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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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News
Critters is almost 25!
In November, Critters will be 25 years old! 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.
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)
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 COLLAPSIUM
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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 21-Oct-2020 (Crits due 28-Oct-2020):
SF The Pole Star [mpc] Quinault Childs -#29499
SF The Ambassador Attends the Final Fair revision 4.2 Robert Harpold -#29500
H The Beautiful Creatures Carl Alves -#29501
F Chaoticum : Prelude - Chapter 2 Charles Gull -#29502
SF Azad Chapters 1-2 Pamela Najar -#29503
H Spiders Under the Skin [@] Larry Hodges -#29504
SF Galaxy Run, Chapters 9-11 James Edmund Dennis -#29505
F Faster Than the Dead Michelle Ng -#29506
SF Little Bear, Chapters 1-2 Christopher Ross -#29507
F The Last Dameryx Kelly Parrish -#29508
F Hallowed Beasts Chapters 1-3 Katelyn Sullivan -#29509
SF The Barrier Between Kate Genellie -#29510
F Worms of Flesh, Worms of Faith Jordan Chase-Young -#29511
SF The Strange Case of Theda Vermaak Sonja Myers -#29512
Week of 28-Oct-2020 (Crits due 4-Nov-2020):
F Into Trees [mpc] Ray N. Franklin
SF The Light and the Dark Richard Zwicker
F Stolen Blade, Chapters 1-2 Samia Hayes
SF Empire Emilio Serrano
SF The Wayfarer, Ch. 1 Zachary Kekac
SF The Fourth Instar Kate Kelley
SF Mac The Wife John Griffin
SF Emotive, Chapter 4 Jeff Naylor
H Praying for Sunrise Jim Keane
H Chimney Sweep Jude Matulich-Hall
SF The Linking, Chapters 1-5 Jeff Richardson
F Riding the Midnight Breeze Joe Olson
H A Family Recipe for Spice Cake Madeline Jacobson
SF Forever Grey Chapters 2-3 Greg Tracii
F The Greatest City Chapters 13-17 Clayton Niehaus
Week of 4-Nov-2020 (Crits due 11-Nov-2020):
F Walking the Darkmaker's Way, Part 5: Part Four: Crossing Shabhaan's Road William L Hunt
H The Bump Victor Jimenez
F Magic Adrift Robin Eliot
F Once Upon a Tattered Toll Hannah Azok
SF Too Slow for Surgery Russell Weisfield
H Reality Peel 1 of 6 Dan Jolie
F Treewalker, Teaser and Chapter 1 Jay D. Califf
SF Red Eye Brian Lonberg
F Calling Them Henry McFarland
F The Birthright Stone, Chapter 1 John Christopher
SF The Way of the Warrior Boris Layupan
SF A Well Calculated Life Scott Towler
SF In the Moment Barry Burnett
F Rockie's Dream Matthew J Olson
Week of 11-Nov-2020 (Crits due 18-Nov-2020):
F Unbroken Laura Engelhardt
F The Winter Bear Isabel Heynen
H Roy G. Biv Elizabeth Montour
SF Further to Fall, Chapters 11-12 Garrett Menning
SF The Fair Jeffrey Abrams
F Bridge at Ramageddon Chapm 2 & 3 Wayne M Merritt
SF Chasidy Pascoe and the Carnival of Wonders Bill Stiteler
SF Trade You Valentines Day for Halloween Douglas Kolacki
SF Swipe Life Matt Krizan
SF Dreams on a Drifter Quinault Childs
SF Prelude:The Tides of Earth chapters J. H. Tabbott
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapters 31-32 Eric Wilson
SF In the Country of Endless Daylight scottt godfrey
SF Next Charles Botsford
SF Cyberhomeless Alex Vinicius Santana Souza
SF When Love Goes Down the Drain Michael Stevens
SF Madness Reigns Supreme - Chapter 3 Joshua Lieblein
F A Parting of Ways Joel E. Roosa
F Blood and Talent Jamie M. Boyd
SF The Specimen Eric Honour
F The Boy Who Loved Dragons Jeff Cates
F The Monsters We Call, Chapters 1-2 Julia Cline
F Deathsight Jennifer Scott
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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]"):
SF Role of Law Wayne Martin [?]
F Cloud Tracker Kaitlyn Mattson [?]
F Chaoticum : Prelude - Chapter 3 Charles Gull [28-Oct-2020]
F Chaoticum : Prelude - Chapter 4 Charles Gull [?]
F Chaoticum : Act 2 - Chapter 5 Charles Gull [?]
F Chaoticum : Act 2 - Chapter 6 Charles Gull [?]
F Chaoticum : Act 2 - Chapter 7 Charles Gull [?]
F No Smoking Allowed Jude Matulich-Hall [4-Nov-2020]
F From Trash to Treasure Jude Matulich-Hall [?]
SF Download scottt godfrey [18-Nov-2020]
SF Guidepost scottt godfrey [?]
SF The Hand scottt godfrey [?]
SF House scottt godfrey [?]
SF Her Desher scottt godfrey [?]
SF The Qwulne scottt godfrey [?]
SF Prey scottt godfrey [?]
SF Mites scottt godfrey [?]
SF La'Sann scott Godfrey [?]
SF Invisible Bodies Alex Vinicius Santana Souza [18-Nov-2020]
H The Midnight Train Murders New Revision Jim Keane [4-Nov-2020]
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapters 33-35 Eric Wilson [18-Nov-2020]
H The Elevator Jim Keane [?]
H Birdbath Jude Matulich-Hall [?]
SF The Engineer's Gamble Robert Harpold [28-Oct-2020]
SF Hanover, Chapters 1-4 Jeff Richardson [4-Nov-2020]
H The Curse NEW REVISION Jim Keane [?]
SF Roland Darleigh Scott Godfrey [?]
SF The Worlds of the Black Sun Scott Godfrey [?]
SF The Wendigo Scott Godfrey [?]
SF Emotive, Chapter 5 Jeff Naylor [4-Nov-2020]
SF Emotive, Chapter 6 Jeff Naylor [?]
H The Lure New Revision Jim Keane [?]
F Eternal Shades in Heat and Frost Jordan Chase-Young [28-Oct-2020]
H Possession Is Ten-tenths of the Law Richard Zwicker [4-Nov-2020]
F The Pursuit of Eternal Love Alex Vinicius Santana Souza [?]
SF MONSTER! Alex Vinicius Santana Souza [?]
SF Two Tickets for Purgatory Richard Zwicker [?]
F The Birthright Stone, Chapters 7-8 John Christopher [11-Nov-2020]
SF A Momentary Switch Charles Botsford [18-Nov-2020]
SF How To Catch a Finch Michael Stevens [18-Nov-2020]
SF Prelude: The Tides of Earth chapters 35-37 J. H. Tabbott [18-Nov-2020]
SF The Queen Kate Genellie [28-Oct-2020]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F Storms Past Laura-Marie Steele [26-Aug-2020]
SF Of Buggies and Behemoths Sarah Rebecca Hovorka [26-Aug-2020]
F AK Book Excerpt - 1 angela shteynbak [09-Sep-2020]
SF Sweet Petals"-excerpt John Bettinger [09-Sep-2020]
SF Towers in the dark. Chapter 1 Roman Rafalson [23-Sep-2020]
SF Mae's Mission Jed Brinkley [07-Oct-2020]
SF All in the Eyes of the Owl Prelude-Ch3 Nathan B. Bair [14-Oct-2020]
F Kaileva Sara Kilgore [21-Oct-2020]
F Maegics Heir: Mind Maege Predator Guy L Cramb [21-Oct-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.]