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 20-May-2026 (Crits due 27-May-2026):
SF The Inhospitable Circus [mpc] Christopher Mowder -#32201
F A Matter of Trust Stephen Shewmake -#32202
F Arrhythmia Bryce Paradis -#32203
F A Contest of Gods Karen L. Kobylarz -#32204
SF The Gaia Chronicles: Exodus, Chapter 2 Francois van de Merwe -#32205
SF The Perseid Daughters - Prologue + Chapter 1 Mike Veilleux -#32206
SF Tales of Port Parallax, Chapter 11 Randy Holloman -#32207
F A Knot of Toads, Chapters 3-4 Garrett Schneider -#32208
SF Invasion Stephanie Wernet -#32209
F Execution Pact Petar Brdar -#32210
SF Sunrise on Gargantua Garry S Garrett -#32211
Week of 27-May-2026 (Crits due 3-Jun-2026):
SF The Afterworld of Light-at-475-Nanometers F.B. Hughes
SF Savage of Carev chapter 4 Matthew D Ross
SF Bullets and Brains Nicholas Driscoll
H Perpetuus Concordia Aryan Bollinger
SF The Last Bean Jeff Abrams
H Count Your Fingers Edward Moore
SF Star Racer, Chapter 2 Brian Sellnow
F Hydra, Chapters 6-12 Dallas Nicholls
Week of 3-Jun-2026 (Crits due 10-Jun-2026):
F LELOUCH PAULIZOX, Chapter 1 Makhosonke Mchunu
SF The Scourge of the Galexy Craig Borri
SF Reach for the Moon Chapter 1 Kate Ferraro
F The Heretic: Promised, Chapter 3 Tianna Sicilia
SF Why We Pay the Birds 2.0 chap 1 James Ross
SF Children of the Blue, Ch7 The Second Problem Peter Allen
SF Rise of the Patrician Part 1 Douglas Ryan
SF Into the Storm Chapter 3 Joel Stanley
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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 Seventh Sense of Home Edward Moore [3-Jun-2026]
SF What The Clocks Burn Edward Moore [?]
SF Star Racer, chapter 3 Brian Sellnow [3-Jun-2026]
F She Chose Fire Edward Moore [?]
SF The Color of Blood Edward Moore [?]
SF The Perseid Daughters - Chapters 2 & 3 MikeVeilleux [27-May-2026]
F Hydra, Chapters 13-18 Dallas Nicholls [3-Jun-2026]
SF The PHYSICK F.B. Hughes [3-Jun-2026]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 4 Brian Sellnow [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF The Watchlist, Chapters 1-2 Aaron Shavolian [29-Apr-2026]
H Sculpting in the Shadows Manvi Verma [29-Apr-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.]