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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!
Book Recommendation
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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)
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 who's 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
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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 19-Mar-2025 (Crits due 26-Mar-2025):
F Cal and the Mind Mage Robert Harpold -#31779
SF VR Troopers Douglas Kolacki -#31780
SF The Last Backup Lawrence Vernon -#31781
F Milk of the Khalim Liam Kelly -#31782
Week of 26-Mar-2025 (Crits due 2-Apr-2025):
H Hazel's Haunted House Adventure = Chapter 5 Adam Zehnbauer
F Servo Chapter 1 Robin Lingg
F Onlyborn: Chapter 1 Chris Owens
F The Cactus and the Spider, Chapter 1 KL Wooderson
F Evangeline, Chapter 6 Brian Sellnow
SF The Plunderers Ryan D Twombly
SF The Scarlet Beast Nick Antonoglu
SF Jalopy Matthew D Ross
F Demon in the Dark Benton Reno-Cobb
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 2-4 Dawson M Hollingsworth
Week of 2-Apr-2025 (Crits due 9-Apr-2025):
SF Dragonfly, Synopsis for RFDR Mike Bristol
H The Wishing Angel of Suffolk County Holly Hefner
SF Reflections of an Obsolete Man Paul Crawford
SF Nights and Weekends in the Shoggoth Loop Yri Hansen
SF A Twist of Fate Stephen Shewmake
H Tunnelmouth Guy Pooles
SF They Are Out To Get You, Chapters 0-3 Clay Padgett
F Hopeful Heart, Hidden Beast Loren Davidson
SF Toxoplasma Becky Neher
Week of 9-Apr-2025 (Crits due 16-Apr-2025):
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 8, Chapt 18 - 22 Sean Masters
SF The Weary Mans Burden Benjamin Hamilton
SF Risk, Live, Evolve Garry S Garrett
F Dr. Devastation's World Domination Plan Richard Zwicker
SF Ruins of gold Caladin B.
H A Hell Within R.J. Melby
F The Relentless Mercenary Chapter One Xander Gillmer
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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 Bringer of Sorrow, Part 9, Chapt 23 - 25 Sean Masters [16-Apr-2025]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 10, Chapt 26 - 28 Sean Masters [?]
F Evangeline, Chapter 7 Brian Sellnow [2-Apr-2025]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 11, Chapt 29 - 31 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 12, Chapt 32 - 33 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 13, Chapt 34 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 14, Chapt 35 - 36 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 15, Chapt 37 - 38 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 16, Chapt 39 - 40 Sean Masters [?]
H The Possession Protocol Lawrence Vernon [26-Mar-2025]
SF The Sarn'Veil Void Lawrence Vernon [?]
SF Echo Chamber Lawrence Vernon [?]
H The Lady of the Lake Holly Hefner [9-Apr-2025]
F Evangeline, Chapter 8 Brian Sellnow [?]
H The Lure Chapter 1 Jim Keane [after-novel]
H The Lure Chapters 2 and 3 Jim Keane [?]
SF deadwife.exe Holly Hefner [?]
SF The War of Swans and Crows Ryan Twombly [2-Apr-2025]
F Evangeline, Chapter 9 Brian Sellnow [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF Run A Ways Moe M Meadows [26-Feb-2025]
SF Designs by Leda Springer [26-Feb-2025]
SF Revenants Katelyn Sullivan [12-Mar-2025]
F MNA - Chapter 1 In this moment, it was just them Logan Douglas [19-Mar-2025]
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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.]