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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 13-Mar-2024 (Crits due 20-Mar-2024):
 H   That Old Familiar Feeling          Andrew Giffin -#31373
 SF  Break a Leg _and Fly_              Viterbo Guedez -#31374
 SF  One Last Kill                      R.J. Melby -#31375
 F   The Ballad of Fixy Biscuit, Chapters 1+2  Mike Naylor -#31376
 SF  Blood of My Blood, Chapters 1-2    Nicholas Alexander -#31377
 SF  Negotiation at Strix Landing       Adam Contini -#31378

Week of 20-Mar-2024 (Crits due 27-Mar-2024):
 SF  Ten Suns                           Michael J Scholtes
 SF  Flower of Life - Preface           Kim Kupper Oshinski
 SF  Mark of the Predator, Chapters 12 and 13  Brian Sellnow
 SF  More Machine than Human part 2     James Ross
 F   Franshild the Trollkona            Julian E. Francisco
 SF  Sharp Claws and Lurking Sorrows    Natassia Dudack
 H   Below the Surface                  Richard Zwicker
 F   The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 40  Eric Wilson
 F   The Cove, Chapters 19-29           Trinity Gipson
 F   The Magic Kit Part 2               John Edlund

Week of 27-Mar-2024 (Crits due 3-Apr-2024):
 F   Tacos del Soul, part 4             Steve Palmer
 SF  The Explorer                       Carla Casewit
 SF  In the Free State of Georgia       Vince Bonasso
 F   Wards and Woods and Lakes and Halls  MK Lee
 SF  Version Control                    Mimi Evans
 F   Seattle Ghost Story                Laura Mortensen
 SF  Let's Hear It for the Company Man  Dwayne Minton
 SF  Spectra                            Robert Jones
 SF  At the Blednica Research Station   Douglas Kolacki
 SF  Shards of Aether: Phantom Scythe Prologue + Chs 1-3  C. S. Gaymon
 F   The Bluefinch and the Chipmunk     Samuel Johnston
 H   I Killed Death                     Larry Hodges
======================================================================
      (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   The Invisible Assassin Chapter 1   Jim Keane
 F   Spelling Trouble, Chapter 5        Brian Sellnow [27-Mar-2024]
 F   The Cove, 30-36                    Trinity Gipson [27-Mar-2024]
 F   The Cove, Chapters 37-42           Trinity Gipson [?]
 F   Spelling Trouble, Chapter 6        Brian Sellnow [?]
 SF  More Machine than Human part 3     James Ross [27-Mar-2024]
 SF  Mark of the Predator, Chapter 14   Brian Sellnow [?]
 H   Hell's Precipice, Chapters 1-3     R.J. Melby [20-Mar-2024]
 SF  Mark of the Predator, Chapter 15   Brian Sellnow [?]
 F   The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 41  Eric Wilson [27-Mar-2024]
 SF  Undersea Struggle Against The Kraken  Robert Jones [3-Apr-2024]
 SF  Flower of Life - Chapters 1-2      Kim Kupper Oshinski [27-Mar-2024]
 SF  Flower of Life Ch. 3-4             Kim Kupper Oshinski [?]
 SF  Flower of Life Ch. 5-6             Kim Kupper Oshinski [?]
 SF  Mark of the Predator, Chapter 16   Brian Sellnow [?]
 SF  Hell's Precipice, Chapters 4-6     R.J. Melby [?]
 H   Hell's Precipice, Chapters 7-9     R.J. Melby [?]
 SF  Flower of Life Ch. 7-8             Kim Kupper Oshinski [?]
 H   The Invisible Assassin Chapter 2   Jim Keane [?]
 F   Map of Tomorrow                    Richard Zwicker [27-Mar-2024]
				-+-

Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
 SF  Shadows in the North- Prologue     Logan Murdock [07-Feb-2024]
 F   The Cove, Chapters 1-7             Trinity Gipson [07-Feb-2024]
 F   Going the Appian Way, Chapter 1    Joseph Mo [14-Feb-2024]
 SF  How Much Your Conscience Cost?     Aydan Hasanli [21-Feb-2024]
 SF  The King of the Seas and Mystery   Robert Jones [21-Feb-2024]
 F   The Cove, Chapters 8-18            Trinity Gipson [06-Mar-2024]
 F   The Eruption                       Eric Johnson [06-Mar-2024]
 F   The Plosic Anarchists: Chapter 1   Betty Lu [06-Mar-2024]
 SF  Dazzling Gymnastics Girls          Robert Jones aka Stanley Brownstone [13-Mar-2024]
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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.]