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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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News
Critters is 22!
Yes, 22 years ago Critters was born. Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow
Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
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.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 whose 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 18-Apr-2018 (Crits due 25-Apr-2018):
F Comatose Darla Jackson -#27603
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn, Chapters 22-24 Eric Wilson -#27604
SF Fire Elementals Pete Koziar -#27605
SF Upon the Stair Amy Hammack Turner -#27606
F The Star of Asterion Kaitlyn Whipple -#27607
F Would You Bet On Sand or Stars? Renan Bernardo -#27608
F Flora and the Lost Child: A Glengarry Tale Matthew Rettino -#27609
F Grayland: When Dreams Come True Terry Volkirch -#27610
SF An Interested God, Chapter 3 Janet LayPort -#27611
F Marc Thyme P1 Bernard Davis -#27612
SF Miscalculation Alex Villepique -#27613
SF Gaia Crossing Mariam Melikadze -#27614
H Elijah and the Abyss Dave Riser -#27615
SF You Can't Even Call It A Rainbow Jefferson Retallack -#27616
Week of 25-Apr-2018 (Crits due 2-May-2018):
F The Godfather of Madagascar, Prologue [@] George Guthridge
SF Forever Grey - Chapters 1 Greg Tracii
F Start Again Forever Juan Hernandez
SF The Scholasticate Gary Goodson
SF War Macines Tom Adams
F Riven Calyx, Chapter 1.2 Mark Leon Collins
SF Password Protection Dave D'Alessio
SF The Dim Zone, Chapter 3 Chris Turner
SF Astera Vol 2 - Chapter 1.2 Joy Landa
SF Mumfawi Dragons, Chapters 1-6 Pamela Najar-Simpson
SF Homecoming Clark Sodersten
F Noblesse Oblige, Chapter 5 Elena Zimmerman
F Drowned Lands -- SYNOPSIS April Weeks
F Rockfall Sahil Lavingia
F Release Day, Chapters 1-2 Fred Obermeyer
Week of 2-May-2018 (Crits due 9-May-2018):
SF Different Paths Henry McFarland
F Bodies of Infection and Wings, Chapter 1 Lyric Gray
SF Europa Swings Ray N. Franklin
F And Neither Drives Mary Makarova
F The Outsider Rebecca Burton
F A Study in Cerulean Joy Pixley
SF AXIOM, Chapter 1 Ceci Vaughan
SF BLANK CANVAS Amanda H. Geard
SF The Fever Kevin P. Hallett
H Sloppy Joes Russell Dorn
SF Bibi, Chapters 21-24 Lisa Clark
H The Steps Christina Wott
SF Left-Brained Prologue and Chapter 1-5 Catherine Lynch
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 5 Jeff Naylor
SF Homeworld, Chapters 3-4 Stephen Cossgrove
Week of 9-May-2018 (Crits due 16-May-2018):
SF The Crown Prince Chapter 2 Scott Bradley
F Glimpse: The Broken Nicholas Martellacci
F The Passage to the Ethereal Forest Owen McNally
F The Dependent Clause Scott Wallace
SF The Wrong Apartment Tamanjit Bindra
F The Litigious Elves Robert Harpold
SF The King of Ezram, chapters 1-2 Maurice Humphrey
F Rite Mari Francis Troshynski
SF The Day My Soul was Eaten Laura Gonzales
F Singed, Chapters 1 - 5 Dave Duffey
SF War Criminal of the Psychic Wars Eric Littlefield
SF My New House - Version2 Mike Clarke
SF He Could Be Right Behind You Douglas Kolacki
SF Crossroads in Shadow, Chapter One Robert Glenn
F As Mysterious as a Cat Chris Patterson
SF The Pros and Cons of Interdimensional Pet Ownership John Collins
SF One Second Chance Michelle Jelley
F Oizys Chapter 1 Utku Ã--zyurt
SF Do We Have A Dimension for You Richard Zwicker
F We Beauty Call T. Andrew Solus
SF Untitled Joel Schroeder
SF The Way Home, Chapters 1-3 Deborah D. Ross
F Cry Havoc Brian Koukol
SF The Divine Glitch, Chapters 1-3 Ron Stieger
F Soul Harvest Madison Estes
SF Recompense Philip Behringer
SF Vectors, Chapters 4-6 Tunmike Ogedengbe
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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 [?]
SF Bibi, Chapters 25-26 Lisa Clark [9-May-2018]
SF Double standards Alex Villepique [25-Apr-2018]
SF Astera Vol 2 - Chapter 1.3 Joy Landa [2-May-2018]
SF Astera Vol 2 - Chapter 1.4 Joy Landa [?]
SF Astera Vol 2 - Chapters 1.5 and 1.6 Joy Landa [?]
SF We're All Going to Slip Into the Throat of San Dante Renan Bernardo [25-Apr-2018]
F Grayland: When Dreams Come True - Part 2 Terry Volkirch [25-Apr-2018]
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 6 Jeff Naylor [9-May-2018]
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 7 Jeff Naylor [?]
SF All the Gardens I Have Lost Mary Makarova [2-May-2018]
F Stranger Across Mary Makarova [?]
SF Searching for Numen Ch.1 - Scenes 5-6 Mike Clarke [9-May-2018]
SF War Machines Tom Adams [2-May-2018]
SF Warriors Clark Sodersten [2-May-2018]
SF Glimpse: The Broken Chapter 2 Nicholas Martellacci [9-May-2018]
SF Forever Grey query Greg Tracii [2-May-2018]
SF Forever Grey - Chapter 2 Greg Tracii [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF Riftwalkers, Chapters 1-5 Christopher Pedersen [28-Mar-2018]
F Sirith Chapter 1-4 Ricky Nix [28-Mar-2018]
F The Fires of Autumn, Chapter 1 Curt Krebbs [28-Mar-2018]
SF The Show Chapters 1-6 Snyder Ervin [28-Mar-2018]
SF Emulation Dome Carolyn Hoffert [04-Apr-2018]
SF Every New Moon Robert Tyler [04-Apr-2018]
F Gwydion and the Three Curses of Aranrhod Shirley Rawlins [11-Apr-2018]
F The Eternal, Chapters 1-5 Catherine Lynch [11-Apr-2018]
SF The Privateers, Chapter 1 Kevin Sullivan [18-Apr-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.]