Critter Notices
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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 23-Sep-2026 (Crits due 30-Sep-2026):
SF Hailey Phillips Flees the Terran Birdcage Ch. 2 John Francis Willems -#32350
SF Star Racer, Chapter 7 Brian Sellnow -#32351
F Hydra, Chapters 39-46 Dallas Nicholls -#32352
SF No One Calls Steven a Cyborg Todd Poremba -#32353
F LELOUCH PAULIZOX Chapters 5 + 6 Makhosonke Mchunu -#32354
F The Windsong Chronicles - Bk 1- Prologue & Chap. 1 Pam Hamilton -#32355
H Resonance Cheyenne Cartwright -#32356
SF Auditu Solo Philip Timmerman -#32357
SF Prelude to Launch Stephanie Takai -#32358
Week of 30-Sep-2026 (Crits due 7-Oct-2026):
F Let Fate Chase Us, Chapter 3 Stevie Xiang
SF The Tab That Binds Andrew Heymann
F A Higher Culling Chris Owens
SF The Marshmallow Man Pete J Graves
SF The Breath of Khan, Overture and Sequences 1-4 Michael Jude Harrell
F Battle Born Chapter 1 Justine Lombardi
F Breath of Do Not Forget Miriam Rawlins
SF Star-Crossed Chapters 1-5 Marco A Carreno
F The Shield of Nes-Pthah, Chapter 2 Lawrence A. Clough
Week of 7-Oct-2026 (Crits due 14-Oct-2026):
SF The Test Document Casey Morgan
SF Children of AI Jeff Abrams
F Deadweight Ron Pelak
H When We Loved You Ed Kratz
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 8-9 Dawson M Hollingsworth
SF Armageddon One Sucker at a Time Kate Rauner
SF Sins of the Daughters Stephen Shewkmake
SF Do you need a visa to enter hell Tad Boniecki
SF Permission To Breath Edward Moore
H A Rare Vintage Craig Borri
H Patriotic Music Jon Rosenthal
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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 [?]
F Hydra, Chapters 47-53 Dallas Nicholls [30-Sep-2026]
SF Blue Flame Edward Moore [14-Oct-2026]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 8 Brian Sellnow [30-Sep-2026]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 1 Lawrence A. Clough [7-Oct-2026]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 9 Brian Sellnow [?]
F An Easy Job Craig Borri [14-Oct-2026]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 2 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 3 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 4 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 5 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 6 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 7 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 12-13 Dawson M Hollingsworth [14-Oct-2026]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 14 and 15 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
SF The Messiah of Lake County Chapters 16-17 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 18-19 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 20-21 Dawson Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapters 22-23 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 24-25 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 26-27 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter28-29 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 32-33 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 34-35 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 36-37 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 38-39 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 10 Brian Sellnow [?]
H Entomo Peak Pete J Graves [7-Oct-2026]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF The Sovereign Variable, Chapters 1-5 Eric Hughes [09-Sep-2026]
F Of Serpent and Sea, Chapters 1-3 Franchesca N Guzman [09-Sep-2026]
F The Infernal Agency: Last Choice. First Case Nina Rayt [09-Sep-2026]
SF Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt Molly Mills [09-Sep-2026]
SF Format Check Casey Morgan [16-Sep-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.]