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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 9, 2012 - 4:20am
Hand Sanitizer by Jonathan Riley
24% (4 votes)
Seeds to Heaven by Fritz Wolfe
29% (5 votes)
Friendship and other Germs by voodoo_em
47% (8 votes)
Total votes: 17

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 9, 2012 - 3:01pm

Here are the final choices for the Aug/Sep Flash Me! poll.

I decided to get tough on the entries this time and determinedly limited myself to three finalists. Kudos to the selected authors, and many thanks to all who participated.

Each of these entries used the following prompt: Germs. This poll will run for one week, until around noon on the 16th October. (UK time, so you Americanos should probably get your votes in by the Monday night)

Please read and vote for your favourite. These are short works, less than 2.5k words for all three, so it shouldn't take long to devour them. Just, please, make sure to wash your hands afterwards!

If you want to take part in this months competition, please check out the new prompt and guidelines on page fourteen of the Flash Me! thread (down near the bottom). There's a cool prize up for grabs for a Halloween special.

Rock on, good sirs and madames. Rock on indeed!!

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin October 9, 2012 - 7:07am

Oooh yay! I made it in to a Flash me poll.

Big big big big smile :D

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 9, 2012 - 6:29pm

Hey - Jonathan, Fritz, & voodoo

The prize is selected. The poll winner will receive a copy of Pulp Modern 3 in either format, a very cool little book that features some very good writers such as Amy Bloom, Mathew C Funk, and a LR favourite W.P. Johnson.

I just read this myself and it's good.

 

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Stacy Kear from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War October 9, 2012 - 6:04pm

I keep seeing this thread and think it reads, flash me sex poll, instead of sep poll.  Dang it.  I'll still read and vote. 

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland October 9, 2012 - 6:49pm

Sounds awesome. I almost forgot I wrote that for this. Ha I've got some ideas for that character. I'm honored to be selected. Good Luck Voodoo_em and Fritz

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Covewriter from Nashville, Tennessee is reading & Sons October 9, 2012 - 10:53pm

Dang I kinda liked my story in that flash/not quite finished way.  I may use it later in something.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin October 10, 2012 - 6:06am

Bumpity-bump-bump.

 

Johnathan ~ thanks, good luck to you and Mr Wolfe too :)

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 10, 2012 - 6:31am

Hmm, an early lead by voodoo_em is being gnawed away by Fritz. This could be hotting up to a good poll.

Read and vote please people!

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 10, 2012 - 6:36am

@ Cove - yeah, it was tough narrowing the entries down. Your story, I think, needs expanding. You should have a go at a new version, somewhere around 1500 - 2000 words. I reckon it would make a good one!

 

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin October 11, 2012 - 1:57am

BUMP

 

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters October 11, 2012 - 7:35am

And I'll bump again.

Check these out guys, good stuff!

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland October 11, 2012 - 10:30am

Bump

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 12, 2012 - 10:02am

Bump-fest. lets get a few more votes on this thing!

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 13, 2012 - 11:25am

C'mon, folks, stop slacking ;-) Got twenty minutes spare? Read these and take a vote.

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland October 13, 2012 - 3:55pm

Is it just me or do the story titles sound like names of race horses.

Friendship-andother-Germs jumps out with a huge lead. SeedsToHeaven accelerates on the final stretch. HandSanitizer is running out of steam.

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland October 13, 2012 - 5:30pm

Friendship-andother-Germs leads by a quarter furlong.

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sean of the dead from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed Ayres October 13, 2012 - 5:34pm

these are all good, i like them and had to read them each a couple times before voting.  Nice work all

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 15, 2012 - 4:35am

Last 24 hours of voting is underway.

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 15, 2012 - 3:22pm

Any 11th hour votes gonna swing it?

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin October 16, 2012 - 1:35am

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 16, 2012 - 1:56am

Nah, it's cool, we're done here and I shall call it. Not gonna be any votes before the cut off now.

Well done voodoo_em !! A tale of friendship, loyalty, and contagion. A very worthy winner. Good stuff indeed.

When I am done at work I will send you a pm. Sometime tonight probably. I'll see about getting you your Pulp Modern book.

Things are hotting up over in the main Flash Me! thread for this months edition of the competition. Y'all should head over there and check that out.

Rock on!

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Fritz October 16, 2012 - 5:17am

Congrats!

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland October 16, 2012 - 5:59am

Congrats. Great story.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin October 16, 2012 - 6:26am

Thank you :)

@wicked ~ October's Flash me is about half done, hope to post it up soon.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson October 16, 2012 - 11:11am

Congrats, Em! Nicely done.

...I just hope there wasn't a voodoo conflict of interest here...

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters October 16, 2012 - 11:49am

"voodoo conflict of interest"

prompt idea!

or

 tee shirt idea!

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 16, 2012 - 2:13pm

Ha, conflict of interest my bottom. I want to track this rogue voodoo down in WAR2 and slay slay slay.

@ voodoo_em - PM sent

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin October 17, 2012 - 1:55am

^ well now, you'd better prepare to meet your VOO-DOOM....

Mwhahahaha

 

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wickedvoodoo from Mansfield, England is reading stuff. October 17, 2012 - 4:26am

Dum dum tssh.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz October 18, 2012 - 3:12pm

Great stories all three of you. Em, you got it goin' on girlfriend. Very nice writing. Watch out people. These are some WAR contenders.