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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: Thu Mar 19 18:10:01 2026
Based on last critique filed at: Thu Mar 19 16:47:24 MDT 2026
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.).

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  • #32128 ... 0       The Path to Tomorrow, Chapter 15, by Brian Sellnow (SF)
  • #32129 ... 2       Bzzz Bzzz, by Larry Hodges (F)
  • #32130 ... 2       The Word I Lost, by Edward Moore (F)
  • #32131 ... 0       The Odd Child Chapter 6, by Erina Gruner (SF)
  • #32132 ... 0       Science Unleashed, Chapters 77-84, by Dallas Nicholls (SF)
  • #32133 ... 0       Hosts, by Melissa Robbins (SF)
  • #32134 ... 3       Dark House, by Colm Prunty (H)
  • #32135 ... 0       The Problem with Lyrewell - RFDR, by Jacqueline Gamache (SF)
  • #32136 ... 3       Bottoms, by Han min Lee (H)

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