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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 25-Mar-2026 (Crits due 1-Apr-2026):
F The Queen's Hairdresser Kate Wooderson -#32137
SF The Ember Path Chapter 4 D.G. Appeldoorn -#32138
F The Last Starkeeper, Chapters 1-3 Diana Allgair -#32139
F The Song of the Trees Craig Borri -#32140
F If You Can't Have Love Russ Gartz -#32141
F Test Shoot Bobby Rivera -#32142
Week of 1-Apr-2026 (Crits due 8-Apr-2026):
SF What The Clock Burns [mpc] Edward Moore [?]
H A Camping Trip In The Pine Barrens Lawrence Vernon
F Fatal Blades Chapters 1-2 Guled Obsiye
SF Children of the Blue, Ch4 Cassandra Peter Allen
SF Sunrise on Gargantua Garry S Garrett
SF The Savage of Careev chapter 2 Matthew D Ross
Week of 8-Apr-2026 (Crits due 15-Apr-2026):
SF The Raid Mike Bristol
SF Copy That Richard Zwicker
SF You're on the MIN3RVA List Todd "T.E." Poremba
SF The Odd Child Chapter 7 Erina Gruner
SF Science Unleashed, Chapters 85-91 & Epilogue Dallas Nicholls
SF The Path To Tomorrow, Chapter 16 Brian Sellnow
SF One Last Thing Done With Care Edward Moore
SF The Mastermind, Chapter 1 and Summary Charles Botsford
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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 Blackjack and Blood Chapter 3 Jim Keane [after-novel]
H Blackjack and Blood Chapter 4 Jim Keane [?]
H Blackjack and Blood Chapters 5,6,7 and 8 Jim Keane [?]
SF The Odd Child Chapter 8-9 Erina Gruner [15-Apr-2026]
SF The Path to Tomorrow, Chapter 17 Brian Sellnow [15-Apr-2026]
F The Vigil of the Silver Circle Edward Moore [15-Apr-2026]
F Fatal Blades, Chapters 1-2 Guled Obsiye [8-Apr-2026]
H Count Your Fingers Edward Moore [?]
SF Children of the Blue, Ch5 Confrontation in the Library Peter Allen [8-Apr-2026]
SF Children of the Blue, Ch6, General Barclay Peter Allen [?]
SF Children of the Blue, Ch7 The Second Problem Peter Allen [?]
SF CHildren of the Blue, Ch3 Alicia Peter Allen [?]
F Far from Every Strand Kate Wooderson [1-Apr-2026]
H The Dredsamon Brian Sellnow [?]
F Hydra, Prologue & Chapters 1-5 Dallas Nicholls [15-Apr-2026]
SF The Seventh Sense of Home Edward Moore [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F The Blessed & The Basic, Chapter 1 Landen Gonzalez [03-Dec-2025]
H Astaire Jacob T. Gray [28-Jan-2026]
SF Maternal Variables Surya Ramkumar [04-Feb-2026]
F Born of Light; Cursed by Darkness, Prologue and Chapter 1 Cassandra Habig [11-Feb-2026]
SF The Sword by the Ocean Moe M Meadows [11-Mar-2026]
F Knight of Annihilation Autumn Adkisson [11-Mar-2026]
F Kind of Super Robert Stahl [11-Mar-2026]
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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.]