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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 20-Sep-2023 (Crits due 27-Sep-2023):
SF SMRTSS - Part 2 [mpc] Patrick Tibbits -#31172
SF Grave Concerns, Hard Decisions Charles Botsford -#31173
SF Dr. Death--Hiroshima Douglas Kolacki -#31174
SF Emotive, Chapter 23 Jeff Naylor -#31175
SF Entry 14: Basil Natassia Dudack -#31176
SF As we came Gabrielle Laufer -#31177
SF Through The Wild Gate, Synopsis & Chapter 1 Dale Cozort -#31178
F Ambassador to the Trees Jason Gallagher -#31179
Week of 27-Sep-2023 (Crits due 4-Oct-2023):
SF Jax Betty Derr May
F Adventures of Max and FOX, Chapter 1 Noah James
SF Dog Michael Mackenzie
SF Uzduk, pt. 1 Becky Neher
F Enchantress-Book-1-ch-07-08 Lawrence A. Clough
F People of Glass p3 of 3 Novella James Brian Ross
SF Pixel Density Shannon Dindia
H The One-Armed Bandit Matthew Olson
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 31 Eric Wilson
SF Starlet's Thoughts Joel Stanley
Week of 4-Oct-2023 (Crits due 11-Oct-2023):
H From Heaven and Hell Richard Zwicker
F Demon's Bargain, Chapter 18 Carla Hennes
F When the Chains Break, Chapter 1 Ronda Tuschhoff
F Slip Stone Sandra Skalski
F Arranging Affairs, Part 3, Chapter 12 Russell Adams
F Catalogue of the Gods, Ch 9 Shannon Spieler
SF Cloud Factory Anıl Işık
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 4 Brian Sellnow
SF Relative Gravity: Chapter One Damien Boyes
SF The Incident at Pleasant Hills Sam Johnston
SF The Two Earths Drew Hoskins
F Hand Off Loren Davidson
SF Unwilling Sacrifice Ash Kingery
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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 Catalogue of the Gods, Chapter 10 Shannon R Spieler [11-Oct-2023]
SF Emotive, Chapter 24 Jeff Naylor [27-Sep-2023]
SF Emotive, Chapter 25 Jeff Naylor [?]
F Enchantress-Book-1-ch-09-10 Lawrence A. Clough [4-Oct-2023]
H Dating is Hard Matthew Olson [4-Oct-2023]
H Common Name Matthew Olson [?]
H Don't Look Out the Window Matthew J. Olson [?]
H Hitchhiking Matthew Olson [?]
H Small Town Killer Jim Keane [after-novel]
H Surviving Matthew Olson [?]
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapters 32&33 Eric Wilson [4-Oct-2023]
SF Relative Gravity: Chapter Two Damien Boyes [11-Oct-2023]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 05 Brian Sellnow [11-Oct-2023]
F Into the Id - Chap1 Gabrielle Laufer [27-Sep-2023]
F When the Chains Break, Chapter 2 Ronda Tuschhoff [11-Oct-2023]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 6 Brian Sellnow [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF A Gift for Deidre Jean Kevin J. Miller [19-Jul-2023]
H Caliban's Curios, 5000 Words Bennette Harding [26-Jul-2023]
SF Switchin - A One Shot Chinmay R. Sharma [02-Aug-2023]
H About The Cult of Persuasion and Fools Anıl Işık [30-Aug-2023]
SF Whispers From A Higher Soul - Chapter One Sebastian Houseknecht [30-Aug-2023]
SF Synthetic Rising Mark M. Whelan [13-Sep-2023]
F Horizons Horizons [20-Sep-2023]
F Waterproof Sandra Edwards-Thro [20-Sep-2023]
H A portrait of your mind Grace Williams [20-Sep-2023]
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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.]