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 10-Jun-2026 (Crits due 17-Jun-2026):
SF Hanover, Chapters 1-4 [mpc] Jeff Richardson -#32229
SF Winter's Web [@] Julia Nolan -#32230
F Transcendent Ballerina Douglas Kolacki -#32231
SF Sins of the Daughters Stephen Shewmake -#32232
SF The Ember Path, Chapter 7 D.G. Appeldoorn -#32233
SF The Apocryphal Tale of Wesley Ann Zero Dave Beavers -#32234
H The Lake in Winter Kenneth Parker -#32235
SF The Hot Night Jason Novsam -#32236
F LELOUCH PAULIZOX, Chapter 1 Makhosonke Mchunu -#32237
SF Black Seven: Legend of Venetta Deb CarverOwens -#32238
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
Week of 24-Jun-2026 (Crits due 1-Jul-2026):
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
SF The Gossip Channel Lev Thresh
F Of the Elements, Chapter 1 Jersey Lee
H The Messiah of Lake County, Chapters 2-3 Dawson M Hollingsworth
H The Absent Host Richard Zwicker
F Earthen Vessels Vince Bonasso
SF Alive, Nonetheless R.J. Melby
SF Algorithm of Life Douglas Ryan
H My Darling One Craig Borri
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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 [1-Jul-2026]
F Hydra, Chapters 26-31 Dallas Nicholls [?]
SF The Ember Path, Chapter 8 D.G. Appeldoorn [17-Jun-2026]
SF Origins of Bazor Deb CarverOwens [17-Jun-2026]
H Butcher of Detroit Edward Moore [?]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 5 Brian Sellnow [?]
F Hydra, Chapters 32-38 Dallas Nicholls [?]
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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]
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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.]