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 22-Apr-2026 (Crits due 29-Apr-2026):
F A Knot of Toads, Chapter 1-2 [mpc] Garrett Schneider -#32163
F Far from Every Strand Kate Wooderson -#32164
SF Man, Dog, Robot Dave Beavers -#32165
SF Children of the Blue, Ch5 Confrontation in the Library Peter Allen -#32166
SF The Gaia Chronicles: Exodus, Chapter 1 Francois -#32167
SF Tales of Port Parallax, excerpts from Chapter 4 Randy Holloman -#32168
SF The Perseid Daughters Mike Veilleux -#32169
F The Heretic Series 1, Promised, Prologue and Chapter 1 Tianna Sicilia -#32170
SF The Blue Man Ed Kratz -#32171
Week of 29-Apr-2026 (Crits due 6-May-2026):
SF The Savage of Careev chapter 3 Matthew D Ross
SF Bodies Which Fall, Flow, Flame F.B. Hughes
SF The Watchlist, Chapters 1-2 Aaron Shavolian
F Opalescent, Chapter 1 Megan O'Leary
SF Bret Steele and the Wind Corals of Venus Dale Cozort
H Beneath the House in Caen Samuel Johnston
H Sculpting in the Shadows Manvi Verma
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
F Avenue C chapter 3 Charles Stevens
SF Algorithm of Life Douglas Ryan
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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, Ch6, General Barclay Peter Allen [29-Apr-2026]
SF Children of the Blue, Ch7 The Second Problem Peter Allen [?]
H The Dredsamon Brian Sellnow [13-May-2026]
SF The Seventh Sense of Home Edward Moore [?]
F The Cactus and the Spider, Chapter 1 Kate Wooderson [29-Apr-2026]
F Hydra, Chapters 6-12 Dallas Nicholls [13-May-2026]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 2 Brian Sellnow [?]
F The Heretic Series Book 1, Promised, Chapter 15 Tianna Sicilia [29-Apr-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]
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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]
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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.]