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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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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
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HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS,
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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 29-Nov-2023 (Crits due 6-Dec-2023):
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 35 Eric Wilson -#31256
F No Man's Daughter Ch 2 Justine Lombardi -#31257
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 7 Brian Sellnow -#31258
SF Mathball [@] Larry Hodges -#31259
F Into the Id - Chap3 Gabrielle Laufer -#31260
H Don't Look Out the Window Matthew J. Olson -#31261
Week of 6-Dec-2023 (Crits due 13-Dec-2023):
F The Volcano Beyond the Troll's Mountain Range [mpc] Russell Weisfield
H That Old Familiar Feeling Andrew Giffin
F The Moths Rachel Messinger
SF The Cave, Chapters 1-5 Jeff Richardson
SF Nanite Wars : Earth Joel Stanley
SF Unnatural Partners Jamie M. Boyd
SF Botter World _part 1/2_ Becky Neher
Week of 13-Dec-2023 (Crits due 20-Dec-2023):
F The bowl and the hands Larisa Walk
SF Emotive, Chapter 27 Jeff Naylor
SF Sweetness and Light Reg Hamilton
F Flowers of Love Aydan Hasanli
F Demon's Bargain, Chapter 20 Carla Hennes
F When the Chains Break, Chapter 3 Ronda Tuschhoff
F The Christmas Truce Never Ends Douglas Kolacki
SF The Whole Truth Brian Brennan
F Cupidity Kathleen C
SF The Birding Dynasty of House Matriska Falls to Second Place Robert Harpold
F An Act of Courage Matthew Hall
SF One More Time Jason Schifano
SF Interstellar Womb Guy McDonnell
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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 Hitchhiking Matthew Olson [6-Dec-2023]
H Small Town Killer Jim Keane [after-novel]
H Surviving Matthew Olson [?]
H Small Town Killer Chapter 2 Jim Keane [?]
SF Emotive, Chapter 28 Jeff Naylor [20-Dec-2023]
SF Emotive, Chapter 29 Jeff Naylor [?]
SF Emotive, Chapter 30 / Epilogue Jeff Naylor [?]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 8 Brian Sellnow [6-Dec-2023]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 9 Brian Sellnow [?]
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 36 Eric Wilson [6-Dec-2023]
F Spelling Trouble, Chapter 4 Brian Sellnow [?]
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 37 Eric Wilson [?]
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 38 Eric Wilson [?]
F Demon's Bargain, Chapter 21 Carla Hennes [20-Dec-2023]
F When the Chains Break, Chapter 4 Ronda Tuschhoff [20-Dec-2023]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF A New Message Brad Bolin [25-Oct-2023]
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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.]