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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 7-Oct-2026 (Crits due 14-Oct-2026):
F The Barrow-Wight's Bargain [mpc] Kate Wooderson -#32368
SF Children of AI Jeff Abrams -#32369
SF Sins of the Daughters Stephen Shewkmake -#32370
SF Permission To Breath Edward Moore -#32371
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 8-9 Dawson M Hollingsworth -#32372
H A Rare Vintage Craig Borri -#32373
SF Do you need a visa to enter hell Tad Boniecki -#32374
F Deadweight Ron Pelak -#32375
SF Armageddon One Sucker at a Time Kate Rauner -#32376
H When We Loved You Ed Kratz -#32377
Week of 14-Oct-2026 (Crits due 21-Oct-2026):
H Patriotic Music Jon Rosenthal
SF Vector Yri Hansen
H Drink From My Cup Stephanie Jean Ryan
SF The Night Shift Robert Cullen
F The Ledger, chapters 1-3 + Michael Timmerman
SF Serpens Aquila Book 1: The Mothers Daughters, Chapters 1_1, 1_2, 1_3, Interludes 1_1, 1_2 Erick Taft
H Murder-O-Ween Lawrence Vernon
F Joyful Malice, Chapters 1-3 Stevie Kroft
F Saltmere Russ Pawlett
H The Tower Out West Cody Middleton
F Hydra, Chapters 47-53 Dallas Nicholls
Week of 21-Oct-2026 (Crits due 28-Oct-2026):
SF Star Racer, Chapter 8 Brian Sellnow
F The Windsong Chronicles Bk 1 Chapter 2 Pam Hamilton
SF The Ember Path Chapter 7 Doug Appeldoorn
H Sentry, prologue & chapter 1 Kate Hunley
SF Split Testing Oscar P. Lima
SF Euerai Steven Mueller
SF The Many: The Protocol David Alkire
SF Countercolonel Arthur Edward Oaden
SF Fortuna: The First Crossing, Chapters 1-2 Jay Crossler
SF The Ladder chapter 36 Xavier Brock
SF Splynter Protocol-Chapter 1 Donna Barker
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 1 Lawrence A. Clough
H Entomo Peak Pete J Graves
F Battle Born Ch2-3 Justine Lombardi
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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 Blue Flame Edward Moore [14-Oct-2026]
SF Star Racer, Chapter 9 Brian Sellnow [28-Oct-2026]
F An Easy Job Craig Borri [14-Oct-2026]
F The Apple of Desire, Chapter 2 Lawrence A. Clough [28-Oct-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 12-13 Dawson M Hollingsworth [14-Oct-2026]
H The Messiah of Lake County Chapter 14 and 15 Dawson M Hollingsworth [?]
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 [?]
SF Serpens Aquila Book 1: The Mothers Daughters, Chapters 1_4, 1_5 Erick Taft [21-Oct-2026]
SF The Ember Path Chapter 8 Doug Appeldoorn [28-Oct-2026]
SF The Ember Path Chapter 9 Doug Appeldoorn [?]
SF The Ember Path Chapter 10 Doug Appeldoorn [?]
F Much Ado in Nottingham Edward Moore [?]
SF Splynter Protocol- Chapter 1 Donna Barker [28-Oct-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]
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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.]