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Shannon
02-22-2013, 04:42 PM
128 short stories, one winner! Choose your favorite short story in each of the battles below. The winners will advance until we have one winner per bracket. There are four brackets. Those bracket winners will then face off against each other. The short story in each of the battles that gets ten votes first wins, that's when voting for that battle will end. You can vote in all, some, or none of the battles, it's up to you. Have fun!

Bracket One, Round Three

BATTLE OVER! 1. "Suffer the Little Children" (5) vs. "The Monkey" (8)

BATTLE OVER! 2. "The Man in the Black Suit" (5) vs. "The Road Virus Heads North" (9)

BATTLE OVER! 3. "Crouch End” (6) vs. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (7)

BATTLE OVER! 4. "The Lawnmower Man" (10) vs. "One for the Road" (1)

Shannon
02-22-2013, 04:42 PM
My picks:

1. "The Monkey"
2. "The Road Virus Heads North"
3. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"
4. "The Lawnmower Man"

Merlin1958
02-22-2013, 04:49 PM
My picks:

1. "The Monkey"
2. "The Road Virus Heads North"
3. "Crouch End"
4. "The Lawnmower Man"

stkmw02
02-22-2013, 06:29 PM
1. "Suffer the Little Children"

2. "The Road Virus Heads North"

3. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"

4. "The Lawnmower Man"

Coulrophobia
02-22-2013, 07:30 PM
1. "The Monkey"
2. "The Road Virus Heads North"
3. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"
4. "The Lawnmower Man"

mae
02-22-2013, 09:32 PM
Bracket One, Round Three

1. "Suffer the Little Children" (1) vs. "The Monkey" (3)

2. "The Man in the Black Suit" (0) vs. "The Road Virus Heads North" (4)

3. "Crouch End” (1) vs. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (3)

4. "The Lawnmower Man" (4) vs. "One for the Road" (0)

Votes bolded.

biomieg
02-23-2013, 02:10 AM
1. "The Monkey"
2. "The Man in the Black Suit"
3. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"
4. "The Lawnmower Man"

Jean
02-23-2013, 07:28 AM
1. "Suffer the Little Children"

2. "The Road Virus Heads North"

3. "Crouch End”

4. "The Lawnmower Man"

divemaster
02-23-2013, 08:43 AM
Bracket One, Round Three

1. "Suffer the Little Children" vs. "The Monkey"

2. "The Man in the Black Suit" vs. "The Road Virus Heads North"

3. "Crouch End" vs. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"

4. "The Lawnmower Man" vs. "One for the Road"

Jean
02-23-2013, 11:02 AM
some more Crouch End votes, please, please!!!

Stockerlone
02-23-2013, 11:15 AM
1.. "The Monkey" (5)

2. " "The Road Virus Heads North" (5)

3. "Crouch End”

4. . "One for the Road" (0)

mae
02-23-2013, 11:37 AM
Why all the Road Virus love, especially against a great story that actually won an award?

Jean
02-23-2013, 12:10 PM
Well, from my point of view (you know how little bears care about what won what) the Road Virus is an entertaining, creepy story full of vitality and morbidity at the same time; while The Man, although interesting, reads like an exercise in fine writing.

Stebbins
02-23-2013, 02:29 PM
1.

2. "The Road Virus Heads North"

3.

4. "The Lawnmower Man"

Jimimck
02-23-2013, 07:30 PM
1. "The Monkey"
2. "The Road Virus Heads North"
3. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"
4. "The Lawnmower Man"

Shannon
02-25-2013, 09:07 PM
Bump. We need votes. All those that wanted to raise the votes to ten, please go out and find people to vote, thanks!

ChristineB
02-27-2013, 11:28 AM
1. "Suffer the Little Children" (3) vs. "The Monkey" (7) don't remember either of these so no vote

2. "The Man in the Black Suit" (3) vs. "The Road Virus Heads North" (8)

3. "Crouch End” (4) vs. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (6) one of my very favorites of his short stories ever.

BROWNINGS CHILDE
02-27-2013, 01:27 PM
Suffer the Little Chilren
The Man in the Black Suit
Crouch End

Randall Flagg
03-02-2013, 03:42 PM
1. "The Monkey" (7)

2. "The Man in the Black Suit"

3. "Crouch End” (5)

Shannon
03-03-2013, 03:25 PM
Results updated.

Shannon
03-07-2013, 02:13 PM
Bracket One, Round Three is over! Seeing as how the "ten votes needed to win" thing didn't work, we are returning to the five vote system after this. Below are the winners:

1. "The Monkey" (8) vs. "Suffer the Little Children" (5)
2. "The Road Virus Heads North" (9) vs. "The Man in the Black Suit" (5)
3. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (7) vs. "Crouch End” (6)
4. "The Lawnmower Man" (10) vs. "One for the Road" (1)

Bracket One, Round Four will begin shortly. With only five votes needed to win.