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ReAnimus Acquires Advent!

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THE SIGIL TRILOGY: The universe is dying from within... "Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock

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Critters is 25!

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The Sigil Trilogy

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How 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

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
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Week of 22-Mar-2023 (Crits due 29-Mar-2023):
 F   Beyond Heaven                      Julia nolan -#30959
 F   Red Tide                           Jamie M. Boyd -#30960
 SF  Emotive, Chapter 14                Jeff Naylor -#30961
 SF  Always Read the Fine Print         C.K. Butcher -#30962
 SF  Filter                             Becky Neher -#30963
 SF  Xerdik                             John Edlund -#30964
 H   Picture Perfect Murder             Tracie Johnson -#30965
 F   Ghost Night at the Blue Iguana     Loren Davidson -#30966
 F   Deathsight                         Jennifer Scot -#30967

Week of 29-Mar-2023 (Crits due 5-Apr-2023):
 SF  The Lessons, the Teachings, and the Law  Jeffrey Carey
 SF  Worth and Value in Grayscale       Natassia Dudack
 F   The Last Day                       Marquela Ivory Nunes
 F   The Wizards from Beyond: Chapters 21 & 22  Eric Wilson
 F   Arranging Affairs, Part 1, Chapter 4  Russell Adans
 SF  Song of the Kantari, Chapter 28 _End_  Brian Sellnow
 F   Demon's Bargain, Chapter 10        Carla Hennes
 SF  The Death and Tragic Rebirth of Lila Cron  Jonathan Robinson
 F   Yet to be Named, Chapter 2         Timothy Webster
 SF  Everyone Looks like a Movie Star, Chapter 1  Christian L. Campbell

Week of 5-Apr-2023 (Crits due 12-Apr-2023):
 F   Where True Love Lies, Chapter 4    Madison Szot
 SF  Ascendancy - Foresight             Troy McLaughlan
 SF  The Savage of Careev Chapter 1     Matthew D Ross
 SF  SMRTSS                             Patrick Tibbits
 SF  Moon of Discovery, Chapter 1       Mike Bristol
 F   Magic Cruise                       Tiffany James
 SF  Power Surge                        Lucia Dolan
 SF  The Unchosen One                   John "Jack" Willems
 H   The Trouble with the Floors        Michael Bondies
 SF  A Squirrel in Time                 Sandra Skalski
======================================================================
      (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]"):
 SF  Emotive, Chapter 15                Jeff Naylor [29-Mar-2023]
 F   The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 23  Eric Wilson [5-Apr-2023]
 SF  Attractive Frequencies             Becky Neher [29-Mar-2023]
 SF  Everyone Looks like a Movie Star   Christian L. Campbell [5-Apr-2023]
 F   Where True Love Lies, Chapter 4    Madison Szot [5-Apr-2023]
 SF  Ascendancy - Foresight             Troy McLaughlan [5-Apr-2023]
 SF  The Savage of Careev Chapter 1     Matthew D Ross [5-Apr-2023]
 SF  SMRTSS                             Patrick Tibbits [5-Apr-2023]
 SF  Moon of Discovery, Chapter 1       Mike Bristol [5-Apr-2023]
 F   Magic Cruise                       Tiffany James [5-Apr-2023]
 SF  Power Surge                        Lucia Dolan [5-Apr-2023]
 SF  The Unchosen One                   John "Jack" Willems [5-Apr-2023]
 SF  Everyone Looks like a Movie Star   Christian L. Campbell [?]
 H   The Trouble with the Floors        Michael Bondies [5-Apr-2023]
 F   Demon's Bargain, Chapter 11        Carla Hennes [5-Apr-2023]
 F   Arranging Affairs, Part 2, Chapter 5  Russell Adans [5-Apr-2023]
 SF  The Dream of the Yog               John Edlund [29-Mar-2023]
				-+-

Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
 SF  Rough Night in Gemini 525          Andi Sadiku [01-Mar-2023]
 SF  The Last Straw, Chapter 1          Theresa Story [08-Mar-2023]
 F   Stalwart of the Circle, Chapter 1  Joe Mullich [22-Mar-2023]
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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.]