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 Three, Round One

BATTLE OVER! 1. "Graduation Afternoon" (5) vs. "My Pretty Pony" (0)

BATTLE OVER! 2. "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" (5) vs. "Jumper" (1)

BATTLE OVER! 3. "Codename: Mousetrap" (0) vs. "Gray Matter" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 4. "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" (5) vs. "Dedication" (0)

BATTLE OVER! 5. "Strawberry Spring" (3) vs. "The Crate" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 6. "Slade" (0) vs. "The Old Dude's Ticker" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 7. "Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2)" (1) vs. "Lunch at the Gotham Café" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 8. "The Woman in the Room" (4) vs. "The Little Sisters of Eluria" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 9. "Ur" (4) vs. "Rest Stop" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 10. "Hotel at the End of the Road" (5) vs. "Beachworld" (4)

BATTLE OVER! 11. "The House on Maple Street" (2) vs. "Graveyard Shift" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 12. "Here There Be Tygers" (3) vs. "The Wedding Gig" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 13. "The Night Flier" (5) vs. "The Reaper's Image" (1)

BATTLE OVER! 14. "Survivor Type" (5) vs. "Jhonathan and the Witchs" (0)

BATTLE OVER! 15. "The Boogeyman" (4) vs. "The Jaunt" (5)

BATTLE OVER! 16. "Luckey Quarter" (2) vs. "Rainy Season" (5)