Critter Notices
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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 3-Jun-2026 (Crits due 10-Jun-2026):
SF What The Clocks Burn [mpc] Edward Moore [?] -#32221
SF Rise of the Patrician Part 1 Douglas Ryan -#32222
SF Children of the Blue, Ch7 The Second Problem Peter Allen -#32223
SF Reach for the Moon Chapter 1 Kate Ferraro -#32224
SF The Scourge of the Galexy Craig Borri -#32225
F The Heretic: Promised, Chapter 3 Tianna Sicilia -#32226
SF Into the Storm Chapter 3 Joel Stanley -#32227
SF Why We Pay the Birds 2.0 chap 1 James Ross -#32228
Week of 10-Jun-2026 (Crits due 17-Jun-2026):
SF The Ember Path, Chapter 7 D.G. Appeldoorn
SF Hanover, Chapters 1-4 Jeff Richardson
F Transcendent Ballerina Douglas Kolacki
SF Black Seven: Legend of Venetta Deb CarverOwens
SF The Apocryphal Tale of Wesley Ann Zero Dave Beavers
H The Lake in Winter Kenneth Parker
SF The Hot Night Jason Novsam
SF Sins of the Daughters Stephen Shewmake
Week of 17-Jun-2026 (Crits due 24-Jun-2026):
F The Cost of Empire Karen L. Kobylarz
SF Before You Speak Iskandar Rakhimov
SF Dog Days at the Sun Ranch Petar Brdar
SF Hailey Phillips Flees the Terran Birdcage Chapter 1 John Francis Willems
SF Unremarkable - prologue Garrett D Mair
F Pawprints, Chapters 10-12 Kate Hunley
H A Stupid Gross Ghost Story Jeff Dickman
F The Release Karen Ni
SF The Seventh Sense of Home Edward Moore
SF Star Racer, chapter 3 Brian Sellnow
F Hydra, Chapters 13-18 Dallas Nicholls
SF The PHYSICK F.B. Hughes
SF Under Ice and Stone Mike McCoy
F A Power of His Own Making Jamie M. Boyd
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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 [?]
F She Chose Fire Edward Moore [24-Jun-2026]
SF The Color of Blood Edward Moore [?]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 4 Brian Sellnow [24-Jun-2026]
F Hydra, Chapters 19-25 Dallas Nicholls [24-Jun-2026]
F Hydra, Chapters 26-31 Dallas Nicholls [?]
SF The Ember Path, Chapter 8 D.G. Appeldoorn [17-Jun-2026]
SF Algorithm of Life Douglas Ryan [10-Jun-2026]
SF Origins of Bazor Deb CarverOwens [17-Jun-2026]
H My Darling One Craig Borri [10-Jun-2026]
H Butcher of Detroit Edward Moore [?]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 5 Brian Sellnow [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF The Watchlist, Chapters 1-2 Aaron Shavolian [29-Apr-2026]
H Sculpting in the Shadows Manvi Verma [29-Apr-2026]
F LELOUCH PAULIZOX, Chapter 1 Makhosonke Mchunu [03-Jun-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.]