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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!
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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-Jul-2020 (Crits due 15-Jul-2020):
H It's Not a Pandemic [mpc] Adam Pitts -#29272
F Small Demons - Book I of The Eversteam Chronicles [mpc] Jude Matulich -#29273
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapters 23-24 Eric Wilson -#29274
SF Time in a Bottle Amy Hammack Turner -#29275
F The Greatest City Chapters 3,4, and 5 Clayton Niehaus -#29276
SF Humanity, Start Your Engines [@] Larry Hodges -#29277
F Elfriche LindaAnn LoSchiavo -#29278
SF Coded Parasites K. Raghasudhan -#29279
SF Galaxy Run, Chapter 1 - Date Night James Edmund Dennis -#29280
SF Descent Into Darkness [@] Edward Muller -#29281
SF A Fresh Start Jonathan G. Chew -#29282
F Arrows in the Dark, chapter 1, version 2 Abigail Yates -#29283
F Make America Magical Again C.A. Lewis -#29284
F The Straw Witch Michelle DiPietro -#29285
H Teeth John Henry Whelan -#29286
F Center Hallow Steven Kubrak -#29287
Week of 15-Jul-2020 (Crits due 22-Jul-2020):
SF Solomon 37 Eli Cepeda
SF The Great Rift Between Us JC Crochet
F From the Deep Adam Pitts
SF Human Eclipse Craig Lipman
SF Behind the Veil Martin Heckman
SF The Blue - Ch 1 Irony, Ch 2 Letters from the Dead Marc Dupré
F Omeron _Chapter 1_ Alexander R Davis
SF Last Moments Alia Atwell
SF That day all cattle hope for Yacine GACI
SF Unexpected Grace Ife J. Ibitayo
H Hair of the Dog Amanda Hard
F Francis My Son Ed Kratz
F The Whittler Renan Bernardo
F Goat Island Michael Stevens
Week of 22-Jul-2020 (Crits due 29-Jul-2020):
SF The Needs of the Client Chris Hepler
H The Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change Preston Chase
F Querencia, Prologue-Chapter 1 Maye Villaflores
F The Wayfarer Zachary M. Kekac
F Walking the Darkmaker's Way, Part 3 William L Hunt
SF The Way of the Warrior Boris Layupan
SF In Place of Deceit, Chapters 1-2 Michael R. Hartman
SF The Tulip Station, Chapters 0-2 Aaron Fried
SF Bloody Mary Leila Martin
SF Roadkill Joe Olson
SF Transitions Russell Adams
F Against the Wind, Chapters 1-5 Darren Askins
F The Way of the Sky, Chapters 1-3 Chris Byess
Week of 29-Jul-2020 (Crits due 5-Aug-2020):
F Sun, Swords, and Secrets _Chapters 1-3_ Alex Scout Lead
F The Little Demon Master, Chapters 1-2 Doris Zhou
H The Lure Chapters 1 to 10 REV A Jim Keane
F Midday in the Gardens of Good and Evil _and_ Of All the Doors in All the Worlds. . . Joel E. Roosa
F Maid Knight Matthew J Olson
SF The Man Under the Bathroom Sink Jesse Cunningham
SF Level Ground Amit Gupta
SF Emotive, Chapter 1 Jeff Naylor
SF Away from the Brilliance of Life Clancy Weeks
SF The Trash Artisan Problem Jeff Weitzel
F Till Death Do Us Part Adeline J. Schultz
H Flowers on the Wall Douglas Ryan
H The Suicide Forest Linda Gould
SF Unable to see the truth charlie Fischer
Week of 5-Aug-2020 (Crits due 12-Aug-2020):
SF Repopulation Gary S. Opas
F Small Demons - Part One Jude Matulich
F Drought Mani Nezami
H Deathly Denial Kelly Parrish
F A Tribute of Bulls, Chapter Two Kerry Cathers
SF Mathew Charles Gull
H A Maze, Heartless and Cold Glen Noble
SF The Found Ship Joe Belarge
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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 Of the Dragon Guild Eli Cepeda [22-Jul-2020]
SF Harmonic Insurgence JC Crochet [22-Jul-2020]
SF Role of Law Wayne Martin [?]
SF Galaxy Run, Chapters 2 and 3 James Edmund Dennis [15-Jul-2020]
SF 3 Billion Heartbeats Jonathan G. Chew [15-Jul-2020]
SF Waiting Around To Die v2 Michael Stevens [22-Jul-2020]
H LOADED Jonathan G. Chew [?]
SF Engines of Immortality Raghasudhan K [15-Jul-2020]
H The Midnight Train Murders Jim Keane [5-Aug-2020]
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapter 25 Eric Wilson [15-Jul-2020]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F Smoke & Dagger Query Letter Dennis Blake [17-Jun-2020]
SF DARIGARIAN EMPIRE SEEKING EARTHLING FOR FIRST CONTACT Craig Lipman [17-Jun-2020]
H Caine Diaries, Chapters 1-5 Natalee M. Bowen [17-Jun-2020]
SF Glancing Blow Ray Erickson [17-Jun-2020]
F Adela Smith, Exorcist Megan Quinn [24-Jun-2020]
F Shadow Walker Chapter 1-6 Ian Johnson [24-Jun-2020]
H Darkness Lies, Prologue-Chapter 1 Kyle Walker [01-Jul-2020]
F The Future History of the Grail -- Prologue Joe Follansbee [01-Jul-2020]
SF Marvin's Diary J.C. Gagan [01-Jul-2020]
SF The Far Traveler Franco Alvarado [08-Jul-2020]
H Cow Tipping Thomas Brumskill [08-Jul-2020]
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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.]