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 13-May-2026 (Crits due 20-May-2026):
F Ch.1 - The Dream [mpc] Victoria Stanham -#32189
SF Getting Her Street Robert Harpold -#32190
SF The Ember Path - Chapter 6 D.G. Appeldoorn -#32191
F The Cactus and the Spider, Chapter 1 Kate Wooderson -#32192
H 8,967 minutes Clement Alain Boudreault -#32193
SF Algorithm of Life Douglas Ryan -#32194
SF Children of the Blue, Ch6, General Barclay Peter Allen -#32195
SF The Truthful and Sincere Testament of Sister Marguerite Jon Rosenthal -#32196
F Avenue C chapter 3 Charles Stevens -#32197
SF Into the Storm Joel Stanley -#32198
SF Planetless Christopher Mowder -#32199
Week of 20-May-2026 (Crits due 27-May-2026):
SF Tales of Port Parallax, Chapter 11 Randy Holloman
SF The Gaia Chronicles: Exodus, Chapter 2 Francois van de Merwe
F A Knot of Toads, Chapters 3-4 Garrett Schneider
SF The Perseid Daughters - Prologue + Chapter 1 Mike Veilleux
F A Matter of Trust Stephen Shewmake
F A Contest of Gods Karen L. Kobylarz
F Arrhythmia Bryce Paradis
F Execution Pact Petar Brdar
SF Invasion Stephanie Wernet
Week of 27-May-2026 (Crits due 3-Jun-2026):
SF The Afterworld of Light-at-475-Nanometers F.B. Hughes
SF Savage of Carev chapter 4 Matthew D Ross
SF Bullets and Brains Nicholas Driscoll
H Perpetuus Concordia Aryan Bollinger
SF The Last Bean Jeff Abrams
SF It's Always There - Chapter 1 Daniel Tors
H Count Your Fingers Edward Moore
SF Star Racer, Chapter 2 Brian Sellnow
F Hydra, Chapters 6-12 Dallas Nicholls
F LELOUCH PAULIZOX, Chapter 1 Makhosonke Mchunu
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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 [?]
SF Children of the Blue, Ch7 The Second Problem Peter Allen [20-May-2026]
SF The Seventh Sense of Home Edward Moore [3-Jun-2026]
SF What The Clocks Burn Edward Moore [?]
SF Star Racer, chapter 3 Brian Sellnow [3-Jun-2026]
F She Chose Fire Edward Moore [?]
SF The Color of Blood Edward Moore [?]
SF The Perseid Daughters - Chapters 2 & 3 MikeVeilleux [27-May-2026]
F Hydra, Chapters 13-18 Dallas Nicholls [3-Jun-2026]
SF Rise of the Patrician Part 1 Douglas Ryan [20-May-2026]
SF The PHYSICK F.B. Hughes [3-Jun-2026]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F The Blessed & The Basic, Chapter 1 Landen Gonzalez [03-Dec-2025]
H Astaire Jacob T. Gray [28-Jan-2026]
SF Maternal Variables Surya Ramkumar [04-Feb-2026]
F Born of Light; Cursed by Darkness, Prologue and Chapter 1 Cassandra Habig [11-Feb-2026]
SF The Sword by the Ocean Moe M Meadows [11-Mar-2026]
F Knight of Annihilation Autumn Adkisson [11-Mar-2026]
F Kind of Super Robert Stahl [11-Mar-2026]
F Fatal Blades Chapters 1-2 Guled Obsiye [01-Apr-2026]
SF Sunrise on Gargantua Garry S Garrett [01-Apr-2026]
SF The Archivist, Chapters 1-6 Billy Grimes [15-Apr-2026]
F Fatal Blades, Chapters 1-2 Guled Obsiye [15-Apr-2026]
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.]