Short Story Batle Royale: Bracket Four, FINAL ROUND

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 five 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 Four, FINAL ROUND

BATTLE OVER! 1. "The Raft" (5) vs. "The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan" (1)

My pick:

The Raft. Wow, Lard Ass made it into the final round of a bracket. Impressive.

"The Raft"

The Raft

1. "The Raft"

The film version from Creepshow is one of the most ridiculous things ever.... I love it!

I'm gonna go with....

"The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan"

Results updated. And Lard Ass just won't die!

"The film version from Creepshow is one of the most ridiculous things ever.... I love it!"

I know, right? Stuck on a lake, all my friends are being horribly eaten by this unknown oil monster, but what do I want to do? See some boobies.

The Raft. Don't know what The Ass is doing here.

And we have our Bracket Four winner! Results below:

1. "The Raft" (5) vs. "The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan" (1)

FWIW, I vote The Raft.

I'm one of the few that voted in every single round and now my vote doesn't even count :(

1. "The Raft"

I vote "The Last Rung on the Ladder."

Me too, my friend. Me too.