Critter Notices
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The Critters Queue
Submission files 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 16-Sep-2026 (Crits due 23-Sep-2026):
SF The Seventh Sense of Home Edward Moore -#32342
F Silver Fire and the Dead Karen L. Kobylarz -#32343
SF Soldier Of Theseus Jon Rosenthal -#32344
SF Blood Planet Craig Borri -#32345
F Renfield Kris Baroudi -#32346
H Emergence Yri Hansen -#32347
SF Why we pay the Birds, chapter 1 James B Ross -#32348
H The Magpie Samuel Johnston -#32349
Week of 23-Sep-2026 (Crits due 30-Sep-2026):
SF Star Racer, Chapter 7 Brian Sellnow
SF Auditu Solo Philip Timmerman
H Resonance Cheyenne Cartwright
SF Prelude to Launch Stephanie Takai
F The Windsong Chronicles - Bk 1- Prologue & Chap. 1 Pam Hamilton
SF Hailey Phillips Flees the Terran Birdcage Ch. 2 John Francis Willems
F LELOUCH PAULIZOX Chapters 5 + 6 Makhosonke Mchunu
SF No One Calls Steven a Cyborg Todd Poremba
F Hydra, Chapters 39-46 Dallas Nicholls
Week of 30-Sep-2026 (Crits due 7-Oct-2026):
F Let Fate Chase Us, Chapter 3 Stevie Xiang
SF The Tab That Binds Andrew Heymann
F A Higher Culling Chris Owens
SF The Marshmallow Man Pete J Graves
SF The Breath of Khan, Overture and Sequences 1-4 Michael Jude Harrell
F Battle Born Chapter 1 Justine Lombardi
F Breath of Do Not Forget Miriam Rawlins
SF Star-Crossed Chapters 1-5 Marco A Carreno
F The Shield of Nes-Pthah, Chapter 2 Lawrence A. Clough
SF The Test Document Casey Morgan
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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 Hydra, Chapters 47-53 Dallas Nicholls [30-Sep-2026]
SF Permission To Breath Edward Moore [23-Sep-2026]
SF Blue Flame Edward Moore [?]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 8 Brian Sellnow [30-Sep-2026]
H A Rare Vintage Craig Borri [23-Sep-2026]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 1 Lawrence A. Clough [7-Oct-2026]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 9 Brian Sellnow [?]
F An Easy Job Craig Borri [?]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 2 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
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 [?]
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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]
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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.]