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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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FEATURED BOOK
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News
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.
How to Write SF
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova, best-selling author and six-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor. (This is one of the books your ol' Critter Captain learned from himself, and I highly recommend it.)
(Also via Amazon)
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 8-Aug-2018 (Crits due 15-Aug-2018):
F Teleporting Lesbian Werewolves Take Over Cleveland Fred Obermeyer -#27869
SF Dionysus' Sellout Jeffrey Steven Abrams -#27870
SF Empty Guy McDonnell -#27871
SF The Way Home - Chapters 7-9 Deborah Ross -#27872
SF Astera Vol 2 - Chapter 1.4 Joy Landa -#27873
SF The Crown Prince Scott Bradley -#27874
SF We're All Going to Slip Into the Throat of San Dante Renan Bernardo -#27875
H The Sandcastle Brett Lovell -#27876
F The Runaways Christopher McManamon -#27877
H Reruns Russell Dorn -#27878
SF Destiny's Cradle Paul Crawford -#27879
SF Out Of Time Jefferson Retallack -#27880
SF The Girl with a Face Robert J Cleary -#27881
SF Sentience Jace Wilkins -#27882
H Lab Grown Samantha Caskey -#27883
SF Space Trash Zachary Gwynn -#27884
H Sea Level Rise Christopher Blake -#27885
SF Eden Irradiated Ife J. Ibitayo -#27886
F The Murderer from Jerusalem Ela Shu -#27887
Week of 15-Aug-2018 (Crits due 22-Aug-2018):
SF The Price of Guilt [mpc] Brian Zayas
F A Myth of Black and White Terry Volkirch
F Janiella Kerry Cathers
H Johanna of Patmos Jesse Caedington
SF Junkers Eric J. Francis
SF The Collector Revised Joel Schroeder
H Deadwood Madison Estes
SF Imperfect Mirror Alex Halimou
F The Reluctant Magician Margaret Moller
H Not in This Economy Jessica Orr
SF The Deception of Revelation Matthew Duerst
SF Global Decision System Richard Zwicker
F The Galleon of Brushy Creek revision 5.2 Robert Harpold
SF The R Aftermath, Chapter 2 & 3 Laura Scroggins
F Sea Mage, Chapter 11-13 Chris Turner
F Built on Bones, Chapter 1 Lyric Gray
F Incursion Pete Koziar
SF Flowers from Across the Universe Sahil Lavingia
SF The Void Nic Barkdull
F Contract On A Dead Man Andrew Knoll
SF Artificial Hope Brian Palermo
Week of 22-Aug-2018 (Crits due 29-Aug-2018):
SF The Reconstructed Man Maurice Humphrey
F Sparrow, Robin, and The Angel Russell Adams
YL Two of a Kind, Prologue - Chapter Two Sam Wotten
F Warlord, Chapters 1-2 Keith McArdle
F The Fall Reina Cruz
H Family Stories Ed Kratz
F The Tilted Shield, Ch 1-3 Michelle Henrie
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 10 Jeff Naylor
F Wicked Paths to Power: A Tale of the Court of Swords Carl R. Cole III
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn, Chapters 32-33 Eric Wilson
SF Cali-Forward! Michael Andre-Driussi
SF Start Again Forever Juan Hernandez
F Demanding Knoledge Brad Davis
H My promise Charles G Chettiar
SF Rather Close to Nancy Adam Knight
F Biting Darla Jackson
SF Lay Down Your Arms, Oh Weary Soldier Brian Hickman
F Ink in My Bones Mary Makarova
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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]"):
SF Stellar Jazz Zachary Arnold [?]
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 11 Jeff Naylor [29-Aug-2018]
SF Astera Vol 2 - Chapters 1.5 and 1.6 Joy Landa [15-Aug-2018]
SF Air Freshener T3000 Robert J Cleary [15-Aug-2018]
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn, Chapters 34-35 Eric Wilson [29-Aug-2018]
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn, Chapters 36-37 Eric Wilson [?]
SF The Wrecking Heart And The Hand That Make Me Whole Renan Bernardo [15-Aug-2018]
F A Crowning of Discontent - Chapter 2 Kerry Cathers [22-Aug-2018]
H The Devil Took My Last Cigarette Jessica Orr [22-Aug-2018]
SF Tempest and the Cyclops Alex Halimou [22-Aug-2018]
F S'ra's Climb Christopher McManamon [15-Aug-2018]
SF A Life-shifting Experience Terry Volkirch [22-Aug-2018]
H Gifts Brian Hickman [29-Aug-2018]
H Arcane Stardom Charles G Chettiar [29-Aug-2018]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF Vectors, Chapters 4-6 Tunmike Ogedengbe [16-May-2018]
F The Shell Brian Williams [23-May-2018]
SF Glimpse: The Broken Chapter 2 Nicholas Martellacci [30-May-2018]
SF The Last Living Indian Logan Giese [27-Jun-2018]
SF Dissecting the Muse Tasha S. [05-Jul-2018]
SF The Privateers, Chapter 1 Kevin Sullivan [05-Jul-2018]
F Chapterhouse Eternity Shaiyon Merkel [11-Jul-2018]
F The Luxian Child, Chapter 1 Shanon D Huston-Willis [18-Jul-2018]
SF The Scheherazade Dilemma Kevin J. Miller [18-Jul-2018]
SF The Teacher's Assistant Chapters 1-5 Tomas Lapas [25-Jul-2018]
SF Magic Studies Soren Berg [25-Jul-2018]
SF Through the Shadows' Edge Judith F. Abraham [25-Jul-2018]
F Betrayal, Prologue Jonathan Curtis [01-Aug-2018]
F To Wake a Dreamer Joshua F. Potter [01-Aug-2018]
H The Vape Shop D.W. Jones [08-Aug-2018]
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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.]