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[It's Freebie Friday in the Critters Store...]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.
Space Travel for SF Writers
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HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS,
from a Critter member whose unearthed a shard of The Secret
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"...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 1-Jul-2020 (Crits due 8-Jul-2020):
H The Master of the Game [mpc] Adam Pitts [?] -#29258
SF Please Stand By Pete Koziar -#29259
F Christmas in the Galaxy [@] Larry Hodges -#29260
F A Tribute of Bulls, Prologue and Chapter 1 Kerry Cathers -#29261
F A Love Song for the Mockers _Prologue, Version 3_ Timothy M. Nall -#29262
SF The Escape Artists Vince Bonasso -#29263
F Soothsayer, Chapter 2 Rhys W Hall -#29264
H Some Pig Russ N. -#29265
SF Your Place Among the Stars Ben Wilinofsky -#29266
F Faces Painted, Faces Scarred Kelly Parrish -#29267
SF Blue Hairs, Chapters 1-3 Leslie Fulton -#29268
SF The Red Files Rachel Faith -#29269
F Part 1: Tiny Purple Monster. Chapter 1 Withdraw Angela Schorr -#29270
Week of 8-Jul-2020 (Crits due 15-Jul-2020):
SF Galaxy Run, Chapter 1 - Date Night James Edmund Dennis
F The Greatest City Chapters 3,4, and 5 Clayton Niehaus
SF The Far Traveler Franco Alvarado
H Cow Tipping Thomas Brumskill
SF Time in a Bottle Amy Hammack Turner
H Teeth John Henry Whelan
F Elfriche LindaAnn LoSchiavo
F The Straw Witch Michelle DiPietro
F Make America Magical Again C.A. Lewis
SF A Fresh Start Jonathan G. Chew
SF Coded Parasites K. Raghasudhan
F Center Hallow Steven Kubrak
F Arrows in the Dark, chapter 1, version 2 Abigail Yates
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapters 23-24 Eric Wilson
Week of 15-Jul-2020 (Crits due 22-Jul-2020):
SF Solomon 37 Eli Cepeda
SF The Great Rift Between Us JC Crochet
F From the Deep Adam Pitts
SF Human Eclipse Craig Lipman
SF Behind the Veil Martin Heckman
SF The Blue, Chapter 1 - Irony Marc Dupré
F Omeron _Chapter 1_ Alexander R Davis
SF Last Moments Alia Atwell
SF That day all cattle hope for Yacine GACI
SF Unexpected Grace Ife J. Ibitayo
H Hair of the Dog Amanda Hard
F Francis My Son Ed Kratz
F The Whittler Renan Bernardo
F Goat Island Michael Stevens
Week of 22-Jul-2020 (Crits due 29-Jul-2020):
SF The Needs of the Client Chris Hepler
H The Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change Preston Chase
F Querencia, Prologue-Chapter 1 Maye Villaflores
F The Wayfarer Zachary M. Kekac
F Walking the Darkmaker's Way, Part 3 William L Hunt
SF The Way of the Warrior Boris Layupan
SF In Place of Deceit, Chapters 1-2 Michael R. Hartman
SF The Tulip Station, Chapters 0-2 Aaron Fried
SF Bloody Mary Leila Martin
SF Roadkill Joe Olson
SF Transitions Russell Adams
F Against the Wind, Chapters 1-5 Darren Askins
F Small Demons - Book I of The Eversteam Chronicles Jude Matulich
F The Way of the Sky, Chapters 1-3 Chris Byess
F Sun, Swords, and Secrets _Chapters 1-3_ Alex Scout Lead
F The Little Demon Master, Chapters 1-2 Doris Zhou
H The Lure Chapters 1 to 10 REV A Jim Keane
F Midday in the Gardens of Good and Evil _and_ Of All the Doors in All the Worlds. . . Joel E. Roosa
F Maid Knight Matthew J Olson
SF The Man Under the Bathroom Sink Jesse Cunningham
SF Level Ground Amit Gupta
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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 Of the Dragon Guild Eli Cepeda [22-Jul-2020]
H It's Not a Pandemic Adam Pitts [22-Jul-2020]
SF Harmonic Insurgence JC Crochet [22-Jul-2020]
SF Role of Law Wayne Martin [?]
SF The Blue, Chapter 2 - Letters from the Dead Marc Dupré [22-Jul-2020]
SF Galaxy Run, Chapters 2 and 3 James Edmund Dennis [15-Jul-2020]
SF 3 Billion Heartbeats Jonathan G. Chew [15-Jul-2020]
SF Waiting Around To Die v2 Michael Stevens [22-Jul-2020]
H LOADED Jonathan G. Chew [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF The Trials and Tribulations of Door Mice: Chapter One Helena Threlkeld [06-May-2020]
H The House in the Hill Shelby J. Williams [20-May-2020]
F Millennials Killed the Grimoire, Chapters 1-5 Isa Mardel [20-May-2020]
H Depraved Lands Brayden D.P. Gray [27-May-2020]
SF HOF22 - Prologue Part I DB Gibb [03-Jun-2020]
F Smoke & Dagger Query Letter Dennis Blake [17-Jun-2020]
SF DARIGARIAN EMPIRE SEEKING EARTHLING FOR FIRST CONTACT Craig Lipman [17-Jun-2020]
H Caine Diaries, Chapters 1-5 Natalee M. Bowen [17-Jun-2020]
SF Glancing Blow Ray Erickson [17-Jun-2020]
F Adela Smith, Exorcist Megan Quinn [24-Jun-2020]
F Shadow Walker Chapter 1-6 Ian Johnson [24-Jun-2020]
H Darkness Lies, Prologue-Chapter 1 Kyle Walker [01-Jul-2020]
F The Future History of the Grail -- Prologue Joe Follansbee [01-Jul-2020]
SF Marvin's Diary J.C. Gagan [01-Jul-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.]