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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!
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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News
Critters is 23!
Yes, 23 years ago Critters was born. Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
New Book from a Critter Member
**NOW IN
PRINT EDITION
TOO!** Awesome new book,
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS,
from a Critter member whose 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 COLLAPSIUMHow 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)
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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 15-Jan-2020 (Crits due 22-Jan-2020):
SF Another Sad Report from the Liberation of Earch Ed Kratz -#28903
F Pandora's Unboxing Renan Bernardo -#28904
F Let Cry the Heathens, Chapter 1 Lyric Gray -#28905
F Drip [@] Larry Hodges -#28906
SF Blood & Power: The Calm Chapter 7 Javier Sobrado -#28907
F The Estranged Princess Daniel Jones -#28908
F The Sheenseeker - Chapter 1 _Lindys_ Heather Gaither (Jonni Cling) -#28909
F Born for the Road Christopher Henderson -#28910
H A Line in the Sand Jim Keane -#28911
F Trey Roberts and the Ancestor's Wish, Chapter 1 of book 2 Lee Magnus -#28912
SF The Thoroughly Respectable Career of Adelaide Blunt Isabel Heynen -#28913
Week of 22-Jan-2020 (Crits due 29-Jan-2020):
F Soul Testing in Major League Baseball [@] Larry Hodges [22-Jan-2020]
F Eye of the Storm Casey M. Schneider
F Sacrifice Sean Masters
SF Snikabah John Griffin
F The Girl Who Never Dreamed Russell Adams
SF Changelings: Rebirth, Chapters 9-10 Liam Corley
H + 30 Seconds Madison Estes
SF A Fox at Christmas Kevin P. Hallett
SF Merka, Chapters 1, 9 & 26 Pamela Najar-Simpson
SF A Million Tiny Bombs Joe Follansbee
F Borderlands, Episode 2 [sample] Charles Gull
Week of 29-Jan-2020 (Crits due 5-Feb-2020):
SF Further to Fall, Chapter 5 _Section 2_ Garrett Menning
F Mages Unbound Ch 1 Laura Engelhardt
H Faithful Tim Stevens
SF Filament Steve Levandoski
F Cricket O'Calleigh Michelle Henrie
SF The Only One Juno Kwon
H Unlikely Helpers E.V. Zukowski
SF Strange Guests Ch 5 Mike Whittle
F My Stars Your Story Patricia Moussatche
F A Shepherd's Story Sandy Kulhavy
SF The Rogue From Outside: Part 2 Kevin Lane
F And There Was Your Truth Christine Dantimo
H First Urges: A Homo Monstrum Chronicle Kevin Stadt
F Prologue, sections 1-3 Nicholas E. Lehde
Week of 5-Feb-2020 (Crits due 12-Feb-2020):
F Stalwart Night Hannah Azok
H The Moon is a Friend for the Lonesome v2 Andrew Giffin
F Storms Past Laura-Marie Steele
SF Jewels From the Dark, Chapters 1-2 Eric W Sayers
SF A Sea Like Glass Brian Scott Pauls
SF Footprints in the Newly Fallen Snow Jon Stonecash
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapters 12-13 Eric Wilson
H The Jumper Carl Alves
F The Parallel Chapters 1&2 Andrea G. Franco-Cook
SF Gravity Fishing Jennifer Scott
F Shine Soteris Phoraris
SF A Falconer's Respite Hershel-Mars Auberon
SF I Don't Love You Anymore Dan Reade
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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]"):
F The Sheenseeker - Chapter 2 *Talon* Heather Gaither [22-Jan-2020]
F Trey Roberts and the Ancestor's Wish, Chapter 2 of book 2 Lee Magnus [22-Jan-2020]
SF False Continuum: Prologue & Chapt 1 Sean Masters [29-Jan-2020]
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapter 14 Eric Wilson [12-Feb-2020]
F Trey Roberts and the Ancestor's Wish, Chapter 3 of book 2 Lee Magnus [?]
F Such a Bright, Bright Day Russell Adams [29-Jan-2020]
SF The Gold Eagle, Chapter 2 Nicholas E. Lehde [12-Feb-2020]
SF The Gold Eagle, Chapter 3 Nicholas E. Lehde [?]
SF Premium Resurrection Pack - $99 Renan Bernardo [22-Jan-2020]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
H Face Paint Geovani Zambrana [30-Oct-2019]
F The Edgelord's Son Nick Thompson [04-Dec-2019]
F Run!, full story Samuel Simons [11-Dec-2019]
H Deep Splinter Dustin [11-Dec-2019]
F The Gods of Dragons _Vol 1_; Chapter 1: Behind Blue Eyes Shawn Cameron [25-Dec-2019]
H Little Grey Megan Maddox [08-Jan-2020]
SF The Collapse Series: Keeper Foundation Alexander A. Batalou [08-Jan-2020]
F Winter's Promise Chapters 1-4 Angelica K Ramirez [08-Jan-2020]
F Hades' Cycle D.Y. Foster [08-Jan-2020]
F Biting the Apple, Chapter One Nisaa A. [15-Jan-2020]
SF Those Above JC Crochet [15-Jan-2020]
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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.]