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Space Travel for SF Writers
Hot off the presses from ReAnimus Press! Space Travel - A Science Fiction Writer's Guide— An indispensible tool for all SF writers that explains the science you need to help you make your fiction plausible. (Also via Amazon)
New Book from a Critter Member
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TOO!** Awesome new book,
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS,
from a Critter member who's unearthed a shard of The Secret
to becoming a pro writer. Really good piece of work.
"...if you're at all concerned about story openings, you'd be nuts not to read what Qualkinbush has to say." —Wil McCarthy, author of BLOOM and THE COLLAPSIUM
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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!
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Standings for category: shortstorysf
1. Yaggoth-Voor, Bruce Durham, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
2. The Pilgrimage, T.W. Ambrose, Residential Aliens, [link]
3. Galatea's Stepchildren, Sam S. Kepfield, The Future Fire, [link]
4. Boudha, KV Taylor, Morrigan Books, [link]
5. A Delivery of Cheesesteaks, Alan Grayce, Flash Fiction Online, [link]
6. Anamnesis, Ash Krafton, Silver Blade, [link]
7. Poisonous Redemption, Kate Martin, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
8. Retribution, Carol Lynne, Resplendence Publishing, LLC, [link]
8. Who Mourns for the Hangman?, Sue Bolich, Damnation Books, [link]
8. Rights of Passage, Pete Kempshall, Morrigan Books, [link]
9. Chalk Dust, Gay Degani, Night Train, [link]
9. The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake, Robert T. Jeschonek, Space and Time Magazine, [link]
10. Professor Malakoff's Amazing Ethereal Telegraph, Lou Antonelli, Science Ffiction Trails, [link]
10. Dangerous Skies, Gustavo Bondoni, Every Day Fiction, [link]
10. Redemption, T. M. Hunter, Residential Aliens, [link]
10. Dawn of the Seraphs, Adrianne Brennan, Love You Divine, [link]
11. Where the Shadow Falls, TW Williams, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
11. When Good Limbs Die, Heather Wildman, The New Bedlam Project, [link]
12. Homecoming, Lori Titus, Sonar4Ezine, [link]
12. Angels, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Ensorcelled Magazine, [link]
13. The Darkest Night, Susan Sosbe, Twin Trinity, [link]
13. The Wavelength of Maybird, Lucien E. G. Spelman, The Absent Willow Review, [link]
13. The Lure of the Vine, Cate Masters, Freya's Bower, [link]
13. She Called Me Sweetie, Glenn Lewis Gillette, Apex Magazine, [link]
13. The Lion The Leopard and The Wolf, Eliza March, Siren Publishing, [link]
13. 10:15, Trent Kinsey, Eternal Press, [link]
13. The Passage to Summer, Gerri Bowen, Highland Press, [link]
14. The Duende and the Muse, Cate Masters, The Wild Rose Press, [link]
15. Upon Midnight, Buffy Christopher, Sapphire Blue Publishing, [link]
15. RIMFIRE, Michael Davis, Champagne Books, [link]
15. Thunder Canyon, Jeff Draper, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
15. The Real Mother Goose, Selena kitt, Excessica, www.excessica.com
16. Golden Visions, Christine Lajoie Golden [editorgvm@hotmail.com], , www.goldenvisionsmagazine.biz
16. Time Currents, Brenna Lyons, LL Productions, [link]
16. Fantasy Quest, Tina Gerow, Sapphire Blue Publishing, [link]
16. The Dive, Edward McKeown, Altered Dimensions, [link]
16. Forgive Men Their Tresspasses, J Alan Erwine, Afterburn SF, [link]
17. HeartSeeds, Helgaleena, Dark Roast Press, [link]
17. A Native Soul, Anne M. Pillsworth, MindFlights, [link]
17. Beautiful White Bodies, Alice Sola Kim, Strange Horizons, [link]
17. First Line, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Dark Quest Books, www.sidhenadaire.com
17. Lone Huntress, AP Miller, Carnal Desires, [link]
17. Vasily and the Beast Gods, Daniel R. Robichaud, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
17. Revolving Door, Pete Tzinski, Dunesteef, [link]
17. Kate of Kratos, Robert Appleton, Eternal Press, [link]
18. Saving Hitler, Chuck Rothman, Space and Time Magazine, [link]
18. The Shadow Stone, Regan Black, Echelon Press, [link]
18. Assassins, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Echelon Press, [link]
18. On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy, Desmond Warzel, SFReader, [link]
18. Spirits, Jaleta Clegg, Abandoned Towers Magazine, [link]
18. A Small Sacrifice, Mike Lynch, Digital Dragon, [link]
18. Pirates of the Dark Rift, Jack Hillman, Afterburn SF
18. Trine, T.C. Blue, Torquere Books, [link]
18. Summon Me Swiftly, Christle Gray, Sapphire Blue Publishing, [link]
18. As from His Lair, the Wild Beast, Michael Ehart, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
18. Wolves of the West, Charlie Cochrane, Queered Fiction, [link]
18. At Both Ends, K.C. Ball, Flash Fiction Online, [link]
18. The Wolf of Winter, Bill Ward, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
19. Seasons of Change, Stephen D. Rogers, Emerald Tales, [link]
19. Coquettrice, Angel Leigh McCoy, Comet Press, [link]
19. Hells Bells, Cherie Priest, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. The Piligramige, T.W, Residential Aliens
19. Ascension, Martin Livings, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. Black Heart, White Mourning, Jay Lake, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. Golden Pepper, Jay Lake, Flash Fiction Online, [link]
19. Portrait of a Behemoth, Richard K. Lyon & Andrew J. Offutt, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
19. Evolution, Jess C Scott, Xenith, [link]
19. Twisted Light, Tyree Kimber, Dark Roast Press, [link]
19. Bagonoun's Wonderful Songbird, John B. Rosenman, Gypsy Shadow Publishing, [link]
19. Sideshow by the Sea, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Echelon Press, [link]
19. Adrift, Andrew S. Fuller, Every Day Fiction, [link]
19. Santa's Last Gift, Barry Hunter, Whortleberry Press, [link]
19. Boys Will Be Boys, Marc Vun Kannon, Echelon Press, [link]
19. The Few that are Good, Scott Almes, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. A Wolf's Moon, Quinn Smythwood, Queered Fiction, [link]
19. A Perfect Night to Watch Detroit Burn, Ed Greenwood, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. Animal Husbandry, Seanan McGuire, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. To Remember Riobarre, Alma Alexander, Space and TIme Magazine, [link]
19. By the Sea, Shannon Page, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. Zoogarish, John Randall Williams, Queered Fiction, [link]
19. Men of Faith, Ivan Ewert, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. The Chateau de Mons: , Jennifer Brozek, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. The Sixth Day, Robey Jenkins, Afterburn SF, [link]
19. Neat Alyssum, Phoebe Matthews, Crossed Genres Issue 7, [link]
19. Uncreation Myth, Michael C. Lea, Peryton Publishing, [link]
19. Easy Pickings, H. Earl Wilkinson , Abandoned Towers Magazine, [link]
19. Runner of the Hidden Ways, Jason Thummel, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
19. Freak Factor, Viola Grace, Devine Destinies, [link]
19. Stop the war, Gabriel Timar, Wirte Words Inc., [link]
19. Beyond the Reach of His Gods, Brian Ruckley, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
19. Chasing His Own Tale, Marc Vun Kannon, Echelon Press, [link]
19. Final Edition, Jeff Parish, Morrigan Books, [link]
19. An Assessment of the Incident at Camp Righteous, Nayad A. Monroe, Flying Pen Press, [link]
19. All is Dust and Darkness, Mark Onspaugh, Hadley Rille Books, Footprints, [link]
19. Tears of the Android, JR Hume, Every Day Fiction, [link]
19. Defying The Lixcht Studies, Pamela Tyree Griffin, Bewildering Sories, [link]
19. The Spider in You, Sean Markey, Strange Horizons, [link]
19. An Unkindess of Ravens, Stephanie Gunn, Morrigan Books, [link]