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 One, Round One

BATTLE OVER! 1. "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" (3) vs. "In the Tall Grass" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 2. "Suffer the Little Children" (5) vs. "The Reach" (2)

BATTLE OVER! 3. "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands" (5) vs. "Home Delivery" (0)

BATTLE OVER! 4. "The Monkey" (5) vs. "Trucks" (1)

BATTLE OVER! 5. "Never Look Behind You" (3) vs. "A Face in the Crowd" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 6. "The Man in the Black Suit" (5) vs. "The Cursed Expedition" (0)

BATTLE OVER! 7. "The Road Virus Heads North" (5) vs. "Sorry, Right Number" (0)

BATTLE OVER! 8. "Morality" (3) vs. "Before the Play" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 9. "Umney's Last Case" (5) vs. "Mile 81" (2)

BATTLE OVER! 10. "Willa" (2) vs. "Crouch End” (5)

BATTLE OVER! 11. "The Blue Air Compressor" (4) vs. "L. T.'s Theory of Pets" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 12. "The Glass Floor" (3) vs. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 13. "Autopsy Room Four" (4) vs. "I Know What You Need" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 14. "Skybar" (0) vs. "The Lawnmower Man" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 15. "Sneakers" (2) vs. "One for the Road" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 16. "Man with a Belly" (2) vs. "The Death of Jack Hamilton" (5)