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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.)
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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 23-Jul-2014 (Crits due 30-Jul-2014):
SF Whitefall [mpc] Harlen Bayha -#23915
SF The Hippocratic Oath [mpc] Justin Key -#23916
H Before the Beginning Richard Zwicker -#23917
F Werewear Fred Obermeyer -#23918
SF Cuban Missile Strike Michael Andre-Driussi -#23919
SF This Is The Sound Of The End Of The World Matt Dovey -#23920
SF It's Always Summer In Our Memory Amanda Niehaus-Hard -#23921
F Better The Devil You Know Dom Dulley -#23922
F Seeks the Light Michael Dorken -#23923
F For Those Who Deserve It Alexander Leger-Small -#23924
SF The Girl from Beyond the Wall - Part 2 Rati Mehrotra -#23925
SF Two-Hundred Forty-One Centuries Benjamin Schulz -#23926
SF Black Tie Grady Annette Bowman -#23927
F The Act of Faith Hotel, Chapter 1 Emily Schoerning -#23928
F Seeking the Light of Justice Dr. Barry Nadel -#23929
F The Bottom Luke Robinson -#23930
F Things Worth Dying For Kaitlyn Boggs -#23931
F Goddess _RFDR_ Kristin Whitman -#23932
SF Diamond Folds Andrea Cross -#23933
Week of 30-Jul-2014 (Crits due 6-Aug-2014):
SF Hidden Color [@] Gio Clairval
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
Week of 6-Aug-2014 (Crits due 13-Aug-2014):
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
F My Lover's Skin Aleksandra Pantic
H The Invisible People Alex Maher
F Smalto Victoria Kalb
SF The Broken Sun Alex Harrison
SF Song of the Storm Frog Derrick Boden
F Reign of Fear, Chapter 1 Tiffany T. Allen
SF Bar and gril Tom Grayhorse
F Her Face Marian D Moore
SF Surrogate _Chapters 1-3_ Jeanne G'Fellers
F Breaking the Spell Ed Kratz
F The King and The Sorceress Mike Olivson
SF The Time Skipper Jonathan Schwiebert
SF Six Gun Sunset Kristopher Horton
H Faceless M. B. Vujacic
H Never Trust a Hippie Matthew Weber
F Miss Silk and the Tomb of Menkare, Chapter 1 Alex Avrio
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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]
SF Bloodlines, Chapter 1 Debra Crichlow [6-Aug-2014]
F Strange Things Happen All the Time Aleksandra Pantic [13-Aug-2014]
SF The Search For Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Justin Key [30-Jul-2014]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
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]
F Myth Origins Jon Wiggins [23-Jul-2014]
SF Incineration, Chapters 1-6 Amanda L. Culton [23-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.]