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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 28-Oct-2026 (Crits due 4-Nov-2026):
F Lark, Ascending-Part 2 [mpc] Tim Nall -#32400
F Battle Born Ch2-3 Justine Lombardi -#32401
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 1 Lawrence A. Clough -#32402
SF Blue Flame Edward Moore -#32403
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 12-13 Dawson M Hollingsworth -#32404
F An Easy Job Craig Borri -#32405
F LELOUCH PAULIZOX Chapters 6 - 9. Makhosonke Mchunu -#32406
SF Deadlands War Chapter 1 Grace Elphingstone -#32407
H Entomo Peak Pete J Graves -#32408
SF Star Crossed - Prologue Marco A Carreno -#32409
H Drink From My Cup Stephanie Jean Ryan -#32410
SF A Croft Without A Kalbii Is Just A Farm Carolyn Greener -#32411
Week of 4-Nov-2026 (Crits due 11-Nov-2026):
SF Do you need a visa to enter hell - part 2 Tad Boniecki
SF The Price of Ambrosia Thivya Sivarajah
SF The World of The Inside Sammy D. Leyva
SF Helios, Chapters 1 - 2 Steven A. Hill
SF LOOK Yuval Yareach
F The Deer King Erina Gruner
F The Papyrus of Thoth Karen Kobylarz
SF The New Witch of the Sky, Chapter 1 Michael Maier
SF The Dragon Slayer Shaun Singh
SF The Glass Spires of Europa Daniel Morgan
SF Blue Sphere K.J. Plourde
SF Serpens Aquila Book 1: The Mothers Daughters, Chapters 1_4, 1_5 Erick Taft
F Joyful Malice, Chapters 4-6 Stevie Kroft
Week of 11-Nov-2026 (Crits due 18-Nov-2026):
F It's Not Love Dallas Nicholls
SF The Palace of Night Jon Rosenthal
F The Uses of Stonebinding Yri Hansen
F Elsie and the Boy Richard J. Rodricks
SF Under the Moon Richard Zwicker
SF The Octopus Strike Aaron Barnett
SF Infinity Departure Lounge Colm Prunty
H Beware the Naughty List Lawrence Vernon
F Trophy Russ Gartz
SF Dust Bunnies Mark Underwood
SF Core Self Andrew M. Smith
SF Woozles John Edlund
SF Star Racer, Chapter 9 Brian Sellnow
SF The Ember Path Chapter 8 Doug Appeldoorn
SF Splynter Protocol- Chapter 1 Donna Barker
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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 The Apple of Desire, Chapter 2 Lawrence A. Clough [4-Nov-2026]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 3 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 4 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 5 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 6 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 7 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 14 and 15 Dawson M Hollingsworth [4-Nov-2026]
SF The Messiah of Lake County Chapters 16-17 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 18-19 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 20-21 Dawson Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapters 22-23 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 24-25 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 26-27 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter28-29 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 32-33 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 34-35 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 36-37 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 38-39 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 10 Brian Sellnow [18-Nov-2026]
SF The Ember Path Chapter 9 Doug Appeldoorn [18-Nov-2026]
SF The Ember Path Chapter 10 Doug Appeldoorn [?]
F Much Ado in Nottingham Edward Moore [4-Nov-2026]
SF Splynter Protocol, Chapters 2,3 Donna Barker [18-Nov-2026]
SF Splynter Protocol: Chapters 4-5 Donna Barker [?]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 11 Brian Sellnow [?]
SF The Ember Path, Chapter 6 Doug Appeldoorn [?]
SF The Ember Path, Chapter 11 Doug Appeldoorn [?]
H Firecrackers Lawrence Vernon [18-Nov-2026]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF The Sovereign Variable, Chapters 1-5 Eric Hughes [09-Sep-2026]
F Of Serpent and Sea, Chapters 1-3 Franchesca N Guzman [09-Sep-2026]
F The Infernal Agency: Last Choice. First Case Nina Rayt [09-Sep-2026]
SF Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt Molly Mills [09-Sep-2026]
SF Format Check Casey Morgan [16-Sep-2026]
SF The Test Document Casey Morgan [07-Oct-2026]
SF Countercolonel Arthur Edward Oaden [21-Oct-2026]
SF The Ladder chapter 36 Xavier Brock [21-Oct-2026]
SF Noah's iArk Prologue George Gilbert [28-Oct-2026]
H Architecture of a Cage, chapters 1-12 Nathan Paula [28-Oct-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.
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