Short Story Battle Royale: Bracket One, 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. Have fun!

Bracket One, FINAL ROUND!

BATTLE OVER! 1. "The Road Virus Heads North" (3) vs. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (5)

My pick: Road Virus

Shortcut.

Mrs. Todd's Shortcut

Road Virus

Mrs. Todd's Shortcut!

Road Virus

Shortcut!!!

Results updated.

Definitely "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"

Road virus

Bracket One, FINAL ROUND over. Results are below:

1. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (5) vs. "The Road Virus Heads North" (3)