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 2-Sep-2026 (Crits due 9-Sep-2026):
F The Cactus and the Spider, Chapter 3 Kate Wooderson -#32326
F Seventeen Things I Hate About Being a Superhero [@] Larry Hodges -#32327
F Hydra, Chapters 32-38 Dallas Nicholls -#32328
H Bleeding Horizon Clement Alain Boudreau -#32329
F Let Fate Chase Us, Chapter 2 Stevie Xiang -#32330
SF Kevin's Consistency Theorem Jeff Dickman -#32331
H Hellirblot Kenneth Parker -#32332
F A Promise of Prophecy, Chapters 1-2 Heidi Hammer -#32333
SF The Flesh Dreams of Labor Oscar P. Lima -#32334
Week of 9-Sep-2026 (Crits due 16-Sep-2026):
SF Simon Says [@] Larry Hodges
F The Shield of Nes-Pthah, Chapter 1 Lawrence A. Clough
SF The Sovereign Variable, Chapters 1-5 Eric Hughes
H Devil's Trumpet, Chapters 1-3 Andrea Ng
SF More Iridium Henry McFarland
F Of Serpent and Sea, Chapters 1-3 Franchesca N Guzman
F The Infernal Agency: Last Choice. First Case Nina Rayt
SF Adventure is Misery Reminisced Shaun Singh
SF Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt Molly Mills
Week of 16-Sep-2026 (Crits due 23-Sep-2026):
F Silver Fire and the Dead Karen L. Kobylarz
SF Blood Planet Craig Borri
SF Soldier Of Theseus Jon Rosenthal
H Emergence Yri Hansen
F Renfield Kris Baroudi
H The Magpie Samuel Johnston
SF Format Check Casey Morgan
SF Why we pay the Birds, chapter 1 James B Ross
SF The Seventh Sense of Home Edward Moore
SF Star Racer, Chapter 7 Brian Sellnow
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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 Hydra, Chapters 39-46 Dallas Nicholls [9-Sep-2026]
F Hydra, Chapters 47-53 Dallas Nicholls [?]
SF Permission To Breath Edward Moore [23-Sep-2026]
SF Blue Flame Edward Moore [?]
F She Chose Fire Edward Moore [?]
F The Shield of Nes-Pthah, Chapter 2 Lawrence A. Clough [16-Sep-2026]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 8 Brian Sellnow [23-Sep-2026]
H A Rare Vintage Craig Borri [23-Sep-2026]
SF The Test Document Casey Morgan [23-Sep-2026]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
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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.]