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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:
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"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 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 8-Apr-2020 (Crits due 15-Apr-2020):
F Cattleya Sandra Skalski -#29067
SF Rufus Jeff Abrams -#29068
F Binge Worthy Adam Pitts -#29069
F The Fat, Old Tortoise and the Hard-Working Hare [@] Larry Hodges -#29070
SF Diplomatic Immunity T. M. Heckman -#29071
SF Feifei Zhang Autobiography Part I with Forward Stephen Secor -#29072
F Best Served Cold Matt Krizan -#29073
F Gold Eagle: The opening Nicholas E. Lehde -#29074
SF The Tulip Station Aaron Fried -#29075
SF Casey Travels West, Chapter 1 Barry Burnett -#29076
SF Palderyn: Apocalypse, Chapters 1 -5 Michael R. Hartman -#29077
F Siren's Lament Franchesca Guzman -#29078
H Undead absolution Philip Hays -#29079
F The Ravens Gautam Upadhya -#29080
SF Safe Travels Maria Ma -#29081
F The Bronsolinite Maslem NM Whitley -#29082
Week of 15-Apr-2020 (Crits due 22-Apr-2020):
F A Brother's Keeper [mpc] Adam Pitts
H The Lure Chapters 1-10 New Revision Jim Keane
SF The Briareus Jamie M. Boyd
H You Don't Know what a Life Sentence Means Douglas Kolacki
SF Ten Percent, Chapter 2 Caroline Poirier
SF Forever Grey Chapter 1 Greg Tracii
SF Two-Way Communication Robert Harpold
H The Tragedy of Phantasms Nathan Cavaliere
SF Begininngs George Tom
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapters 17-18 Eric Wilson
SF Buy Any Means Necessary JC Crochet
F Wish You Were Here Renan Bernardo
F The Rabbit Maker Lance Burri
F Champion of the People Henry McFarland
F The Customer is Always Right, No Wait, Everyone's a Critic Andrew Giffin
SF Shadows of Lesser Men Nicholas G. Marconi
Week of 22-Apr-2020 (Crits due 29-Apr-2020):
SF The Frivolous Prince Brad Bolin
SF Bots Don't Lie Todd Moody
SF Field Density Analysis of Laybonn Propulsion Systems Vince Bonasso
SF Life on Herschel Ben Coppin
F Saint Ligeia's Rites Ellen McCammon
SF Collision, Chapter 1 Jack Wolflink
F The Immortal Son, Chapter 1 Dakota Smith
SF The Father Lode chap 1 - 3 Deborah Kaminski
F Synchronicity - Chapter Summaries Megen Nelson
SF Social Medium Chapter 1 Owen McNaughton
H Keep away from People Kevin Stadt
SF Murder Eternal, Chapter 1 Charles Patton
F The Beacon Keeper Ethan Smith
F A Love Song for the Mockers Timothy M. Nall
Week of 29-Apr-2020 (Crits due 6-May-2020):
F Zaemes, Chapter 3 Shanna Neumiller
F How the Devil Got Its Envy Christopher Henderson
F The Great Info Dump_and_Of All the Things I've Lost Joel E. Roosa
SF Emma Lee's Smartmind Addiction Saves the World Janet Jing Martin
SF Lon Mopani Kevin P. Hallett
SF Third Law Rick Moyer
SF 19231 Raghasudhan K
SF Gaia's Gift Amy Hammack Turner
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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 Gold Eagle, Chapter 1 Nicholas E. Lehde [15-Apr-2020]
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapters 19-20 Eric Wilson [22-Apr-2020]
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapters 21-22 Eric Wilson [?]
H Dunglo 17 - Chapter 1 Adam Pitts [?]
H Willie Pete - Chapter 1 Adam Pitts [?]
F The Broken Ring - Prologue Adam Pitts [?]
SF Cosmoboros _V2_ JC Crochet [22-Apr-2020]
SF Forever Grey Chapter 2, 3 Greg Tracii [22-Apr-2020]
SF The Great Race Adam Pitts [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F Trey Roberts and the Ancestor's Wish, Chapter 3 of book 2 Lee Magnus [04-Mar-2020]
F Trey Roberts and the Ancestor's Wish, Chapter 4 of book 2 Lee Magnus [18-Mar-2020]
SF Blood & Power: The Calm -- Chapter 9 Javier Sobrado [08-Apr-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.]