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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland June 17, 2013 - 10:27pm
Cats for Ginger by Sound
43% (9 votes)
A Gap in the Market by Voodoo_Em
29% (6 votes)
Sawed-off Choctaw by Jonathan Riley
29% (6 votes)
Total votes: 21

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland June 17, 2013 - 10:41pm

Prompt is the shotgun picture found Here.

If Renfeild wants to, he can post the picture on this thread. I can't find it anywhere else.

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Adam Jenkins from Bracknell, England is reading RCX Magazine (Issue 1 coming soon) June 18, 2013 - 12:27am

Three very good stories, and very different considering they all came from the same source. Difficult choice to pick a favourite, but Cats for Ginger just had something else about it. All very good though.

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt June 18, 2013 - 8:21am

Bump.

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Michael.Eric.Snyder June 18, 2013 - 10:26am

Great stories all! Can I vote for all three? Ok, guess not. There is one story that lingers a bit longer than the others.

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SamaLamaWama from Dallas is reading Something Wicked This Way Comes June 18, 2013 - 10:39am

Great stories! Man, I'm so bummed I can't see the picture on my work computer. I'll have to go home tonight and see what picture inspired it all. Great jobs to all the authors. It was hard to choose a winner, but I voted. Good luck guys. ~Sam

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Dino Parenti from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands On June 18, 2013 - 11:02am

Is it the S&M pic of the chick with the sawed-off?

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt June 18, 2013 - 11:08am

Yup, that's the one Dino.

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland June 18, 2013 - 11:09am

Yes Dino. That's the one.

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Strange Photon from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyrics June 18, 2013 - 11:10am

I have voted. No thanks necessary.

Meeeooooowwww!!!!

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Dino Parenti from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands On June 18, 2013 - 11:26am

Never mind, I kind of figured it out right away:) Some really good stuff here. Nice work, guys, especially for flash.

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland June 18, 2013 - 12:47pm

Bump!

Thanks to all who have read and voted. It's a super tight race and a huge turnout for day one of the fight. The poll is setup to run for a week so the .doc attachments will be up until around midnight Sunday (Or something like that) Keep em coming, anyone could take this battle!

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt June 18, 2013 - 5:42pm

Wow, getting close all across the board!

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Mess_Jess from Sydney, Australia, living in Toronto, Canada is reading Perfect by Rachael Joyce June 18, 2013 - 8:59pm

These were good stories, all really well written.

Cats for Ginger had great atmosphere with this creeping sense of foreboding throughout the piece that I enjoyed. I'd like the plot to be a bit more obvious though, as I didn't feel like I 100% understood what was going on.

I liked the sorta Thelma and Louise vibe I got from A Gap In the Market. And holy shit, did I not expect that ending! Didn't like the kid, so his sticky ending was kinda satisfying. I know you guys had word constraints, but I would have loved that last scene slowed down so I could wring a little more satisfaction from it.

There were parts of Sawed Off Choctaw that really made me laugh, which is always fun. I like how it goes in a really different direction to what you expect. The last two sentences could be a little tighter, I think, but still a lot of fun. 

They were all great stories, so I'm going to be a pain in the ass and think about them tonight, then vote tomorrow.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin June 19, 2013 - 1:43am

SIXTEEN VOTES.

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin June 20, 2013 - 1:16am

BUMP

BUMP

BUMP

 

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SRead from Colorado is reading Stories June 20, 2013 - 7:40am

These were all good. I can see why it's so close!

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Strange Photon from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyrics June 20, 2013 - 9:34am

*Nonsequitor alert*

Love the hat, SRead.

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sean of the dead from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed Ayres June 20, 2013 - 9:45am

I like all three of these stories quite a bit, which I assumed I would looking at who the writers were. It was tough vote, but I ultimately went with "A Gap In the Market" because I really liked the scenario and the set up. My vote could have gone any of the three ways, but I felt that one hit just a little harder.

 

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Renfield from Hell is reading 20th Century Ghosts June 20, 2013 - 10:07am

I didn't vote for that one but after sitting on them for a while longer that one stays with me the most for similar reasons.

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SRead from Colorado is reading Stories June 20, 2013 - 10:35am

Why, thank you, SP. I made it myself. :)

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt June 20, 2013 - 1:17pm

Bump!

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Dino Parenti from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands On June 20, 2013 - 6:16pm

Damn, this is looking like a photo-finish!

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt June 21, 2013 - 8:55am

Bump

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters June 21, 2013 - 9:17am

I ultimately went with "A Gap In the Market" 

@Sean - Hey!  I voted fro that one too. 

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin June 21, 2013 - 1:33pm

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Strange Photon from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyrics June 21, 2013 - 1:37pm

Slide.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin June 21, 2013 - 1:54pm

^like the word association game, only with pictures :)

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin June 22, 2013 - 1:16pm

Bump 

           Bump

                         Bump 

                                      Splat!

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt June 22, 2013 - 1:20pm

Three days left to read and vote!

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland June 22, 2013 - 1:25pm

Actually a day and a half I think. I think it closes Sunday night/Monday morning at 12:30 Everybody read and vote!

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Strange Photon from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyrics June 23, 2013 - 5:32pm

Do it now, or Riley will find you and dance on your bones.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin June 24, 2013 - 1:29am

IT'S MONDAY.....

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland June 24, 2013 - 8:21am

Poll has officially closed and is updated with the participants names by their stories. Thanks for pllaying guys. Congrats to Sound. Greatt Battle, it was a tight three-way race for a while. And no One person had the fewest amount of votes so in my mind I didn't lose lol. Neither did Em.

Thanks also to all who read and voted. Keep on Keepin on.

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt June 24, 2013 - 8:52am

Thanks for voting! This was really fun.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin June 24, 2013 - 9:21am

Congrats Sound

Thanks to everyone who voted for me, you are all awesome :D 

Thanks to everyone who read and voted, 21 people is so much more than we ever imagined.

This has been a blast.

 

 

and yeah, JR, you're right, we are so not losers :)

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Dino Parenti from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands On June 24, 2013 - 10:21am

What a great bout! Congrats, Sound on the win. Jon and Voodoo wrote kick-ass stories as well, and I can safely say I had a bitch of a time deciding.

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Strange Photon from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyrics June 24, 2013 - 10:21am

Wow, way to go, Sound! That was a great story, as were the other two. I gotta say, though, I had a bit of a chuckle with the phrase "tight threeway". Yes, I'm a sick fuck.

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Adam Jenkins from Bracknell, England is reading RCX Magazine (Issue 1 coming soon) June 24, 2013 - 10:51am

First time I've voted for the winner. All of them were high quality though.

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt June 24, 2013 - 12:02pm

Thanks guys. This was a particularly sweet victory because "A Gap in the Market" & "Sawed off Choctaw" were so memorable. A week later I'm still chuckling at the funny bits in Jonathan's story, and Em's ending blew my mind. Puns intended.

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Renfield from Hell is reading 20th Century Ghosts June 24, 2013 - 2:01pm

I like the threeway battle, usually if I recognize someone's writing it happens in the first couple sentences, this kind of throws a spanner into that and keeps it intriguing.

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Strange Photon from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyrics June 24, 2013 - 2:09pm

I second Renfield.