Short Story Battle Royale: Bracket One, Round Four (4 stories)

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.

Bracket One, Round Four

BATTLE OVER! 1. "The Monkey" (4) vs. "The Road Virus Heads North" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 2. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (5) vs. "The Lawnmower Man" (4)

My picks:

1. "The Monkey"
2. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"

1. "The Monkey"
2. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"

"The Road Virus Heads North"

"The Lawnmower Man"

1. "The Road Virus Heads North"

2. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (Tough choice... but I LOVE Mrs. Todd's Shortcut!)

The Road Virus Heads North & Lawnmower Man

Monkey Man.

I used to love Mrs.Todd's, but not since Crouch End succumbed to it a round ago. All my favorite stories drop out, one by one.

1. "The Monkey"
2. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"

Road Virus + Lawnmower Man

Results updated.

Just need someone else to break the two ties now.

Road virus and Ms Todd's shortcut

Bracket One, Round Four

1. "The Monkey"

2. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"

Bracket One, Round Four is over! Below are the results:

1. "The Road Virus Heads North" (5) vs. "The Monkey" (4)
2. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (5) vs. "The Lawnmower Man" (4)

Bracket One, FINAL ROUND will begin shortly.