Our Reader Poll last year for a story to go into The Best of BCS Year Two was so much fun that we’re doing it again this year!
In this poll, readers and fans will get to pick a story for inclusion in the upcoming Best of BCS, Year Three anthology.
How It Works: Voting will be in two rounds–this first round here in this post, where you can vote for five stories out of all 28 eligible stories, and a second round run-off between the five stories that get the most first-round votes.
To vote in the first round: Post a comment in this thread, listing your favorite five stories from the third year of BCS. (That’s Issue #53 through Issue #78. A full list of the stories is in this post below the More tag). First-round voting is now closed.
Second-round voting, between the five finalist stories, is now open on the BCS Facebook ‘Like’ page, in this this poll question on the BCS Facebook page.
Voting for the second round ends this Fri., Aug 10, at midnight Pacific Time.
Good luck! Feel free to tweet or Facebook or blog this poll, so we get as many reader’s opinions as we can. (You can use the Facebook ‘like’ button at the bottom of the post to send the link straight to your Facebook page.)
Eligible Stories for Best of BCS, Year Three Reader Poll:
Tony Pi, The Curse of Chimère
Sarah L. Edwards, The Girl Who Tasted the Sea
Peter Kovic, A Bounty Split Three Ways
David G. Blake, Transitions of Truth and Tears
Fox McGeever, Lession’s Tower
Anne Cross, The Popinjay’s Daughter
Megan Arkenberg, The Summer King
Marie Brennan, Two Pretenders
Camille Alexa, Over a Narrow Sea
Corie Ralston, Mamafield
Jesse Bullington, The Adventures of Ernst, Who Began a Man, Became a Cyclops, and Finished a Hero
Cat Rambo, Love, Resurrected
Heather Fawcett, The Fairy Gaol
Greg Linklater, Memories of Her
Jason S. Ridler, Buzzard’s Final Bow
Wendy N. Wagner, Cold Iron and Green Vines
Therese Arkenberg, The Godslayer’s Wife
Bradley P. Beaulieu, From the Spices of Sanandira
Rosamund Hodge, And Her Eyes Sewn Shut with Unicorn Hair
Erin Hoffman, Sightwolf
Joe L. Murr, The Moral Education of a Mad Bastard
Marko Kloos, Ink and Blood
Ferrett Steinmetz, My Father’s Wounds
Michael John Grist, Bone Diamond
Marissa Lingen, The Witch’s Second
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
Kristina C. Mottla, The Magick
(Stories that aren’t listed are either already in the anthology or are by an author who has another story in the poll or the anthology.)
Erin Hoffman, Sightwolf
Camille Alexa, Over A Narrow Sea
Tony Pi, Curse of the Chimera
Peter Kovic, A Bounty Split Three Ways
Rosamund Hodge, And Her Eyes Sewn Shut with Unicorn Hair
Camille Alexa, Over a Narrow Sea
Cat Rambo, Love, Resurrected
Jason S. Ridler, Buzzard’s Final Bow
Erin Hoffman, Sightwolf
Bradley P. Beaulieu, From the Spices of Sanandira
I’m shamelessly going to vote for myself…
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
Ferrett Steinmetz, My Father’s Wounds
Camille Alexa, Over a Narrow Sea
Kristina C. Mottla, The Magick
Sarah L. Edwards, The Girl Who Tasted the Sea
Gone Sleeping for Heather Clitheroe
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
‘Gone Sleeping’ by Heather Clitheroe
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
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Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
Lovely word smithing!
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
My choices:
1. Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
2. Kristina C. Mottla, The Magick
3. Tony Pi, The Curse of Chimère
4. Megan Arkenberg, The Summer King
5. Rosamund Hodge, And Her Eyes Sewn Shut with Unicorn Hair
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
1.) Heather Clitheroe, “Gone Sleeping”
2.) Tony Pi, “The Curse of Chimere”
3.) Sarah Edwards, “Girl Who Tasted the Sea”
Gone Sleeping by Heather Clitheroe
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Seems an appropriate point to vote for myself-
Michael John Grist – Bone Diamond
Gone Sleeping by Heather Clitheroe
‘Gone Sleeping’ by Heather Clitheroe
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My votes:
1: Lession’s Tower by Fox McGeever
2: The Summer King by Megan Arkenberg
3: The Fairy Gaol by Heather Fawcett
4: Bone Diamond by Michael John Grist
5: Over a Narrow Sea by Camille Alexa
Ferrett Steinmetz, My Father’s Wounds
I can’t comment on the rest (and sadly lack the time for any catch-up reading at the moment*) but did really, really enjoy the concept/writing for My Father’s Wounds.
*Hopefully will at some point, and offering epub downloads is very classy of you.
Camille Alexa, Over a Narrow Sea
Erin Hoffman, Sightwolf
Tony Pi, The Curse of Chimere
Megan Arkenberg, The Summer King
Marie Brennan, Two Pretenders
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Therese Arkenberg, The Godslayer’s Wife
Rather fond of Anne Cross’ “The Popinjay’s Daughter”…
Popinjay’s Daughter
_The Popinjay’s Daughter_, by Anne Cross
_A Bounty Split Three Ways_, by Peter Kovic
_The Girl Who Tasted The Sea_, by Sarah L. Edwards
_The Witch’s Second_, by Melissa Lingen
_The Moral Education of a Mad Bastard_, by Joe L. Murr
Michael John Grist, _Bone Diamond_
The Popinjay’s Daughter, by Anne Cross
Gone Sleeping’ by Heather Clitheroe
Michael John Grist, Bone Diamond
Bradley P. Beaulieu, From the Spices of Sanandira
Fox McGeever, Lession’s Tower
Corie Ralston, Mamafield
Jason S. Ridler, Buzzard’s Final Bow
Michael John Grist, Bone Diamond
Rosamund Hodge, And Her Eyes Sewn Shut with Unicorn Hair
Michael John Grist, Bone Diamond
Anne Cross, The Popinjay’s Daughter
1. Peter Kovic, A Bounty Split Three Ways
2. Marko Kloos, Ink and Blood
3. Jesse Bullington, The Adventures of Ernst, Who Began a Man, Became a Cyclops, and Finished a Hero
4. Wendy N. Wagner, Cold Iron and Green Vines
5. Greg Linklater, Memories of Her
1. Marie Brennan, “Two Pretenders”
2. Marissa Lingen, “The Witch’s Second”
3. Therese Arkenberg, “The Godslayer’s Wife”
4. Megan Arkenberg, “The Summer King”
1 – Kovic, A Bounty Split Three Ways
2 – Murr, Moral Education of a Mad Bastard
3 – Burlington, Ernst etc.
4 – Hodge, And Her Eyes Sewn Shut with Unicorn Hair
5 – Grist, Bone Diamond
Anne Cross, The Popinjay’s Daughter is my very favorite. I’ll have to consider further for 2-5.
Therese Arkenberg, “The Godslayer’s Wife”
Ferrett Steinmetz, “My Father’s Wounds”
Heather Clitheroe, “Gone Sleeping”
Rosamund Hodge, “And Her Eyes Sewn Shut with Unicorn Hair”
Rosamund Hodge, And Her Eyes Sewn Shut with Unicorn Hair
Jason S. Ridler, Buzzard’s Final Bow
Camille Alexa, Over a Narrow Sea
Ferrett Steinmetz, My Father’s Wounds
Marie Brennan, Two Pretenders
David G. Blake, Transitions of Truth and Tears
Peter Kovic, A Bounty Split Three Ways
Corie Ralston, Mamafield
Heather Fawcett, The Fairy Gaol
Cat Rambo, Love, Resurrected
Sarah L. Edwards, The Girl Who Tasted the Sea
Camille Alexa, Over a Narrow Sea
Jesse Bullington, The Adventures of Ernst, Who Began a Man, Became a Cyclops, and Finished a Hero
Cat Rambo, Love, Resurrected
1. Peter Kovic, A Bounty Split Three Ways
2. Marko Kloos, Ink and Blood
3. Jesse Bullington, The Adventures of Ernst, Who Began a Man, Became a Cyclops, and Finished a Hero
4. Cat Rambo, Love, Resurrected
5. Therese Arkenberg, The Godslayer’s Wife
David G. Blake, Transitions of Truth and Tears
Cat Rambo, Love, Resurrected
Sarah L. Edwards, The Girl Who Tasted the Sea
Greg Linklater, Memories of Her
Therese Arkenberg, The Godslayer’s Wife
A Bounty Split Three Ways
Kovic–A Bounty Split Three Ways
1. Peter Kovic, A Bounty Split Three Ways
2. Marko Kloos, Ink and Blood
3. Corie Ralston, Mamafield
4. Kristina C. Mottla, The Magick
5. David G. Blake, Transitions of Truth and Tears
I’m gonna vote for myself because, doggonit, I’m not made of stone.
Kovic, “A Bounty Split Three Ways.”
“Bounty Split Three Ways”
“Witchs Second”
“Mamafield”
Michael John Grist- Bone Diamond
Michael John Grist- Bone Diamond
Michael John Grist- Bone Diamond
Michael John Grist, Bone Diamond
Michael John Grist- Bone Diamond
1. Jesse Bullington, The Adventures of Ernst, Who Began a Man, Became a Cyclops, and Finished a Hero
2. Peter Kovic, A Bounty Split Three Ways
Bone Diamond, Michael John Grist
Michael John Grist – Bone Diamond
Michael John Grist- Bone Diamond!
Joe L. Murr, The Moral Education of a Mad Bastard
Marissa Lingen, The Witch’s Second
Ferrett Steinmetz, My Father’s Wounds
Lession’s Tower by Fox Mc Geever.
Lession’s Tower by Fox Mc Geever
The Witch’s Second by Marissa Lingen
Love, Resurrected by Cat Rambo
The Summer King by Megan Arkenberg
The Curse of Chimère by Tony Pi
1. Wagner’s “Cold Iron and Green Vines”
2. Ridler’s “Buzzard’s Final Bow”
3. Hoffman’s “Sightwolf”
4. Megan Arkenberg’s “The Summer King”
5. Rambo’s “Love, Resurrected”
Michael John Grist, Bone Diamond
Michael John Grist’s bone diamond is EPIC!
Jesse Bullington, The Adventures of Ernst, Who Began a Man, Became a Cyclops, and Finished a Hero
Wendy N. Wagner, Cold Iron and Green Vines
Therese Arkenberg, The Godslayer’s Wife
Sarah L. Edwards, The Girl Who Tasted the Sea
Tony Pi, The Curse of Chimère
Bullington–”The Adventures of Ernst”
Steinmetz–”My Father’s Wounds”
Alexa–”Over A Narrow Sea”
Can’t wait to read this anthology!
Mottla-The Magick
Arkenberg, The Godslayer’s Wife
Edwards, The Girl Who Tasted the Sea
Tony Pi, The Curse of Chimère
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Michael John Grist- Bone Diamond
“A Bounty Split Three Ways” by Peter Kovik
Peter Kovic, A Bounty Split Three Ways
I’m voting for myself too, but not just myself….
Anne Cross – The Popinjay’s Daughter
Sarah L. Edwards – The Girl Who Tasted The Sea
Wendy N. Wagner – Cold Iron and Green Vines
Corie Ralston – Mamafield
Tony Pi – The Curse of Chimere
A Bounty Split Three Ways has my vote.
Unfortunately I haven’t had time to read all of them yet, but I’ll toss in votes for these three, which I quite liked.
Anne Cross, The Popinjay’s Daughter
Marie Brennan, Two Pretenders
Marissa Lingen, The Witch’s Second
Peter Kovic – A Bounty Split Three Ways
Anne Cross – The Popinjay’s Daughter
Peter Kovik’s “A Bounty Split Three Ways”
A Bounty Split Three Ways
David G. Blake, Transitions of Truth and Tears
Jason S. Ridler, Buzzard’s Final Bow
Bradley P. Beaulieu, From the Spices of Sanandira
Joe L. Murr, The Moral Education of a Mad Bastard
Wendy N. Wagner, Cold Iron and Green Vines
David G. Blake, Transitions of Truth and Tears
Megan Arkenberg, The Summer King
Cat Rambo, Love, Resurrected
Ferrett Steinmetz, My Father’s Wounds
Heather Clitheroe, Gone Sleeping
David G. Blake, Transitions of Truth and Tears
Anne Cross, The Popinjay’s Daughter
Mottla-The Magick
Heather Fawcett, The Fairy Gaol
Corie Ralston – Mamafield
I was hoping to read more of these, but time has run out. Of the ten or so I’ve read:
Hodge, And Her Eyes Sewn Shut With Unicorn hair
Cross, the Popinjay’s Daughter
…and after that it’s like a six-way tie. Lots of excellent stories!
Thanks very much, everyone, for your votes!
First-round voting is now closed. Our crack BCS polls team have tabulated the results and announced the five finalist stories!
Second-round voting, between the five finalist stories, is now open on the BCS Facebook ‘Like’ page, in this this poll question on the BCS Facebook page.
Voting for the second round ends this Fri., Aug 10, at midnight Pacific Time. Get your vote in soon!
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