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How Many Crits Can the Critters Ship, if the Critters Ship out Crits?

Recent # of crits per story. If you see one that looks lonely from this week, feel free to, y'know, have a look at it. (How lonely is lonely? Well, 15-20 crits is about average, so anything less is "below average".)

Last updated: Tue Feb 7 13:10:01 2012
Based on last critique filed at: Tue Feb 7 12:53:04 MST 2012
This is updated hourly from 8am to 11pm. You may have to do a reload to get your browser to update the page. Count is of number of emails received for a story, and thus the actual count may be even lower (if there were email bounces, duplicates, etc.).

The manuscripts page (if you want to read one of these) is here.

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  • #20848 ... 6       The Dread Naughts: Chapters 20, by Jeff Cates (SF)
  • #20849 ... 15       A Bolt for Semele, by Richard Zwicker (F)
  • #20850 ... 15       The Painting and the Painters, by Adam Bickford (SF)
  • #20851 ... 14       Best for the Quest, by Justin R. Lawfer (F)
  • #20852 ... 7       Capitol Hell, by Douglas E Ryan (F)
  • #20853 ... 4       Take a Deep Breath, by Wendy Turner (H)
  • #20854 ... 20       I need a plastic thingy, by Mark Niemann-Ross (SF)
  • #20855 ... 19       Real, by Ben Jones (H)
  • #20856 ... 8       Smear Campaign, by Alex Bottle (F)
  • #20857 ... 18       Step, by Caitlin Seal (F)
  • #20858 ... 17       Storming The Pagoda Palace, by K.W. Ramsey (SF)
  • #20859 ... 3       Botanicaust ch 2, by Tam Schlies (SF)
  • #20860 ... 8       Courting Corporal Coogan Chapters 1&2, by Cynthia Echterling (SF)
  • #20861 ... 13       Microcosm, by Oliver Buckram (SF)
  • #20862 ... 17       Flash Harry, by Jon Hooper (F)
  • #20863 ... 1       The Weight of a Wing, Chapters 4-6, by Ioana Visan (F)
  • #20864 ... 10       Eternity in an Hour, Chapter 1, by Matthew Merendo (F)
  • #20865 ... 2       The Intercession, The True Created Series, Book 1, Chapters 1-5, by Stacey Nilsen (F)

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