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I was interviewed live on public radio for Critters' birthday, for those who want to listen.
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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!
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're looking for great stuff to read from bestselling and award-winning authors—look no further! ReAnimus Press was founded by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
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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
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TOO!** Awesome new book,
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS,
from a Critter member who's 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 26-Nov-2025 (Crits due 3-Dec-2025):
SF Highway to Proxima Centauri [@] Larry Hodges -#32014
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapters 3-4 Dawson Hollingsworth -#32015
F Sin Eater Kate Wooderson -#32016
SF Shriram and Mortalectua Nathaniel Fisher -#32017
F Guardian of the Book Portals, Chapter 1 Haneen Babbitt -#32018
F Inyo Vince Bonasso -#32019
SF Telepathic Children of Erde, Chapters 1-5 Jerry Sutton -#32020
Week of 3-Dec-2025 (Crits due 10-Dec-2025):
F The Blessed & The Basic, Chapter 1 Landen Gonzalez
SF Science Unleashed, Chapters 49-54 Dallas Nicholls
H Season's Bleedings, Chapter 2 Lawrence Vernon
SF Out of the Fire Sean Masters
F Becoming Caesar's Son Karen L. Kobylarz
SF little spark Lance Dixon
Week of 10-Dec-2025 (Crits due 17-Dec-2025):
SF The Ember Path Chapters 1-2 D.G. Appeldoorn
F Destiny, Chapter 4 Boris Layupan
F The Beastloak and The Rebirth Ritual Vinit More
SF Silver: Deadman's Trigger Ryan Twombly
F The Duke of Tooth, Chapters 16-19 John Rhea
F Gems of the Forgotten Chapter 5 Erin Tunney
SF The Path To Tomorrow, Chapter 8 Brian Sellnow
F Cabbage Patch Diplomacy Edward Moore
F Beasts of Another Era Erina Gruner
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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 Duke of Tooth, Chapters 20-25 John Rhea [17-Dec-2025]
F The Duke of Tooth, Chapters 26-31 John Rhea [?]
F The Duke of Tooth, Chapters 32-35 John Rhea [?]
F The Duke of Tooth, Chapter 36 and Epilogue John Rhea [?]
SF Science Unleashed, Chapters 55-61 Dallas Nicholls [10-Dec-2025]
SF The Path to Tomorrow, Chapter 9 Brian Sellnow [17-Dec-2025]
SF Science Unleashed, Chapters 62-68 Dallas Nicholls [?]
SF Science Unleashed, Chapters 69-76 Dallas Nicholls [?]
SF The Path to Tomorrow, Chapters 10 & 11 Brian Sellnow [?]
H Out of Control Edward Moore [17-Dec-2025]
H Butcher of Detroit Edward Moore [?]
SF The Ember Path, Chapter 3 D.G. Appeldoorn [17-Dec-2025]
SF Writer Fighters . . . Assemble! Larry Hodges [3-Dec-2025]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF The Hum Chapters 1-3 Arthur Imlah [29-Oct-2025]
F Corruption in Our Roots, Chapter 1 Maayan Ram [29-Oct-2025]
H Food for Thought Uzair Abbasi [12-Nov-2025]
F He is his own best friend Charles Richard Livesay [12-Nov-2025]
SF Mythmaker S. K. Hoefer [12-Nov-2025]
H Floss Keawe Melina Patrick [19-Nov-2025]
SF The Joy of Sedation Dentistry Tony Sapienza [26-Nov-2025]
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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.]