Best Short Story--Nominations Closed

[Jean]

This thread is for members to nominate short stories for the Award for Best Short Story. In order for a title to be eligible for nomination it must simply be one of Stephen King's published works; titles published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman are also eligible.

To nominate a title for this category, simply post your choice in this thread. In order for a title to be placed onto the voting ballot for the Award the nominated title must be seconded and thirded, also in this thread. This is to ensure that we do not have an overly long list of contenders for the Award, and that--by virtue of the nomination process--each title listed on the ballot is guaranteed to have at least something of a following come voting time. Please note that you MUST clearly state in your post that you are seconding or thirding a nomination for it to count. Feel free to deliberate and discuss your choices in this thread.

While you may second or third a nomination more than once, we ask that there be only one new nomination per member.

For reference, see wiki: Short fiction by Stephen King (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_fiction_by_Stephen_King)

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Survivor Type



lady fingers, they taste just like lady fingers...

[mae]

May I nominate an uncollected story? If so, I'd love to nominate last year's Premium Harmony, published in The New Yorker. It blew me away.

[Odetta]

Survivor Type



lady fingers, they taste just like lady fingers...


seconded (my 2nd favorite short story :) )


The Long Walk

[Woofer]

Survivor Type



lady fingers, they taste just like lady fingers...


seconded (my 2nd favorite short story :) )


The Long Walk

I will third Survivor Type.

[Jean]

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away

[thebumblerinblack]

Crouch End

[turtlex]

"The Body"

[mae]

The Body is a novella and The Long Walk is a novel.

[turtlex]

The Body is a novella and The Long Walk is a novel.

Really? The Body isn't considered a short story?
Hmmmm.... I shall go nominate elsewhere! :D

[candy]

seconded the long walk

nominating Mrs Todds shortcut
reminds me a little of duma key for some reason

[Jean]

The Body is a novella and The Long Walk is a novel.
this is absolutely right! Odetta and Pam, please reconsider your nominations!

[Odetta]

OK

[Brice]

The Body is a novella and The Long Walk is a novel.
this is absolutely right! Odetta and Pam, please reconsider your nominations!

The line between novel, novella, and novelette is a grey one. :P

[Jean]

I know that you like it when chaos reigns. It will never reign in Keystone Rose as long as there are bears in this section.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/furry/bear_SpottedInAreaSIGN.jpg

[Brice]

Sorry Jean, but one can't have Brices around without some chaos. :lol:

[Sickrose]

Crouch End

Second this - love it.

[mae]

Come on, guys 'n gals, there are so many excellent short stories you can nominate :) :clap:

[lophophoras]

May I nominate an uncollected story? If so, I'd love to nominate last year's Premium Harmony, published in The New Yorker. It blew me away.

I second Premium Harmony.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I would love to nominate a few more.

[Woofer]

Did I nominate already? No? How about, no, how about... The Jaunt.

[mae]

The Jaunt seconded!

[Brice]

Mrs. Todd's Shortcut

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Mrs. Todd's Shortcut

I would like to use my erasie on this one.

[Jean]

bears second Crouch End

Survivor Type 3
Premium Harmony 2
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 1
Crouch End 2
Mrs Todd's Shortcut 2
The Jaunt 2

[mae]

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away seconded.

[Jean]

at last!!!

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/poohbear.gif

[Woofer]

I could third everything that is at 2 right now except Premium Harmony. I'm afraid I haven't read that one.

[mae]

I could third everything that is at 2 right now except Premium Harmony. I'm afraid I haven't read that one.

Here it is at The New Yorker's site (http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/11/09/091109fi_fiction_king?currentPage=all).

[Woofer]

Oh thank you!

[johnsmith87]

Premium Harmony thirded. Loved it.

[Woofer]

Premium Harmony thirded. Loved it.

Teary-eyed fourth.

[Stockerlone]

Rainy Season

[Darkthoughts]

I will third Mrs Todd's Shortcut and nominate Everything's Eventual.

[mae]

Everything's Eventual is a novella (or a novelette). There's a separate category here.

[Darkthoughts]

It's tiny! And it's in a short story collection!! :lol:

[Jean]

I could third everything that is at 2 right now
I've counted that in, and Premium Harmony later too.
Thus, Lisa is in fact fourthing Mrs Todd's.

Lisa: I transfer your nomination to Best Novella, so you can nominate something else here! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif

Survivor Type 3
Premium Harmony 4
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Crouch End 3
Mrs Todd's Shortcut 4
The Jaunt 3
Rainy Season 1

[velcro_fly]

How about 1408

[Jean]

1408 seconded

[mae]

And thirded.

[mae]

Come on, guys and gals, there has to be more nominations out there :unsure:

[Jean]

hear, hear! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif

[Jean]

Survivor Type 3
Premium Harmony 4
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Crouch End 3
Mrs Todd's Shortcut 4
The Jaunt 3
Rainy Season 1
1408 3

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Its a shame that there are so few nominations in this category. There are so many more that are excellent. If there are no more nominations after a while, I think we could allow members to make a second nomination for this award.

[Jean]

excellent idea! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_thumb.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/?action=view&current=bear_thumb.gif)

[mae]

I second that motion :)

[candy]

i third that motion , and if it be ok to jump straight in
for my second nomination;


The Ledge

[Lily-sai]

I fifth Mrs. Todd's Shortcut and fourth the Jaunt.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

If we're doing second nominations now, I would like to nominate another favorite:

Suffer the Little Children.

[Jean]

ok guys, everyone can have a second nomination in this category! there's such a lot of stories, and so deplorably few nominations that an exception will be made for this category

bears second Suffer the Little Children and nominate (it's their second nomination) Popsy

[mae]

Seconding: The Ledge (love it!), and Popsy. Thirding Suffer the Little Children. Nominating Nona.

[Jean]

seconding Nona

[pathoftheturtle]

"The Things They Left Behind"

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Third Popsy

[velcro_fly]

I nominate Lunch at the Gotham Café

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

OOOOOOHHH. Second LatGC

[mae]

Lunch at the Gotham Café thirded.

The Things They Left Behind seconded.

[Jean]

OOOOOOHHH. Second LatGC
OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Lunch sooooooooo fourthed!!!

[Jean]

Survivor Type 3
Premium Harmony 4
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Crouch End 3
Mrs Todd's Shortcut 5
The Jaunt 4
Rainy Season 1
1408 3
The Ledge 2
Suffer the Little Children 3
Popsy 3
Nona 2
The Things They Left Behind 2
Lunch at the Gotham Café 4

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

That story was pretty damn unnerving!

[Jean]

one of my four favorites, along with both my nominations - All That You Love Will Be Carried Away and Popsy, and a fourth nobody has, alas, nominated yet...

[Girlystevedave]

Strawberry Spring. :)

[pathoftheturtle]

Strawberry Spring. :)Second.

[mae]

Third.

[johnsmith87]

Strawberry Spring fourthed.

I nominate The End of the Whole Mess

[Chantarelle]

Seconding: The Ledge (love it!), and Popsy. Thirding Suffer the Little Children. Nominating Nona.

Third for The Ledge

[Chantarelle]

Strawberry Spring fourthed.

I nominate The End of the Whole Mess

Seconded. Took me two goes at this coz the idea of it freaked me out too much to read at nighttime!!

[Chantarelle]

Can I nominate Dolan's Cadillac?? That story made me hyperventilate

[Jean]

Survivor Type 3
Premium Harmony 4
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Crouch End 3
Mrs Todd's Shortcut 5
The Jaunt 4
Rainy Season 1
1408 3
The Ledge 3
Suffer the Little Children 3
Popsy 3
Nona 2
The Things They Left Behind 2
Lunch at the Gotham Café 4
Strawberry Spring 4
The End of the Whole Mess 2
Dolan's Cadillac 1 --> moved to Best Novella/Novelette

[mae]

Dolan's Cadillac is a novella, I believe.

[velcro_fly]

Wikipedia says it is a short story.:)

[Jean]

no, looks like pablo is right, as usual - wiki says it's novellette. I'll look into it tomorrow mornng, ok? very tired now after work

[Jean]

yes guys, we have Dolan's Cadillac listed in Novella/Novelette, in accordance with that Wiki article; I have moved the nomination

[Chantarelle]

thanks Jean :)

[Jean]

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[cody44]

The Road Virus Heads North - That will do it for me.

[Jean]

guys, the time is almost up, please look once again at what has already been nominated and make sure you haven't forgotten to second something good

::hint hint::

[pathoftheturtle]

The Road Virus Heads North - That will do it for me.Yeah, I'll second that.
Really scary, and not bad as a story.

[Odetta]

Survivor Type 3
Premium Harmony 4
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Crouch End 3
Mrs Todd's Shortcut 5
The Jaunt 4
Rainy Season 1
1408 3
The Ledge 3
Suffer the Little Children 3
Popsy 3
Nona 2
The Things They Left Behind 2
Lunch at the Gotham Café 4
Strawberry Spring 4
The End of the Whole Mess 2
The Road Virus Heads North 3


Road Virus thirded by me

[Jean]

dear friends, please take one final look in case you forgot to nominate or support someone or something

this poll will be closed next Friday

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[Cujo56]

I'd like to nominate The Man in the Black Suit

[velcro_fly]

I'll second that

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

third. The Man in the Black Suit was one of my favs from Everything's Eventual.

[Jean]

Survivor Type 3
Premium Harmony 4
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Crouch End 3
Mrs Todd's Shortcut 5
The Jaunt 4
Rainy Season 1
1408 3
The Ledge 3
Suffer the Little Children 3
Popsy 3
Nona 2
The Things They Left Behind 2
Lunch at the Gotham Café 4
Strawberry Spring 4
The End of the Whole Mess 2
The Road Virus Heads North 3
The Man in the Black Suit 3

[Jean]

we're definitely going to have to make an additional tie-break voting here, because only 10 stories can be in the final poll

or something may change during the 3 days left for nominations/seconding

[pathoftheturtle]

dear friends, please take one final look in case you forgot to nominate or support someone or something...:orely: 3rd "The End of the Whole Mess"
...only 10 stories can be in the final poll...:blush: Uh... sorry. I do think that that one was better than some already in the running here. (Not truly SK's very best, but still...)

[Jean]

Survivor Type 3
Premium Harmony 4
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Crouch End 3
Mrs Todd's Shortcut 5
The Jaunt 4
Rainy Season 1
1408 3
The Ledge 3
Suffer the Little Children 3
Popsy 3
Nona 2
The Things They Left Behind 2
Lunch at the Gotham Café 4
Strawberry Spring 4
The End of the Whole Mess 3
The Road Virus Heads North 3
The Man in the Black Suit 3

[mae]

The Things They Left Behind thirded (I can't third Nona cause I nominated it, I think, right Jean?)

[Odetta]

that is correct

[giggler5]

the man in the black suit 4

[pathoftheturtle]

Third "Nona." (Srsly; there is a special place in my heart for that ((horrible)) story.)

[Jean]

bears fourth The End of the Whole Mess

Survivor Type 3
Premium Harmony 4
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Crouch End 3
Mrs Todd's Shortcut 5
The Jaunt 4
Rainy Season 1
1408 3
The Ledge 3
Suffer the Little Children 3
Popsy 3
Nona 3
The Things They Left Behind 3
Lunch at the Gotham Café 4
Strawberry Spring 4
The End of the Whole Mess 4
The Road Virus Heads North 3
The Man in the Black Suit 4

[Jean]

Nominations are closed in this thread.

These seven stories advance to the final round:

Premium Harmony
Mrs Todd's Shortcut
The Jaunt
Lunch at the Gotham Café
Strawberry Spring
The Man in the Black Suit
The End of the Whole Mess


Rainy Season does not make it.

Now, there are ten more stories with 3 votes each, and only 3 slots left in the final round poll.

PLEASE vote in the poll that has been added to this thread! It will be closed next Wednesday.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

aw man. we only get to vote for one????:pullhair: BAD BEAR!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1157/683584252_969de44b0d.jpg

[Jean]

I just can't decide which is more conclusive when there's such a lot of options, and so few slots left. I'll look at it Wednesday morning, Moscow time, and if the result is still ambiguous, I'll make a multioptional tiebreaker.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Looks like it must be kinda nice to be a bad bear.

[Jean]

in the context of that picture, it is definitely nice... while as far as the poll is concerned, I am really having my doubts now. I made it single-optional to see if it isn't going to work better than the other, multioptional ones... maybe it isn't... Time will tell, anyway, and experience will be gained for the next year's Awards.

[Melike]

The Road Virus Heads North

[pathoftheturtle]

I'm torn. :pullhair:
The Road Virus Heads NorthI guess I'd have to pick either that, or "1408". :pullhair:

[Cujo56]

I voted for "1408". That story just gives me the creeps.

[Jean]

The poll is closed. 1408 and The Road Virus Heads North advance to the final round. Please vote here (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?t=10601) to determine which story will advance to the last slot.

[mae]

No Nona? :shoot: