May/June 2016 Short Story Voting Thread

[kennychaffin]

Okay folks we got five choices here, read them comment on them, vote on them. Let's have two votes each and see where the cards fall.

Here are the links:

All the Heavy Lifting - Norm
Succession - Facing
Metal Men - Kenny
Heavy Metal Hell - TheWriterwithNoName
Supernaut - Jon Laidlow


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[kennychaffin]

Oh my they are all so LONG!

 

[norm]

Ah c'mon, there's only five stories and one of them's yours! Back in my day we used to get as many as a dozen entries!

 

[kennychaffin]

Good stories all the way around guys! I've taken a quick first read of all....

 

[JonLaidlow]

Oh my they are all so LONG!

Jealous?

You *could* write longer stories... and *should*... you know you want to...

 

[kennychaffin]

Jealous?

You *could* write longer stories... and *should*... you know you want to...

Nah....no jealousy. To each his own.... But man Anthony Doerr does some incredible novellas!!!

 

[N. E. White]

I voted for:
All the Heavy Lifting - Norm (fun fantasy)
Supernaut - Jon Laidlow (deep, I know I'll be dreaming of Cobalt shifting between worlds tonight)

Good job, everyone!

 

[kennychaffin]

Okay, I'm all voted up, will withhold the details til later...but I do now see that someone has the same tastes/responses as me.

 

[TheWriterWithNoName]

How long is the voting open for guys?

 

[kennychaffin]

The poll has a closing date/time at the top, just under the question. I think it gets adjusted based on your time zone...

I'm currently seeing: "This poll will close on Jul 9, 2016 at 3:06 PM."

 

[TheWriterWithNoName]

The poll has a closing date/time at the top, just under the question. I think it gets adjusted based on your time zone...

I'm currently seeing: "This poll will close on Jul 9, 2016 at 3:06 PM."

Ah I see, talk about reading the small print. Cheers.

 

[kennychaffin]

I actually meant for it to close a day earlier, but hosed it up in setting it up so C'est la vie.

 

[Wilson Geiger]

Ah c'mon, there's only five stories and one of them's yours! Back in my day we used to get as many as a dozen entries!

I miss those days. Sorta.

 

[JonLaidlow]

I voted for @Facing and @kennychaffin. Kenny's story is proof that his longer stories are among my favourites, while Facing's has a fantastic world that just needs a bit more narrative clarity.

 

[kennychaffin]

Were gonna need some more votes to break that tie!

 

[TheWriterWithNoName]

going to be a close one!

 

[kennychaffin]

going to be a close one!

I hope it will not be necessary, but if I have too I will loose the squirrels!!!!

 

[TheWriterWithNoName]

I hope it will not be necessary, but if I have too I will loose the squirrels!!!!

That's ok, I like squirrels.

 

[kennychaffin]

That's ok, I like squirrels.

Oh You poor thing you.

 

[norm]

I still have to read a couple of the entries, then vote. Hopefully by Saturday I'll have voted and given feedback.