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 29-Apr-2026 (Crits due 6-May-2026):
SF The Savage of Careev chapter 3 Matthew D Ross -#32173
SF Bodies Which Fall, Flow, Flame F.B. Hughes -#32174
H Beneath the House in Caen Samuel Johnston -#32175
SF Bret Steele and the Wind Corals of Venus Dale Cozort -#32176
F Opalescent, Chapter 1 Megan O'Leary -#32177
Week of 6-May-2026 (Crits due 13-May-2026):
SF The Devil You Know Tyler Powell
SF The Odd Child Chapter 8-9 Erina Gruner
SF The Path to Tomorrow, Chapter 17 Brian Sellnow
F Hydra, Prologue & Chapters 1-5 Dallas Nicholls
H The Delicacy of the Beast, Chapters 1-5 Timothy Lawver
F Night of the Bandits Craig Borri
F The Vigil of the Silver Circle Edward Moore
Week of 13-May-2026 (Crits due 20-May-2026):
F Avenue C chapter 3 Charles Stevens
SF Algorithm of Life Douglas Ryan
SF The Ember Path - Chapter 6 D.G. Appeldoorn
SF Into the Storm Joel Stanley
SF Planetless Christopher Mowder
SF The Truthful and Sincere Testament of Sister Marguerite Jon Rosenthal
H 8,967 minutes Clement Alain Boudreault
SF Getting Her Street Robert Harpold
SF Children of the Blue, Ch6, General Barclay Peter Allen
F The Cactus and the Spider, Chapter 1 Kate Wooderson
F The Heretic Series Book 1, Promised, Chapter 15 Tianna Sicilia
SF Tales of Port Parallax, Chapter 11 Randy Holloman
SF The Gaia Chronicles: Exodus, Chapter 2 Francois van de Merwe
F A Knot of Toads, Chapters 3-4 Garrett Schneider
SF The Perseid Daughters - Prologue + Chapter 1 Mike Veilleux
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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 [?]
H Count Your Fingers Edward Moore [13-May-2026]
SF Children of the Blue, Ch7 The Second Problem Peter Allen [20-May-2026]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 2 Brian Sellnow [13-May-2026]
SF The Seventh Sense of Home Edward Moore [?]
F Hydra, Chapters 6-12 Dallas Nicholls [13-May-2026]
SF The Afterworld of Light-at-475-Nanometers F.B. Hughes [6-May-2026]
SF Savage of Carev chapter 4 Matthew D Ross [6-May-2026]
SF What The Clocks Burn Edward Moore [?]
SF Star Racer, chapter 3 Brian Sellnow [?]
F She Chose Fire Edward Moore [?]
SF The Color of Blood Edward Moore [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F The Blessed & The Basic, Chapter 1 Landen Gonzalez [03-Dec-2025]
H Astaire Jacob T. Gray [28-Jan-2026]
SF Maternal Variables Surya Ramkumar [04-Feb-2026]
F Born of Light; Cursed by Darkness, Prologue and Chapter 1 Cassandra Habig [11-Feb-2026]
SF The Sword by the Ocean Moe M Meadows [11-Mar-2026]
F Knight of Annihilation Autumn Adkisson [11-Mar-2026]
F Kind of Super Robert Stahl [11-Mar-2026]
F Fatal Blades Chapters 1-2 Guled Obsiye [01-Apr-2026]
SF Sunrise on Gargantua Garry S Garrett [01-Apr-2026]
SF The Archivist, Chapters 1-6 Billy Grimes [15-Apr-2026]
F Fatal Blades, Chapters 1-2 Guled Obsiye [15-Apr-2026]
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.]