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New entry Dec 07
Critter Notices
Interviewed!
I was interviewed live on public radio for Critters' birthday, for those who want to listen.
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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:
The universe is dying from within...
"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 COLLAPSIUMHow to Write SF
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova, best-selling author and six-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor. (This is one of the books your ol' Critter Captain learned from himself, and I highly recommend it.)
(Also via Amazon)
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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 13-Nov-2019 (Crits due 20-Nov-2019):
H Hit-and-Miss Chapters 1-3 [mpc] Madison Estes -#28804
F The Presidential Visit Carl Alves -#28805
SF What Humans Want [@] Chet Gottfried -#28806
F Bird Brings in a Threat, Part 2 Ed Kratz -#28807
F A Job Seekers Guide to Necromancy Chapter 9-12 Clayton Niehaus -#28808
SF Further to Fall, Chapter 4 Garrett Menning -#28809
SF Free China Part 2 Ife J. Ibitayo -#28810
SF Trial in Consensus Andrew Dibble -#28811
SF Death and the Professor Leila Martin -#28812
SF Extras Christopher Blake -#28813
F Gift or Grave Kevin Lane -#28814
Week of 20-Nov-2019 (Crits due 27-Nov-2019):
F The Schrodinger's Cats Fight Back [@] Larry Hodges
SF Machine Song, Chapter 1 Part 2 Will Milner
SF The Patterns Between Francine Taylor
SF Blood & Power: Calm, Chapter 5 Javier Sobrado
SF Wings of Dreams Mike Whittle
F Storm in the Brutalist Woods William Broom
SF Slingstar Myth, Chapter 1 - Revised Donna Dion McElroy
F Quiet Days John R Fino
F Cap Guns, Lures, and Superheroes Kyle Walker
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapters 6-8 Eric Wilson
F The Gryffoniers Chapters 4-6 Beth Carlock
F The Key to the City Steve Levandoski
Week of 27-Nov-2019 (Crits due 4-Dec-2019):
SF The Only One, Prologue Juno Kwon
SF The Sky Helmet Joel Schroeder
SF Escape from an Infinite Regress, Version 2 T. M. Heckman
SF Changelings: Rebirth Ch 5-6 Liam Corley
H Isolation Ryan Smith
SF Die Ewige Flamme _Eternal Flame_ Douglas Kolacki
F Bolotniks _Mages Unbound_ Laura Engelhardt
F Of Thieves and Dragons Andy Mashaw
SF Every Hunk of Metal Launched Into Space Russell Weisfield
SF Untitled SF story Gabe Grimes
F Cinderella's Kitchen Amy Hammack Turner
F What I Know Haneen J Babbitt
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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 Boston Attack _Mages Unbound_ Laura Engelhardt [4-Dec-2019]
F What Remains Francine Taylor [27-Nov-2019]
H Monster Waxup Douglas Kolacki [4-Dec-2019]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
H America, America this is You Korie Conyers [18-Sep-2019]
H Decontamination Daniel Ensalaco [18-Sep-2019]
SF THRESHOLD - Sci-Fi Techno-Thriller Scott Falcon [02-Oct-2019]
F Pathology Michael DeDominicis [09-Oct-2019]
F The Wolf King Chapters 1-5 Mitch Lankert [09-Oct-2019]
H Sometimes I smile Geovani Zambrana [16-Oct-2019]
SF Chapter 1 Campbell S. Crum [23-Oct-2019]
H Face Paint Geovani Zambrana [30-Oct-2019]
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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.]