My unscientific estimate is that members of Critters are around 10X more likely to make sales than non-critters (but cause and effect? who knows?. Regardless, this page is to celebrate our successes!

Critter Robert Qualkinbush has analyzed the reports below and created a summary page of how many sales Critters have had. Fascinating, and astounding! Good going to you all.

If you have something to report, tell me immediately!

Congratulations to...

David L Erickson, who reports "new website". {You can check it out at www.davidlerickson.com, my brand new website. I'll be adding new content in the coming days/weeks with an opportunity for Critters to become part of the Crittered time travel series, A Matter of Time'. } [Nov 2008]

Adam La Rusic, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Roll the Bones" to The Harrow. {This originally went through as critters manuscript #270--yes, you read that correctly: #270! Twelve years ago. What can I say? The rewrite was murder. } [Nov 2008]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The Time Phone" is now out in the current issue of Speculative Mystery Iconoclast. [Nov 2008]

hank quense, whose novel, "Fool's Gold" is now out from eTreasures. [Nov 2008]

Richard S Levine, who sold his short story, "Face Facts" to Crime and Suspense. [Nov 2008]

Richard S Levine, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Texting for Love" to The Random Eye. {The changes suggested by Critters helped to improve this story. Thank you! } [Nov 2008]

Leah Cypess, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Shalott's Inn" is now out in the current issue of Sword & Sorceress 23. [Nov 2008]

Mark Suplinskas, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Athenae" to Beyond Centauri (Samsdot Publishing). {It is due to be published in July 2009. It's the second "Crittered" story I've sold to "Beyond Centauri" under my pen name of Mark Lawrence. Thank you for the critiques. } [Nov 2008]

Jakob Drud, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Expert Adman" to Space and Time Magazine. [Nov 2008]

Colin Harvey, who reports "Killers has been published". {My debut anthology 'Killers' has been published by Swimming Kangaroo Books. The stories are all mystery or thrillers but with a speculative element (SF, fantasy or horror) that's equally important. Contributors include Nebula winner Bruce Holland Rogers, Stoker winners Jonathan Maberry and Lee Thomas, and -as well as me- three other critters; Eugie Foster, Charlie Allery and Philip Lees. } [Nov 2008]

Fred Obermeyer, who sold his short story, "Tense Caste" to Fusion Fragment. [Nov 2008]

Dylan Fox, whose short story, "The 14:08 from Liverpool St" is now out in the current issue of Bewildering Stories. {Being critted does wonders for my writing, so thank you to all those people who told me I needed tell my readers more. My story appears in the 3rd November edition; all comments more than welcome :) } [Oct 2008]

Andrew Richardson, who sold his (Critter'd) novel, "The Wood" to Eternal Press. [Oct 2008]

Chuck Rothman, who sold his short story, "Saving Hitler" to Space and Time. {This story had been making the rounds for a very loooooong time -- 16 years. Never give up. } [Oct 2008]

Sheila Crosby, whose short story, "Unreal Estate" is now out in the current issue of Electric Velocipede. [Oct 2008]

Rebecca Nazar, who sold her short story, "The Caulbearers" to Potter's Field Anthology #3. [Oct 2008]

C. L. Rossman, who sold her short story, "Wayfarer's Privilege" to Golden Visions Magazine. [Oct 2008]

Kimberly C. Lundstrom, who reports "I got accepted to the Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA program". [Oct 2008]

Rick Farnsworth, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The Gift of the Bouda" is now out in the current issue of The anthology The Beast Within, by Graveside tales. {This on was crittered and accepted long ago as a short story and now winds its way through the queue as a novelization. Thanks all for making it better. } [Oct 2008]

C. L. Rossman, who sold her short story, "Wayfarer's Privilege"" to Golden Visions Magzine. {Actually one of two sales this month. The other was a story called "Boots" to Strange, Weird & Wonderful Magzine for its Winter issue. Both feature my civilized carnivores called "Hunters." } [Oct 2008]

Richard Zwicker, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The White Knight Is Talking Backwards" is now out in the current issue of Ray Gun Revival. [Oct 2008]

Bill Siderski, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Beginning of the Ends" is now out in the current issue of Golden Visions Magazine. {Thanks to everyone that looked at this long ago. This short piece is currently in their online version. As usual, you are invited to vote for your favorite. } [Oct 2008]

Nerine Dorman, who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "Night Driving" to Fear and Trembling Magazine. {It's an excerpt from my YA urban fantasy novel, Camdeboo Nights, that is currently doing the rounds in the Critter mill. } [Oct 2008]

Richard S Levine, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "A Floccinaucinihilipilificatious Life" to OG's Speculative Fiction. {Thanks to all of you who Critter'd this story. } [Oct 2008]

Adam Colston, who sold his short story, "An Innocent Death" to Golden Visions Magazine (Print Version). [Oct 2008]

Barbara Bates, whose short story, "Halloween Haunting" is now out in the current issue of SNM Horror at:[URL] [Oct 2008]

Matthew Wimmer, whose short story, "My Hand on the Other Side" is now out in the current issue of Fear and Trembling. {This story itself was not crittered but I would be nowhere without the help I've gotten here. I can't say how much all you Critters have meant to getting it published. } [Oct 2008]

Chuck Rothman, whose short story, "A Date with Patti Pleezmi" is now out in the current issue of Baen's Universe. [Oct 2008]

Adam La Rusic, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Like Romeo and Juliet"" to Black Ink Horror Magazine. [Oct 2008]

Richard S Levine, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Into the Wind" is now out in the current issue of The Lorelei Signal Oct-Dec issue online. {Thanks again to those who crittered "Into the Wind". Also, the color artwork by Lee Kuruganti that headlines the story is fantastic. } [Oct 2008]

Dave Hoing, whose (Critter'd) short story, "We. They." is now out in the current issue of Hub. [Oct 2008]

Regina Patton, whose short story, "Traveling by Petroglyph" is now out in the current issue of Flash Fiction Online. {This constitutes two great firsts for me: the first piece of flash fiction I've sold and the first story at pro rates. } [Oct 2008]

Sheila Crosby, who reports "My website almost ran out of bandwidth". {In February I started a blog about the small island I live on. The number of visitors has steadily grown, although I haven't done much to publicise it. In September I got so many visitors that I used 93% of the monthly bandwidth. Time for an upgrade! } [Sep 2008]

Sheila Crosby, who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "The Sock Drawer" to Reflection's Edge. {It's some time sine this was crittered. Since hten it's collected quite a few, "Nice but not for us," rejections. A big thank you to everyone who helped! } [Sep 2008]

Kristin Janz, who reports "I recently graduated from the 2008 Clarion West writers' workshop". {This was a really wonderful experience, and I recommend it to anyone who's serious about trying to become a professional science fiction or fantasy writer (and who has 6 weeks to spare!). I feel that the feedback I've received on Critters over the years was instrumental in improving my writing enough that I could get accepted to this competitive workshop -- so thanks everyone! } [Sep 2008]

Kristin Janz, who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "The Kiss of the Blood-Red Pomegranate" to Aberrant Dreams. [Sep 2008]

Kristin Janz, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Veritas Nos Liberabit" is now out in the current issue of Futurismic. {This story actually came out back in June, but it's still up on the Futurismic website. Thanks again to everyone who critiqued this story here on Critters! } [Sep 2008]

Scott Davis, who sold his short story, "The Third Shadoc War" to Ray Gun Revival. [Sep 2008]

Scott Davis, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Eleven to Seven" to Sonar 4. [Sep 2008]

Stephen Gaskell, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Micro Expressions" is now out in the current issue of Cosmos Magazine. {The story can be found on Cosmos Magazine's website (www.cosmosmagazine.com/2197/micro-expressions). Thanks all! } [Sep 2008]

Michael Anthony, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "A Better Teleportation Theory" to The Dunesteef. [Sep 2008]

Euan Harvey, who sold his short story, "The Demon of Hochgarten" to Realms of Fantasy. [Sep 2008]

Amy Treadwell, who sold her short story, "Spinnerbait" to Flash Fiction Online. [Sep 2008]

Ward Crockett, who sold his short story, "Louis Jazz, Son of God" to Kaleidotrope. [Sep 2008]

Ward Crockett, who sold his short story, "Louis Jazz, Son of God" to Kaleidotrope. [Sep 2008]

hank quense, who reports "My novella Fool's Gold will be published by eTreasures ". [Sep 2008]

Garth Upshaw, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Name Day" to Realms of Fantasy. {Thanks to all the critters who critiqued an early version of Name Day. Your help was much appreciated and I'm sure contributed to the sale. } [Sep 2008]

Christopher Kastensmidt, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard Van Oost and Oludara" to Realms of Fantasy. {Thanks to everyone who crittered this novelette! } [Sep 2008]

Michael Greenhut, who reports "My story "Watermark" published this past summer in Fantasy Magazine, was chosen to be in the Worlds of Fantasy: The Best of Fantasy Magazine anthology, due out next year sometime ". [Sep 2008]

Michael Greenhut, whose short story, "Think Fast" is now out in the current issue of Greatest Uncommon Denominator. [Sep 2008]

Tracy Canfield, whose short story, "Starship Down" is now out in the current issue of Analog. [Sep 2008]

Richard S Levine, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Myron's Debarkation"" to Raygun Revival. {Thanks again to those who critter'd this story! } [Sep 2008]

Michael Anthony, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Adrift With a Bone Die" to Arkham Tales. [Sep 2008]

Rebecca Nazar, who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "The One Big Catch" to Aoife's Kiss. {Thanks to everyone for their time and thoughtful feedback. } [Sep 2008]

Richard S. Levine, who has won the best of June 2008 issue, The Fifth Di... award for his (Critter'd) short story, "Light Echo". {"Light Echo" will appear in a future anthology edition of Samsdotpublishing's Wondrous Web Worlds. } [Sep 2008]

Mark Patrick Morehead, whose short story, "Panel Discussion" is now out in the current issue of The Drabblecast #78. {Don't know if any of you listen to the Drabblecast, but it’s one of my favorite audio publications, right up there ISBW and Escape Pod with great stories, high production values including custom scores and sound effects. I'm sure the con-goers among you will get a kick out of it and the rest ought to get at least a chuckle. Check it out at The Drabblecast. } [Sep 2008]

Valerie Frankel, whose (Critter'd) novel, "Henry Potty and the Deathly Paper Shortage: An Unauthorized Harry Potter Parody" is now out from Wingspan Press. [Sep 2008]

Jo Thomas, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Half-Breed" is now out in the current issue of Twisted Tongue. {The story was Crittered under the title "Hybrid". Thankks to everyone for your help! } [Aug 2008]

Dennis R. Upkins, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Stranger Than Fiction" to Sniplits.com. {Thanks to everyone who critiqued my story and provided such invaluable feedback. I can't thank you enough. I'm so excited to see (or hear rather) my story as an audio short. } [Aug 2008]

Dennis R. Upkins, who sold his short story, "It's All Greek To Me" to an upcoming anthology from Alyson Books. [Aug 2008]

Kevin J. Cheek, who sold his short story, "Hunger Moon" to Baen's Universe. [Aug 2008]

David L. Erickson, who sold his (Critter'd) novel, "Mankind's Worst Fear" to PublishAmerica.com. {This has been a long time coming and I owe a lot of thanks to all you Critters that helped me along the way. Mankind's Worst Fear includes an acknowledgement to Critters and one particular Critter, Sandy Chene, who helped me through a major rewrite. I need help getting this novel off to a good start, so if you all wouldn't mind talking to your friends or maybe make inquiries (pre-release) at RR Bowker's Books In Print, Ingram, Baker & Taylor, The Brodart Company, Barnes & Noble.com and Amazon.com, this will go a long way towards creating the buzz I need. The Official Release Date is in mid September and the ISBN number for Mankind's Worst Fear is 1-60610-700-3. Thanks again for all your support. Dave } [Aug 2008]

Peggy Nuckles, who sold her (Critter'd) , "Extinction" to Aoiffe's Kiss. [Aug 2008]

Dave Freer, who reports "I will be the Guest of Honor at LUNACON 2009". [Aug 2008]

Kevin Anderson, who sold his short story, "Damaged" to Alien Skin. [Aug 2008]

Richard S Levine, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Cosmic Consequences" to Beyond Centauri. {Thank you to everyone who crittered this story! } [Aug 2008]

Larry Hodges, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Dragon Cuisine" to Aoife's Kiss Magazine. [Aug 2008]

Larry Hodges, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Omen of the Oven" to Necrography Magazine. [Aug 2008]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "The Time Phone" to Speculative Mystery Iconoclast. {Thanks to everyone for their comments and encouragement. } [Aug 2008]

Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "The White Knight Is Talking Backwards" to Ray Gun Revival. [Aug 2008]

Brian Salyards, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Flushing Utopia" is now out in the current issue of Alien Skin Magazine. {Thank you to everybody who read this story and helped me get it to the point where it was sold! } [Aug 2008]

Fred Obermeyer, whose (Critter'd) short story, "The Three Goblets" is now out in the current issue of Flashing Swords. {Thanks to everyone who critiqued it and thanks to Crystalwizard especially for publishing it. } [Aug 2008]

Kevin Anderson, who reports "My micro fiction story "Twitching" was accepted by Alien Skin". [Aug 2008]

Kevin Anderson, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Liberation" is now out in the current issue of Withersin Vol. 2 Issue 1. [Aug 2008]

Kevin Anderson, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Fear Factor" to Sniplits. [Aug 2008]

Gary J Beharry, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Wizards, Dual" is now out in the current issue of World of Wonder. {Thanks for crittering! } [Aug 2008]

Gary J Beharry, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Chaos and Hope" is now out in the current issue of A Thousand Faces #5. {Thanks for crittering! } [Aug 2008]

Tracy S. Morris, who sold her short story, "The Magic Bullet Theory" to Benbella Books. {This is an essay for the Benbella Books Supernatural Smart Pop anthology entitled In The Hunt. } [Aug 2008]

Tracy S. Morris, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Attack of the Godless Undead Zombies" is now out in the current issue of The Best of Bubbas. {This is a reprint of a collection from an already exisiting Yard Dog Press lIne of anthologies entitled Bubbas of the Apocolypse. } [Aug 2008]

Tracy S. Morris, who sold her (Critter'd) short story, "Constructs" to Aoife's Kiss. [Aug 2008]

Daniel Arenson, who reports "Author Joan Reeves has posted an interview with me on her website". {My crittered fantasy novel, Firefly Island, was published a year ago -- this month is the novel's first year anniversary. Author Joan Reeves posted an interview with me on her website, where we talked about the book and writing in general. You can check it out here: www.joanreeves.com/works.htm :) } [Aug 2008]

Andrew Nicolle, whose short story, "Avian Trumpetflower" is now out in the current issue of A Field Guide to Surreal Botany. {It has been a long wait, but Two Cranes Press have done an absolutely astounding job with this book. All the contributors have come up with some weird and eerie specimens, and each is gorgeously illustrated by Janet Chui. Well done to the artist and everyone who contributed to this fantastic book! } [Jul 2008]

Richard S Levine, whose short story, "Fitter" is now out in the current issue of Raygun Revival - issue 45. [Jul 2008]

Rick Farnsworth, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "B.E.K.s" to AAbominations. {This piece went through the queue as 'BEKs and the war on Drugs', and now it's in Shroud Publishing's latest anthology, Abominations (ISBN: 978-0980187014), it's a great looking book. Thanks again to all who helped with this and all of the other work that has flown through the queue! } [Jul 2008]

Zach Lee, who sold his short story, "The Thin End of the Wedge" to Fear and Trembling. [Jul 2008]

Chet Gottfried, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Modern Monotremes" is now out in the current issue of Space and Time. {The story was originally crittered under the title "Do Monotremes Have a Bellybutton?" So thanks to the Critter help in making it a better story and able to find a good home in Space & Time 103, which has become a truly handsome magazine and a pleasure to be included in it. } [Jul 2008]

Michael Greenhut, whose short story, "Watermark" is now out in the current issue of Fantasy Magazine. {This was first put up last week, so it's in the second slot this week. I'd forgotten to mention it until now. } [Jul 2008]

Frank Dutkiewicz, who sold his short story, "Expired Benefits" to Flash Me magazine. [Jul 2008]

Colm Mc Geever, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Words" to Withersin. {This story was crittered a while back. Many thanks to all who helped. } [Jul 2008]

Nick Cole, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Swimming Pool of the Universe" to AtomJack Magazine. {Thank God. I would also like to thank a lot of critters who gave valuable time in giving really useful examples on how to reveal, hone and craft an entertaining story. The gentle encouragement was wonderful. Especially from critters Mike Mauthe, Jim Cue, Curt Rabi, Nathan Wilcox,Jonathan Fredrick, Jeff Cates, Tim Slusser, David Brown, Dave Erikson, Russ Colson, Roger Wickes, Sean Davis, Dan Swenson, Robert Dale, Karen 'Solarflare',Zvi the Fiddler, and also editors Jude-Marie Green and Deirdre Saoirse Moen at Abyss and Apex, and finally Adicus Ryan Garton at AtomJack Magazine. } [Jul 2008]

Tracy S. Morris, who sold her short story, "Homo Homini Lupis" to WolfSongs. [Jul 2008]

Sean Wilt, who sold his short story, "Pilfered Emotions" to Alienskin Magazine. {My story will be in the August/September 08 online issue. } [Jul 2008]

Mary Catelli, whose short story, "Among the Wastes of Time" is now out in the current issue of Warrior Wisewoman. [Jul 2008]

Luke Italiano, who sold his short story, "Fire on a World of Ice" to Ray Gun Revival. [Jul 2008]

Jakob Drud, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Hidden Folders" to Coyote Wild Magazine. {Thanks a bunch to all the critters who helped me make the best of this novellete! } [Jul 2008]

Dave Freer, who sold his novel, "Save the Dragons" to Jim Baen's Universe. {The novel will serialised over 6 issues } [Jul 2008]

Shawn Turner, whose (Critter'd) short story, "Dead Air" is now out in the current issue of Golden Visions Magazine. [Jul 2008]

Fred Obermeyer, who sold his short story, "Semantica" to Space Westerns. [Jul 2008]

Larissa N. Niec, whose (Critter'd) novel, "Shorn" is now out from Mercury Retrograde Press. {I'm thrilled to report that my first novel, SHORN, is now available from Mercury Retrograde Press (www.mercuryretrogradepress.com ), an Atlanta-based independent publisher of fantasy and science fiction. I owe many Critters much thanks for their valuable feedback on the novel’s earlier incarnation "Children of Avelos." I am in no way exaggerating when I tell you that SHORN would never have made it to publication without the support of my Critters friends. A LAUNCH PARTY will be held in ATLANTA at WORDSMITHS BOOKS (www.wordsmithsbooks.com ) on JULY 19 at 7:30pm. If any Critters, past or current, can reach the Atlanta area, please come down and celebrate with us! Ari Warner, my map artist, will be there to sign books with me and exhibit some of his own fine art. We’ll have food and drinks and a lot of fun! I would love to have the chance to meet and thank some Critters in person! A final note before I go on too long: Mercury Retrograde Press is truly a gem of an independent publisher. Their mission is to develop collaborative relationships with authors—in the way no longer seen in the major houses—and to publish high quality fantasy and science fiction literature. I’ve had a fabulous experience working with them through a process that can be damn scary at times. Critters who have complete novel manuscripts should check out the submission guidelines and consider submitting. Cheers! -Larissa N. Niec www.larissaniec.com } [Jul 2008]

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