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Jean
12-17-2008, 08:53 AM
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) (with the exception of N which we consider to be a novella)

mae
12-17-2008, 09:02 AM
Nona from Skeleton Crew! My all-time favorite King short story.

"Do you love?"

Jean
12-17-2008, 09:06 AM
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away from Everything's Eventual

jayson
12-17-2008, 09:09 AM
Seconding "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away"

Nominating "The Body". I know technically it's a novella so if the Different Seasons stories are not counted as short stories, let me know and I will nominate something else.

Jean
12-17-2008, 09:11 AM
Seconding "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away"
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jayson
12-17-2008, 09:13 AM
I love that story. I also knew you'd be nominating it (I pay attention to things you've said in other threads)

mae
12-17-2008, 09:16 AM
To aid folks in making their decision, here's a thorough listing I found:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_fiction_by_Stephen_King

mae
12-17-2008, 09:18 AM
The Body has to be nominated in the novella category.

Jean
12-17-2008, 09:29 AM
(I pay attention to things you've said in other threads)
right back at ya!

jayson
12-17-2008, 09:34 AM
Okey dokey, and thanks Pablo, I suspected that might be the case with "The Body".

In that case, I nominate "Lunch at the Gotham Café"

Jean
12-17-2008, 09:38 AM
Lunch at the Gotham Café seconded!

mae
12-17-2008, 09:39 AM
Café thirded. What a great, crazy story.

Girlystevedave
12-17-2008, 09:40 AM
Nominating:

Strawberry Spring :wub:
and
The Boogeyman

jayson
12-17-2008, 09:45 AM
Café thirded. What a great, crazy story.

I worked in a lot of kitchens in a lot of restaurants (including during the time when I was reading E.E.). I could see it happening quite easily.

mae
12-17-2008, 10:56 AM
Speaking of short stories, I find it a tad odd that King writes in his Just After Sunset intro that "Willa" was the story that spurred the output that resulted in this collection, but it was published in 2006. "The Things They Left Behind", "Stationary Bike", "Rest Stop", and "Harvey's Dream" all came before it.

Aaron
12-17-2008, 11:38 AM
I nominate My Pretty Pony.

The Lady of Shadows
12-17-2008, 03:02 PM
fourth lunch at the gotham cafe

third all that you love will be carried away

second strawberry spring

nominate 1408

mae
12-17-2008, 03:33 PM
1408 seconded.

No love for Nona? :(

The Lady of Shadows
12-17-2008, 05:38 PM
totally missed nona.

"do you love?"

second nona

Sam
12-17-2008, 09:51 PM
I nominate The Man in the Black Suit.

1408 thirded.

Jean
12-18-2008, 12:12 AM
The Boogeyman seconded

ManOfWesternesse
12-18-2008, 01:03 AM
Nominate "N".

Jean
12-18-2008, 01:15 AM
N is a novella, according to StephenKing.com (http://www.stephenking.com/library/novella/) (I added the list of novellas to my first post in Novellas thread)

pablo: if there are discrepancies between wiki and StephenKing.com, we'll choose the latter, ok?

Jean
12-18-2008, 01:22 AM
Nona 2
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Lunch at the Gotham Café 4
Strawberry Spring 2
The Boogeyman 2
My Pretty Pony 1
1408 3
The Man in the Black Suit 1

ManOfWesternesse
12-18-2008, 01:44 AM
N is a novella, according to StephenKing.com (http://www.stephenking.com/library/novella/) (I added the list of novellas to my first post in Novellas thread)


Had a look.

N. is listed as a Short Story published in Sunset
N is listed as a Novella (Uncollected)

?wtf?

And HOW can Little Sisters be listed as a Short Story & not a Novellette?

Jean
12-18-2008, 01:56 AM
These questions have been haunting me since dawn. I'm consulting higher authorities now.

Darkthoughts
12-18-2008, 06:10 AM
I nominate Everything's Eventual.

mae
12-18-2008, 07:31 AM
N. should be listed as a novella or a novelette indeed. It's listed as a short story in that Wikipedia article though, but that's a rare inconsistency. Otherwise it seems correct. Eventual is a novelette and is listed as such by Wiki, so that's also the same category

ksmithcats
12-18-2008, 11:24 AM
They're all just so good. I'd forgotten how much I loved Mrs. Todd's Shortcut 'till I looked at the list, so I'm gonna nominate that one.

mae
12-18-2008, 11:47 AM
They're all just so good. I'd forgotten how much I loved Mrs. Todd's Shortcut 'till I looked at the list, so I'm gonna nominate that one.

Seconded!

mystima
12-18-2008, 04:32 PM
i want to nominate Here There be Tygers

The Lady of Shadows
12-18-2008, 04:39 PM
i want to nominate Here There be Tygers

second

mae
12-18-2008, 08:18 PM
i want to nominate Here There be Tygers

second

Third.

Mianjo
12-18-2008, 08:57 PM
I came in here to nominate The Man in the Black Suit, so I will second it. I will then nominate my second choice, which is Crouch End.

Jean
12-18-2008, 11:28 PM
Crouch End seconded

Here There be Tygers fourthed

Jean
12-18-2008, 11:46 PM
Nona 2
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Lunch at the Gotham Café 4
Strawberry Spring 2
The Boogeyman 2
My Pretty Pony 1
1408 3
The Man in the Black Suit 2
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut 2
Here There be Tygers 4
Crouch End 2

Jean
12-18-2008, 11:48 PM
Dear friends,

I have edited the list of novellas in the first post of Best Novella thread (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=304564&postcount=1), adding N and all those listed as novellas in the wiki article, as pablo recommended.

Brian: I will count in your vote for N. in that thread.

Brian and Lisa: you still have one nomination for short story each.

Brice
12-22-2008, 01:00 PM
Nona 2 thirded
Strawberry Spring 2 thirded
The Boogeyman 2 thirded
My Pretty Pony 1 seconded
The Man in the Black Suit 2 thirded
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut 2 thirded
Crouch End 2 thirded

flaggwalkstheline
12-22-2008, 02:58 PM
I 4th the boogeyman

Jean
12-23-2008, 12:53 AM
Nona 3
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Lunch at the Gotham Café 4
Strawberry Spring 3
The Boogeyman 4
My Pretty Pony 2
1408 3
The Man in the Black Suit 3
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut 3
Here There be Tygers 4
Crouch End 3

mae
12-23-2008, 08:45 AM
Nobody wants to nominate any short story from JAS?

Hannah
12-23-2008, 08:51 AM
Wasn't "N" from JAS? :orely:

The only one I've liked so far was Gingerbread Girl (I think that's what it was called). I'm not nominating that though, I'm saving my nomination for something else. I have to get the title though. :panic:

Brice
12-23-2008, 09:14 AM
I'm gonna' nominate Jerusalem's Lot.

Jean
12-23-2008, 09:46 AM
Wasn't "N" from JAS? :orely:

The only one I've liked so far was Gingerbread Girl (I think that's what it was called). I'm not nominating that though, I'm saving my nomination for something else. I have to get the title though. :panic:
They both are being nominated under "Novellas"

Hannah
12-23-2008, 09:48 AM
:doh: Of course, I just read that up there.

Jean
12-23-2008, 10:08 AM
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Heather19
12-23-2008, 01:44 PM
I'm gonna' nominate Jerusalem's Lot.

I'll second this

SpaceMaN
12-24-2008, 06:06 AM
Nominate
Dolan's Cadillac

mae
12-24-2008, 06:48 AM
I could be mistaken, someone more knowledgeable will confirm or deny, but I think "Dolan's Cadillac" is a novelette: longer than a short story, but not long enough for a novella.

The Lady of Shadows
12-24-2008, 03:22 PM
third Jerusalem's Lot

BROWNINGS CHILDE
12-26-2008, 01:58 AM
nominate: Suffer the Little Children

Jean
12-27-2008, 01:17 AM
seconded

Jean
12-27-2008, 01:17 AM
Nona 3
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 3
Lunch at the Gotham Café 5
Strawberry Spring 3
The Boogeyman 4
My Pretty Pony 2
1408 3
The Man in the Black Suit 3
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut 3
Here There be Tygers 4
Crouch End 3
Jerusalem's Lot 3
Dolan's Cadillac 3
Suffer the Little Children 2

Sam
12-27-2008, 01:42 PM
Second Dolan's Cadillac

jayson
12-27-2008, 01:52 PM
I'll third Dolan's Cadillac. I love a good revenge story and that one is perfect.

Aaron
12-29-2008, 03:57 PM
Nominations for this category will close tomorrow.

mae
12-30-2008, 09:42 AM
Somebody please nominate Survivor Type before the nomination period ends! I'm seconding it.

educatedlady
12-30-2008, 11:10 AM
Lunch at the Gotham Café for me!

Jean
12-30-2008, 12:35 PM
I have counted it in

ladysai
12-30-2008, 12:47 PM
I'd like to nominate "The Body" from Different Seasons.

BROWNINGS CHILDE
12-30-2008, 11:24 PM
Ladysai,
The Body is a novela and as such is doing quite well in the Best Novela thread.:D