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New entry Jun 21
Critter Notices
Network speeding up
I'm switching the connection over to a new, shiny 10X faster network because of all the load. There might be bits of downtime as your boxes learn new addresses and things. Should be brief. Let me know of any prolonged outages you see.
Preditors & Editors Changeover
With the very sad passing of Dave Kuzminski, who ran P&E, I've taken over the P&E duties. Lots of what I hope are improvements; check it out at pred-ed.com.
Critters Server is Dying has been Replaced
See important details here in my blog. Let me know if you find anything that isn't working right. (Manuscripts are now available for this week, FYI.)
Book Recommendation
THE SIGIL TRILOGY:
The universe is dying from within...
"Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock
Announcing ReAnimus Press
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News
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!
Free Web Sites
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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
The Sigil Trilogy
If you're looking for an amazing, WOW! science fiction story, check out THE SIGIL TRILOGY. This is — literally — one of the best science fiction novels I've ever read.
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The Critters Queue
Submission files 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 16-Jul-2014 (Crits due 23-Jul-2014):
SF The Farthest City [mpc] Daniel P. Swenson -#23891
SF The Pro, Chapter 1 [mpc] Richard Edwards -#23892
F Dwarves Don't Climb Trees Eric Juneau -#23893
SF Hidden Color [@] Gio Clairval -#23894
H The Not, Chapter 34 A. R. Braun -#23895
SF A Mother's Place Christina Usher -#23896
SF Approaching the Well of Still Time _tentative_ Stacy Elko -#23897
SF Robot Rights, chapter One tom Grayhorse -#23898
SF The Build-A-Dragon Company Dan Koboldt -#23899
SF Stubborn Moon Joseph Camera -#23900
H Soulweaver Chapters 6,7,8 Alex Maher -#23901
SF Repeaters Filip Wiltgren -#23902
SF The Errigannie - Prologue/Chapter 1 Jay Sauls -#23903
SF Worlds of Pyramis: Chapter 9 Will Barnes -#23904
F The Trouble With Dwarf Stones at Cattail Pond Victoria Kalb -#23905
SF Mountain Man Andrew Jacquier -#23906
F Spear, Chapters 1-3 Kristopher Horton -#23907
F Down the Spiral Jamie Simo -#23908
SF I've Found The Cure For Cancer Justin Key -#23909
SF Suspended Rebecca Shiles -#23910
SF Desire [@] David John Baker -#23911
F Stag Night Aleksandra Pantic -#23912
Week of 23-Jul-2014 (Crits due 30-Jul-2014):
SF Whitefall [mpc] Harlen Bayha
SF Black Tie Grady Annette Bowman
SF The Girl from Beyond the Wall - Part 2 Rati Mehrotra
F The Act of Faith Hotel, Chapter 1 Emily Schoerning
F Better The Devil You Know Dom Dulley
SF It's Always Summer In Our Memory Amanda Niehaus-Hard
F Myth Origins Jon Wiggins
F Things Worth Dying For Kaitlyn Boggs
F Seeks the Light Michael Dorken
SF Incineration, Chapters 1-6 Amanda L. Culton
SF Two-Hundred Forty-One Centuries Benjamin Schulz
F Seeking the Light of Justice Dr. Barry Nadel
F Goddess _RFDR_ Kristin Whitman
F For Those Who Deserve It Alexander Leger-Small
SF This Is The Sound Of The End Of The World Matt Dovey
SF Cuban Missile Strike Michael Andre-Driussi
SF Diamond Folds Andrea Cross
F Werewear Fred Obermeyer
SF The Ordeal, Chapter 1 Conrad Steenkamp
H Before the Beginning Richard Zwicker
F The Bottom Luke Robinson
Week of 30-Jul-2014 (Crits due 6-Aug-2014):
F The Witch's Craft, Chapters 3-5 Patrick Crowe
F Heaven's Waiting Room has Lousy Magazines Elena Hayes
SF The Automatic Writing Machine of UCBT James Brittain
SF Colony 411, Chapter 1 Luke Larsen
SF Glass Carnival, chapter 2 Gail Marsella
H The Book Clinton L. Reed
SF The SkinWalkers, Chapter 1 Debra Crichlow
SF Revenge Begins with Death revised Robert Harpold
F Willow's Legend, Chapter 1-2 Iona Baird
F Keeper of the Crimson Blade, Prologue-Chapter 1 Erin Fitzgerald
SF The Part They Stole Chris Countryman
F A Dragon's Treasure Louise A. Postlethwaite
H The Turning of the Key - Chapter 3 and 4 Wendy Salmon
SF Soul Peddling Down the Texas Byways Gary Goodson
SF Only Who is Left Julia Nolan
H Outpost Ricardo Delacruz
SF The Fourth Law of Robotics 7-15 Charles Hand
SF Planar Ghosts Krystal Claxton
SF The Twelve o'clock Boys Amanda H. Geard
SF The Pro, Chapter 2 Richard Edwards
H Haunted: The Saga of a fallen hero chap 6 Naftali Deitsch
SF Five Days as Uberman, Prologue-Chapter 4 Nikhil Sekher
F All the Souls Like Candle Flames Vanessa Fogg
F The Moving Mountains : A Chilongua Tale Jeffrey Hall
SF The Geographer Liam King
H Melanie Explains It All Mary Elizabeth Thompson
F Price of Passage Russell de Grove
SF Act Natural Jeremy Draghi
SF John's Holiday Arol Bosut
F Breath of the Titans, part 1 Riley Amos Westbrook
F Shrouded Goddess, Ch 15+16 Patricia Moussatche
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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]"):
YA Enchanter RFDR E. B. Pike [?]
M The Shot Zimbalist L. Odhams [?]
M The Shot Zimbalist L. Odhams [?]
L The Six Samurai Chapters 1-3 John Endris [?]
F Our Father, Chapter 1 Brandon Byes [?]
SF Terra Prime: Fall of a Federation [?]
SF Rats in Space [?]
F Dollhouse of the He, Chart [?]
L Violin Playing Robot Chrissie Wranja [?]
SF Freedom Annette Bowman [30-Jul-2014]
F My Lover's Skin Aleksandra Pantic [23-Jul-2014]
H The Invisible People Alex Maher [23-Jul-2014]
SF Bloodlines, Chapter 1 Debra Crichlow [6-Aug-2014]
F Smalto Victoria Kalb [23-Jul-2014]
F Strange Things Happen All the Time Aleksandra Pantic [?]
SF The Hippocratic Oath Justin Key [23-Jul-2014]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F Radiant, Chapter One Ashley Gonzales [18-Jun-2014]
F Cercie Leah Ashton [25-Jun-2014]
SF The End Joseph Brinkman [25-Jun-2014]
H Laughter Matt Burkholder [25-Jun-2014]
F The Chronicles of Astroban The Gathering Book 1 Chapters 1 & 2 s Anne Graham [02-Jul-2014]
F Radiant, Chapter 1 Ashley Gonzales [09-Jul-2014]
H The Reaper's Tavern Pearce Clancy [09-Jul-2014]
F Formula Alec [16-Jul-2014]
SF Season of Blood and Banditos, Chp 4-5 Robert Cummings [16-Jul-2014]
F Fluttera Jessica Barnhart [16-Jul-2014]
SF Storm Strike, Prologue and Chapter 1 Randy R. Henke [16-Jul-2014]
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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.]