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New entry Dec 07
Critter Notices
P&E Has a New Caretaker!
I'm very happy to announce that P&E has been handed off to a new caretaker! Check out the site for news and such. Hurrah!
Interviewed!
I'm being interviewed live on public radio for Critters 20th birthday. For those who want to listen, it's on the 10am (Mountain time) show on Thursday, 11/19/16, on Colorado Public Radio - www.cpr.org has streaming on the site or it's 90.1 FM in the Denver area. [Interview is done, you can listen on the site]
Free Web Sites
Free web sites for authors (and others) are available at www.nyx.net.
ReAnimus Acquires Advent!
ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of the legendary Advent Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes of James Blish, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook and print editions of all of Advent's current titles!
Network speeding up
I'm switching the connection over to a new, shiny 10X faster network because of all the load. There might be bits of downtime as your boxes learn new addresses and things. Should be brief. Let me know of any prolonged outages you see.
Preditors & Editors Changeover
With the very sad passing of Dave Kuzminski, who ran P&E, I've taken over the P&E duties. Lots of what I hope are improvements; check it out at pred-ed.com.
Critters Server is Dying has been Replaced
See important details here in my blog. Let me know if you find anything that isn't working right. (Manuscripts are now available for this week, FYI.)
Book Recommendation
THE SIGIL TRILOGY:
The universe is dying from within...
"Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock
Announcing ReAnimus Press
If you need help making ebooks from manuscripts or print copies—or finding great stuff to read—look no further! An ebook publisher started by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
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News
Critters is 23!
Yes, 23 years ago Critters was born. Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
Critters no longer accepting European Union members :(
It's with a heavy heart that I have to announce Critters can no longer accept people in the European Union as members. This is a result of the "GDPR" privacy laws going into effect. I'm a big fan of privacy, and applaud the general idea behind the GDPR, but the way it's implemented forces me to close the door to EU writers. [read more why...]Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
New Book from a Critter Member
**NOW IN
PRINT EDITION
TOO!** Awesome new book,
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS,
from a Critter member whose unearthed a shard of The Secret
to becoming a pro writer. Really good piece of work.
"...if you're at all concerned about story openings, you'd be nuts not to read what Qualkinbush has to say." —Wil McCarthy, author of BLOOM and THE COLLAPSIUM
The Sigil Trilogy
If you're looking for an amazing, WOW! science fiction story, check out THE SIGIL TRILOGY. This is — literally — one of the best science fiction novels I've ever read.
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The Critters Queue
Manuscripts themselves are here.
Queue of manuscripts out or to be sent (dates are estimated,
depending on number of mss. sent out, which depends on number of
members; probabalistically, the end of the queue is usually about
a month away):
Title Author
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Week of 13-Feb-2019 (Crits due 20-Feb-2019):
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Seven and Eight [mpc] Joel E. Roosa -#28285
F Down Time [mpc] Richard Zwicker -#28286
SF The Brain Mechanic - revision 6.2 Robert Harpold -#28287
SF 4 Stories About Love Mary Makarova -#28288
SF Mumfawi Dragons Prologue & Ch 1-2 Pamela Najar-Simpson -#28289
F Incorruptible Souls Hannah Azok -#28290
SF Stage Zero Eli Cepeda -#28291
F The Breaking of Magic Kerry Cathers -#28292
SF Unfiltered Tim Stevens -#28293
F Shadrack McCabe Makes Enemies, Chapters 1-2 N. M. Sheldon -#28294
SF FUTURITY / a Novel. Chapter 1: Selfie / 2030 _1st 1/2_ Jonathan Brandeis -#28295
F The Last Corner of the Map, Chapters 1-2 Ryan Kunz -#28296
Week of 20-Feb-2019 (Crits due 27-Feb-2019):
SF The Woman Who Spoke for the Gnoles [mpc] Ray N. Franklin
F Built on Bones, Chapter 1 Lyric Gray
SF A Branch in Time Darrell J.
SF Orange Alex and the Glorious Gale Austin Gragg
H A Real Haunting Madison Estes
SF All You Ever Wanted Jamie M. Boyd
F Baudwynn and the Fool of Cleft Chapters 1-3 & Blurb Matthew Leo
H My Devil Dave Schultz
F Stopping the Bleeding Chris Hepler
SF The Forever War Emily Randall
F Lilith's Story Sandy Kulhavy
H Lovelock Justin Lemley
F Icarus, Chapter 4-5 Chris Turner
Week of 27-Feb-2019 (Crits due 6-Mar-2019):
SF Anticipation of Hollowness Renan Bernardo
F Wingwoman John Berks
H Night Walk Faust Zenthoefer
SF The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Chapters 50-51 Eric Wilson
SF Beelzebub Jones Steve Patschke
F The Fallen Queen: A Lonely Fire Tale Duston L. Justice
F The Numismagician Robin Eliot
F Chaos Tinkles Rean Fadyl
F Loki and Gri Gri Jack Murphy
F Fields of Red Christina Barrow
H Hello Peter Maurice Humphrey
F The Blasphemer's Cypher, Chapter 1 London Crockett
Week of 6-Mar-2019 (Crits due 13-Mar-2019):
SF Tranquility Base Neal Williams
F Mr. Lee Shelton's contribution to American Folklore and Song Vincent Stacy Henry
SF Thea Kevin P. Hallett
H Whatever You Want Dempsey L Wilson
SF Back Behind the Wheel Joe Belarge
SF Scission, Chapters 1-6 Emerald Gingell-Molina
SF Pinocchio Dog Kai Calo
SF Apocalypse How? Galen Surlak-Ramsey
SF Moose Rampart and the Time-o-Rama Double Whammy John Griffin
SF The Abduction Chronicles: Blue Lake Event Part 1, Chap 1-2 DB Gibb
F Four Heartbeats Ido Richardson
SF Tree Hugger Joel Schroeder
Week of 13-Mar-2019 (Crits due 20-Mar-2019):
SF The Founder's Seed Chapter 3 _RFDR_ Drema Deoraich
H The Science of Garbology Jodie Cowan
SF Mustang Bettie, Chapters 1 - 9 Paul Werner
SF The Lay of Percy Wallace Kyle Smith
F The Alley Clock P.I.
SF The Parts of Us that Remember Andrew Giffin
F The Dicers, Chapters 3-4 Mitko Grgiorov
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 18 Jeff Naylor
SF Babelfish Amy Hammack Turner
F Lorem Ipsum William H. Leonard
H A Worm Went In Russell Dorn
F Sirens Unbound Ch 1 Rewrite Laura Engelhardt
F Desanctified Charles A. Metzner
F The Dragon at Death's Door Paulinette J. Quirindongo Ramos
SF Engaging the Schilvaxxaz Gary Goodson
F Salient Suggestions from the Sinister Sorcerer ed kratz
H Masks Renee Rose
F The Last One Standing, Chapters 1-2 Adele Blackler
F Dragons Tales, Chapter 1-5 Elizabeth Rossouw
H The Wrongfully Dead Phil Lindeman
F I Will, If You Will Michael Bondies
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Nine and Ten Joel E. Roosa
SF Honesty Alex Villepique
F It's Spelled Chocolate - round 2 Michelle Henrie
F Undying, Chapters 2 - 3 Jonathan Seales
F Chickens Jesse Caedington
SF Nemo's Graveyard Joshua Boyd
F Remember My Name, Chapters 1-4 Tristan K. Nolan
SF A Guided Evolution Nicole Pavelka
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(Note, if the last week above looks abnormally large, it probably
needs me to add a new week, a task I do manually when I get around
to it. Future critique dates are approximate and subject to change.)
Symbols:
[@] - Pro [SFWA/HWA] author
[*] - Extra week(s) for holidays/aburt-out-of-town.
[mpc] - Most Product Critter Award winner
[!] - Special non-Wednesday dates because Critter Captain will be out of town
[ERROR!] - This means there is a problem and your manuscript will NOT be
sent out - Contact the Critter Captain ASAP if you see this by your name.
Waiting to enter Queue (Will enter at end of queue on "[date]"):
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Eleven and Twelve Joel E. Roosa [20-Mar-2019]
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen Joel E. Roosa [?]
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Fifteen - Seventeen Joel E. Roosa [?]
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Eighteen to Twenty Joel E. Roosa [?]
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Twenty-One and Twenty-Two Joel E. Roosa [?]
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Twenty-Three to Twenty-Five Joel E. Roosa [?]
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Twenty-Six to Twenty-Eight Joel E. Roosa [?]
F AllWorlds Asunder, Chapters Twenty-Nine to Thirty-Two Joel E. Roosa [?]
SF Eleanor Rigby Mary Makarova [20-Feb-2019]
SF FUTURITY / a Novel Chapter 1: Selfie 2030 _1st 1/2_ Jonathan Brandeis [20-Feb-2019]
H Chthonic Cleaning Solution Austin Gragg [27-Feb-2019]
F The Bottom of the Funnel Renan Bernardo [6-Mar-2019]
SF Professor Skinner's Tape Recorder Joe Belarge [13-Mar-2019]
F Hidden Beauty - Chapter 3 Michelle Henrie [20-Mar-2019]
F Curselifter Renan Bernardo [?]
SF No One Wants to Live a Season revision 2.1 Robert Harpold [20-Feb-2019]
F Built on Bones, Chapter 2 Lyric Gray [27-Feb-2019]
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 19 Jeff Naylor [20-Mar-2019]
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 20 Jeff Naylor [?]
H Household Gods Frank Oreto [?]
F The Breaking of Magic, Chapter 2 Kerry Cathers [20-Feb-2019]
F Built on Bones, Chapter 3 Lyric Gray [?]
SF Mustang Bettie Chapters 10-16 Paul W Werner [20-Mar-2019]
F The Relic Retriever Chris Turner [6-Mar-2019]
SF Three Flash Fiction Steve Patschke [6-Mar-2019]
SF Starborn Saiwa song & Chapter 1 Pamela Najar-Simpson [20-Feb-2019]
SF The Abduction Chronicles: Blue Lake Event Part 1, Chap 3-4 DB Gibb [13-Mar-2019]
F A Breaking of Magic - Chapter Two Kerry Cathers [?]
F Tribe-born Hannah Azok [20-Feb-2019]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F Princess and The Pearl Katie R. Campbell [19-Dec-2018]
F Albright's Extraordinary Artefacts and the Lost Fountain Pen of Barnabus Eagledon Daniel Taylor [26-Dec-2018]
SF Cypress cove ch1-4 Tellie Strange [26-Dec-2018]
SF ALIEN Bloodmoon Christopher Smith [26-Dec-2018]
SF Sirith Ricky Nix JR [16-Jan-2019]
H Attention Please Aydan Hasanli [16-Jan-2019]
F Cats with Swords, chapters 1-5 Drew Nardolillo [23-Jan-2019]
F What Binds Us Together, Chapter 1 Anton Gonopolskiy [30-Jan-2019]
SF Re-Turned Brianna Sue A. Sorriento [06-Feb-2019]
SF The Art of Dying 1-5 Kyle McKeon [13-Feb-2019]
SF Not Pablo's City Jorge Villamizar [13-Feb-2019]
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>> Note 1: Held manuscripts are removed after four weeks on hold and
>> must be resubmitted.
>> Note 2: It is the *author's* responsibility to notify Aburt when
>> they have brought up their critique count and want their ms. sent out.
[Click here to see the queue including archival data from 1995.]