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New entry Jun 06
Critter Notices
Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
How to Write SF
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova, best-selling author and six-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor. (This is one of the books your ol' Critter Captain learned from himself, and I highly recommend it.) (Also via Amazon)
Stayin' Alive
If you want to make a career of SF writing, STAYING ALIVE - A WRITER'S GUIDE by three-time SFWA President Norman Spinrad, published by your Critter Captain's ReAnimus Press, is an indispensable guide to the inside workings of the SF publishing industry by an expert.
Interviewed!
I was interviewed live on public radio for Critters' birthday, for those who want to listen.
Free Web Sites
Free web sites for authors (and others) are available at www.nyx.net.
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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Preditors & Editors Poll results
1998 Official Results
Standings for category: Short Stories
- "As Luck Would Have It" by Steve Lazarowitz, Titan Webzine
- "A Life For A Life" by Rustina Nesbitt, DiskUs Publishing
- "Perhaps" by Michele Hauf, Dreams Unlimited
- "The Lynching of Jack Cutter" by Ralan Conley, Dark Annie
- "Conformalin" by Mark Rapacioli, Jackhammer
- "Virtual Confusion" by Steve Lazarowitz, Domhan Books Anthology 3
- "Blood Heat" by Pam Smith, Dragon Soup
- "The Death of Jean-Jacques Rousseau" by d.g.k.goldberg, Dark Annie
- "Earning A Chance" by Michael Apple, Dragon Soup
- "Hellfire" by Diana Gabaldon, Dreams Unlimited
- "Caltanian" by Chad Cottle, The Dragonsclaw Showcase
- "Dying Breath" by F. Alexander Brejcha, Eternity, The Online Journal of the Speculative Imagination
- "Eve of Destruction" by Duane Swierczynski, Frightnet
- "Thundering Hoofbeats", Dragon Soup
- "The Downlink" by Ken Goldman, Enigmatic Tales Online
- "Ramaas, Planet of Adventure" by Tony Chandler, McCann's Planet Magazine
- "Galatea" by Lucy Budman, Jackhammer
- "The Martian Colony" by Robert LeBlanc, Dragon Soup
- "Art Eternal" by Nicole Burris, Jackhammer
- "Vengeance" by John Shanahan, The Orphic Chronicle
- "Requiem in Bluegrass" by Steve Climer, Dark Whispers Anthology
- "Music to My Ears" by Steve Lazarowitz, Twilight Times
- "Memoirs of an Intergalactic Diplomat" by S.D. Campbell, Jackhammer
- "As the Reaper Weeps" by Briahm Crowe, The Orphic Chronicle
- "Princely Behavior" by Paul Varga, Dragon Soup
- "Reunion", Mind's Eye Fiction
- "Chainlinks" by Joan Zachary Shapiro, The Erotic Web: Threads from the Internet
- "Opportunity Lurks" by Steven Lee Climer, Frightnet
- "Kathleen" by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Jackhammer
- "David and Gliaf" by Mark Budman, AlienQ Science Cyber Fiction and Fact Ezine
- "Snowbound" by Lois Bonde, Dreams Unlimited
- "Janet's Star", Dragon Soup
- "Old World Charm", Dragon Soup
- "The Scent of Fresh Ginger" by Tippi N. Blevins, Jackhammer
- "The Kid Who Ate Me For Lunch" by Duane Swierczynski, Nuketown
- "The Dragon Fu-Ts'ang Lung . . ." by Chris Cheetah, Dragon Soup
- "The Prodigals" By S. Joan Popek, Eternity, The Online Journal of the Speculative Imagination
- "Two Months in October", The Morpo Review
- "Songbirds in the Lilies" by Chad Cottle, Knightmares
- "The Way of the Kresh" by Keith Stevenson, Nuketown
- "The Lives of Ghosts" by Loren W. Cooper, Eternity, The Online Journal of the Speculative Imagination
- "The Rain King" by David L. Felts, Neverworlds
- "Christmas With The Flamingos" by Lori Soard, Word Museum
- "Transcendence" by Edward Lee and John Pelan, HorrorNet's Original Fiction
- "To Build a Castle" by J.W. Kurilec, E-Scape
- "The Things We Wish For", Dream Forge
- "Wanted: Destiny" by Michele Bardsley, Scribe & Quill
- "Soul Tattooed" by Noel Ace, Ibn Qirtaiba
- "T. G. I. F." by C. J. Henderson, AlphaDrive
- "The Dodo Dragon" by Sheila Crosby, Jackhammer
- "The Future", Dragon Soup
- "Fate's Never Been Fair" by Mark W. Johnson, Mandrake Fiction Journal
- "Cabbage" by Ray Dangel, McCann's Planet Magazine
- "Visiting Hour" by Craig Wolf