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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 11-Mar-2026 (Crits due 18-Mar-2026):
SF The Unintentional Cruelty of Parents Robert Harpold -#32122
SF The Savage of Careev Matthew D Ross -#32123
F Life After The End [@] Larry Hodges -#32124
SF F-TIB Samuel Johnston -#32125
SF Blame the Monarch Butterfly Todd "T.E." Poremba -#32126
SF Cactus Matt Britton -#32127
Week of 18-Mar-2026 (Crits due 25-Mar-2026):
SF The Problem with Lyrewell - RFDR Jacqueline Gamache
SF Science Unleashed, Chapters 77-84 Dallas Nicholls
SF The Odd Child Chapter 6 Erina Gruner
SF Hosts Melissa Robbins
H Bottoms Han min Lee
H Dark House Colm Prunty
F The Word I Lost Edward Moore
SF The Path to Tomorrow, Chapter 15 Brian Sellnow
Week of 25-Mar-2026 (Crits due 1-Apr-2026):
F The Song of the Trees Craig Borri
F Test Shoot Bobby Rivera
F The Queen's Hairdresser Kate Wooderson
F The Last Starkeeper, Chapters 1-3 Diana Allgair
F If You Can't Have Love Russ Gartz
SF The Ember Path Chapter 4 D.G. Appeldoorn
H A Camping Trip In The Pine Barrens Lawrence Vernon
F Fatal Blades Chapters 1-2 Guled Obsiye
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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]"):
H Blackjack and Blood Chapter 3 Jim Keane [after-novel]
H Blackjack and Blood Chapter 4 Jim Keane [?]
H Blackjack and Blood Chapters 5,6,7 and 8 Jim Keane [?]
SF The Odd Child Chapter 7 Erina Gruner [25-Mar-2026]
SF The Odd Child Chapter 8-9 Erina Gruner [?]
SF Science Unleashed, Chapters 85-91 & Epilogue Dallas Nicholls [25-Mar-2026]
SF The Path To Tomorrow, Chapter 16 Brian Sellnow [25-Mar-2026]
SF One Last Thing Done With Care Edward Moore [25-Mar-2026]
SF The Path to Tomorrow, Chapter 17 Brian Sellnow [?]
F The Vigil of the Silver Circle Edward Moore [?]
F Fatal Blades, Chapters 1-2 Guled Obsiye [1-Apr-2026]
H Count Your Fingers Edward Moore [?]
SF The Savage of Careev chapter 2 Matthew D Ross [18-Mar-2026]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F The Blessed & The Basic, Chapter 1 Landen Gonzalez [03-Dec-2025]
H Astaire Jacob T. Gray [28-Jan-2026]
SF Maternal Variables Surya Ramkumar [04-Feb-2026]
F Born of Light; Cursed by Darkness, Prologue and Chapter 1 Cassandra Habig [11-Feb-2026]
SF The Sword by the Ocean Moe M Meadows [11-Mar-2026]
F Knight of Annihilation Autumn Adkisson [11-Mar-2026]
F Kind of Super Robert Stahl [11-Mar-2026]
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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.]