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 ten 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 Three

BATTLE OVER! 1. "Suffer the Little Children" (5) vs. "The Monkey" (8)

BATTLE OVER! 2. "The Man in the Black Suit" (5) vs. "The Road Virus Heads North" (9)

BATTLE OVER! 3. "Crouch End” (6) vs. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" (7)

BATTLE OVER! 4. "The Lawnmower Man" (10) vs. "One for the Road" (1)