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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz April 15, 2012 - 9:37am
Goodbye to Yu-Profunda Saint
11% (2 votes)
Skillet-MattF
22% (4 votes)
Secrets-Conley
17% (3 votes)
A Youthful Moment-Covewriter
17% (3 votes)
And the Sprayer Spritzed Lavender-Bill Tucker
17% (3 votes)
The Couch-Jacks Username
11% (2 votes)
The Dogs-J.Y. Hopkins
6% (1 vote)
Total votes: 18

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz April 15, 2012 - 9:46am

I finally got it up! I am a troglodyte.

There are some great stories here. It was really hard to pick this month. I am glad Martin is taking over for a month. 

I could have even included some more stories, but I am not sure how the voting would go and how many people would read. 

I do think that if there are more posts there will likely be more finalists (I don't even know if 'finalists' is the right term), but again, we will see how it goes. Still figuring this thing out.

Yes, it is anonymous--well sort of. I don't know about anyone else, but I really like reading work anonymously.

And thanks to everyone who posted stories in March.

As usual I really enjoyed all of the reads and look forward to more.

C.

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. April 15, 2012 - 10:29am

Awesome. Just as soon as I finish my WAR story I will be taking a read through these again.

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. April 15, 2012 - 7:06pm

Top three for me were A Youthful Moment, The Dogs, and And The Sprayer Spritzed Lavender.

A really nice mix of styles. Good stuff.

I could only vote for one though. A Youthful Moment edged it.

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Fritz April 15, 2012 - 8:36pm

Oh the transgressive abounds - from leap to leap.  How to choose the best -  I know - I'll choose the one with a happy ending - HAHA.  No wait...  ah shit... 

Yeah - I voted anyway.

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Bill Tucker from Austin, Texas is reading Grimm's Fairy Tales (1st Edition) April 16, 2012 - 8:04am

Wow, this is a great collection of stories, and I'm not just saying that because one is mine.  Really tough task for the voters this month, so good luck to all!

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like April 16, 2012 - 8:23am

It's an honor just to be nominated...

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series April 16, 2012 - 8:35am

Eee! Chester, you're gonna give me a big head! These stories are all super awesome, will have to re-read them like 10 more times before I can even consider voting. Why do y'all have to be so good at Flash? Hmm?

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz April 16, 2012 - 9:52am

What? I thought your head was already big...and orange.

Yeah, these are great. And there were too many great ones this month. I think it is going to get harder and harder.

Shit, I enjoy reading that Flash Me! thread because you get so many voices so fast. Like being at a rave.

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series April 16, 2012 - 10:49am

Hahaha my head was only orange that ONE day. I don't even have studs in my forehead anymore. Sigh. Might have to bring those back.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz April 16, 2012 - 11:01am

What? I imagine you having studs in your forehead all the time.

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series April 16, 2012 - 11:22am

I only wear them to weddings these days, it seems. They're my dress studs.

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series April 16, 2012 - 11:22pm

Bippity Bumpity Boo

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz April 17, 2012 - 12:53pm

Oh, that kind of stud. And here I was visualizing a whole different variety of stud attached to your forehead.

Wow, got quite a race going here. A tight one.

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series April 17, 2012 - 2:03pm

If I had that kind of stud attached to my forehead, I dare say I might not spend so much time on the ol' internet.

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Bill Tucker from Austin, Texas is reading Grimm's Fairy Tales (1st Edition) April 18, 2012 - 9:46am

A race so tight deserves a bump.  So....BUMP!

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like April 18, 2012 - 11:36am

For how long does the voting go?

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. April 18, 2012 - 9:16pm

Come on where is the votes at people?

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like April 19, 2012 - 8:44am

The one vote I have isn't from me.  Just sayin'.

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Bill Tucker from Austin, Texas is reading Grimm's Fairy Tales (1st Edition) April 21, 2012 - 5:41am

Bump! Only a couple of days left to help decide this very close race!

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Covewriter from Nashville, Tennessee is reading & Sons April 21, 2012 - 10:54pm

Looks live a four-way tie. Someone needs to break it. Has anyone who hsa three votes  not voted for themselves yet? haha.

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MattF from Tokyo is reading Borges' Collected Fictions April 21, 2012 - 11:43pm

I'm kind of pulling for 21 total votes spread evenly across 7 stories...

If it ends in tie, perhaps the leaders could each private message Chester with a vote for a tied story not their own? (though the odds of it again ending in tie would be good...maybe Chester will just have to choose).

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. April 22, 2012 - 3:47am

Crikey, this is tight. Is the poll even still open? If so, then a tie breaker voter needs to come wade in.

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aliensoul77 from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall. April 22, 2012 - 12:03pm

This is what happens when you have a democracy.

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. April 22, 2012 - 1:03pm

The tie is broken it seems. Skillet has taken the lead.

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Covewriter from Nashville, Tennessee is reading & Sons April 22, 2012 - 4:55pm

Congratz author of Skillet! Awesome.

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Bill Tucker from Austin, Texas is reading Grimm's Fairy Tales (1st Edition) April 22, 2012 - 5:15pm

Congrats, Skillet author, whoever you may be and congrats to everybody involved.  Really tough challenge this time around and the closeness of the race proved that.  Well done!

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MattF from Tokyo is reading Borges' Collected Fictions April 22, 2012 - 5:32pm

Thank you Covewriter and Bill Tucker.  But is voting even over yet?  Very tough month -- love the variety of genres and styles, all quality work and props to everyone for putting it out there. Any of them could've won.  Hopefully we can keep building momentum on this from month to month...

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series April 22, 2012 - 10:06pm

Skillet got my vote. But it wasn't easy to choose. A lot of great stuff this month, for sure.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz April 22, 2012 - 11:18pm

good job

people 

weird word

that people

mock at it

gawk at it

like at it

steeple

 

 

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz April 24, 2012 - 11:31am

MattF:

Prize gathering instructions:

Go to Hawthorne Books catalogue and pick a book. 

PM me with your choice and address!