Chapbook The Long Game K. J. Parker
2023 Chapbook No Choice K. J. Parker
2023 Novel Saevus Corax Captures the Castle K. J. Parker
2023 Novel Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead K. J. Parker
2023 Novel Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder K. J. Parker
2023 Collection Under My Skin K. J. Parker
2025 Chapbook Making History K. J. Parker
2026 Novel Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead K. J. Parker

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2008 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Evil for Evil Nominee
2008 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Escapement Nominee
2008 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Devices and Desires Nominee
2009 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Legend Award The Company Nominee
2009 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Company Nominee
2011 Hugo Award Best Novelette Amor Vincit Omnia Nominee
2011 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Folding Knife Nominee
2011 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette A Rich Full Week Nominee
2011 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Amor Vincit Omnia Nominee
2012 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Legend Award The Hammer Nominee
2012 Hugo Award Best Novelette A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong Nominee
2012 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Hammer Nominee
2012 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong Nominee
2012 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Blue and Gold Nominee
2012 World Fantasy Award Best Novella A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong Winner
2013 Hugo Award Best Novella Let Maps to Others Nominee
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Sharps Nominee
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette One Little Room an Everywhere Nominee
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Let Maps to Others Nominee
2013 World Fantasy Award Best Novella Let Maps to Others Winner
2014 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Dragonslayer of Merebarton Nominee
2014 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Sun And I Nominee
2014 World Fantasy Award Best Novella The Sun And I Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Academic Exercises Runner-up
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Heaven Thunders the Truth Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Things We Do for Love Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story I Met a Man Who Wasn't There Nominee
2016 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Savages Nominee
2016 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Savages Nominee
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Told by an Idiot Nominee
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Devil You Know Nominee
2018 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Legend Award The Two of Swords: Volume One Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Collection The Father of Lies Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Thought That Counts Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Return of the Pig Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Novella My Beautiful Life Nominee
2021 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It Nominee
2021 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Prosper's Demon Nominee
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Stronger Nominee
2024 British Fantasy Award Best Collection Under My Skin Nominee
2024 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Under My Skin Nominee