
As the seasons change so to change the rounds of the death match. Here venerable beasts from Drabblecast episodes past seize the spotlight, and another shot at glory. Like Dancing with the Stars, but so much less desperate.
Because picking just 3 competitors for the third round was ever so difficult, we're starting out with an expanded format. Rank the 8 beasts presented on mega-beasts.com, up to Tuesday October 19th (Midnight, Eastern), at which point only the strongest trio will remain. Bo will fancy them up, and what will formally represent round 3 will begin. That will last the traditional 2 weeks, and then, as it has been since time immemorial, the winner will become a finalist, and a gut-wrenching Meta-Beast monstrosity!
Competitors (by episode seniority):
Morton - # 17: Morton by Adam Carvin
Unspeakable Duck Creature - # 66: Creatures in Disguise by James Shackell
Friendly Narwhal - # 71: Perfect Down Further by Max Kraft
Snuffles - # 81: Snuffles by Jamie Lackey
Uncle Smarmy - # 115: Clown Eggs by Jay Lake
Tark - # 139: Let Us Now Praise Awesome Dinosaurs by Leonard Richardson
War Machine of the Merfolk - # 141: On the Destruction of Copenhagen by the War Machines of the Merfolk by Peter M. Ball
Mongoose - # 170 and 171: Mongoose part 1 and 2 by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear