Drabble Nominations

[normsherman]

Post your top 5 favorites below!

Eligible Drabbles:

EP 149- Smoking Robots by Laurence Simon. A poet intentionally short circuits robots by asking them questions of ethics in order to get high on their smoke.

EP 150- Break Up by J. Alan Pierce. Girl breaks it off with her beau after discovering she's just a psychotic delusion in his mind.

EP 151- The Birthday Party by Josh Roseman. Young boy tries to cope with having a mad scientist super villain for a father.

EP 153- The Offering by Liz Mierzejewski. Kitty covers itself in trash and rotten food in order to tempt and bait rats.

EP 154- The Stone Who Loved by Nathan Lee. A wise stone recollects his long ago love affair with a river.

EP 155- Victory by Conan Campbell. Stan saves Earth from aliens by winning a game of hot potato.

EP 156- Vow by Nathan Lee. Arcane cultist ritual?... or wedding ceremony?

EP 157- BDSM Bordello by A. Bell. Prostitute encounter turns out to be flipped around-- the chick is the client.

EP 158- Dear Occupant by Nathan Lee. Landlord writes its tenant to inform of upcoming murder/suicide haunting.

EP 162- Wall of Gloves by Matt Moore. Tons of gloves nailed to a wall implicate another wall-- a wall of hands.

EP 163- Special Delivery by Diane Elliot. Woman orders pizza for homeless monsters in the rain (to eat the pizza boy).

EP 164- The Miner by Travis Scott Greer. An old letter from man who crashed on asteroid, informing reader of forthcoming demise.

EP 166- The Work That Must Be Done by Nathan Lee. Peak inside a teddybear factory where an old man with a hammer smashes bears.

EP 167- My Wife is a Head of Lettuce. A man's wife is a head of lettuce.

EP 168- The Grey House by Travis Scott Greer. Two kids break into an old creepy house where an old man with a bottle necklace lives.

EP 169- Grandpa by Rish Outfield. Son and mother reminisce on Grandpa after his funeral and find dark secrets.

EP 170- The Monkeys by Chris Munroe. Backstage of circus has two cages-- one for good monkeys and one for evil, rabid monkeys.

EP 173- Sunday-go-to-sockin' by Vela Damon. A small southern church is all about sockin' each other in the head.

EP 174- A Drop's Descent by Carter Allen. The full history of a falling drop of water.

EP 176- Parting the Veil by Nathan Lee. Kathy discovers a paper lunch sack full of mysterious styrofoam prop lunch.

EP 177- Research Project 12B by Richard Cassidy. Evil mad scientist is young boy burning ants with magnifying glass.

EP 178- Packets by Rish Outfield. Taco Bell lunchgoers discover the hotsauce packets reveal deep dark secrets.

EP 179- Twinkle Twinkle by James Shackell. A powerful unknown entity in space muses on the children's song Twinkle Twinkle.

EP 180- From My Heart, to Whatever the Hell you Have by Nicholas J. Carter. Man breaks up with tentacled alien girlfriend.

EP 181- The Wholly Babble Drabble by Dee Brown. Doctoral student proves god through math--fears it'll keep her from graduating.

EP 183- Dear God by Henry Gaudet. Young girl prays, asks god to turn her brother into a dog.

EP 186- Turning to Stone by Steven Saus. A man finds it difficult to leave his girlfriend (medusa).

EP 190- Trajectory by Nathan Lee. Peaceful boulder volunteers itself as catapult munition in order to arbitrate.

EP 191- Curses, Foiled Again! by Chris Hugh. Alien invasion thwarted by human tinfoil hats.

EP 192- Zuzu's Bell by Mur Lafferty. Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. Lucifer included.

EP 193- Thief by Craig Sokol. Man learns to steal intangible things as well as tangible-- steals heart.

EP 195- Menage a trois by Liz Pennies. Hopeless (and jealous/possessive) romantic falls in love with me, myself and I.

[Phenopath]

EP 153- The Offering by Liz Mierzejewski
EP 164- The Miner by Travis Scott Greer
EP 170- The Monkeys by Chris Monroe
EP 176- Parting the Veil by Nathan Lee
EP 179- Twinkle Twinkle by James Shackell

[StalinSays]

EP 149- Smoking Robots by Laurence Simon
EP 164- The Miner by Travis Scott Greer
EP 166- The Work That Must Be Done
EP 178- Packets by Rish Outfield
EP 179- Twinkle Twinkle by James Shackell

[strawman]

I have only my top 2, which stand out from all others

192 Zuzu's Bell
190 Trajectory

[Mr. Tweedy]

154- The Stone Who Loved by Nathan Lee

158- Dear Occupant by Nathan Lee

170- The Monkeys by Chris Monroe

190- Trajectory by Nathan Lee

192- Zuzu's Bell by Mur Lafferty

[swamp]

EP 151- The Birthday Party by Josh Roseman.
EP 158- Dear Occupant by Nathan Lee.
EP 170- The Monkeys by Chris Monroe.
EP 177- Research Project 12B by Richard Cassidy.
EP 181- The Wholly Babble Drabble by Dee Brown.

Honorable mentions:
EP 154- The Stone Who Loved by Nathan Lee.
EP 174- A Drop's Descent by Carter Allen.

[Richmazzer]

EP 150- Break Up by J. Alan Pierce.
EP 164- The Miner by Travis Scott Greer
EP 166- The Work That Must Be Done by Nathan Lee.
EP 169- Grandpa by Rish Outfield
EP 174- A Drop's Descent by Carter Allen

[Dairmid]

EP 154- The Stone Who Loved by Nathan Lee.
EP 195- Menage a trois by Liz Pennies.
EP 192- Zuzu's Bell by Mur Lafferty.
EP 178- Packets by Rish Outfield.
EP 166- The Work That Must Be Done by Nathan Lee.

[Discodave]

EP 149 - Smoking Robots by Laurence Simon

EP 151 - The Birthday Party by Josh Roseman

EP 174 - Drop's Descent by Carter Allen

EP 178 - Packets by Rish Outfield

EP192 - Zuzu's Bell by Mur Lafferty

[Damp_Obsession]

EP 166- The Work That Must Be Done by Nathan Lee.
EP 151- The Birthday Party by Josh Roseman.
EP 150- Break Up by J. Alan Pierce.
EP 174- A Drop's Descent by Carter Allen.
EP 178- Packets by Rish Outfield.

[Goldenrat]

164 The Miner
153 The Offering
169 Grandpa
195 Menage a trois
191 Curses Foiled Again

[Mr.Shadowbxre]

EP 150- Break Up by J. Alan Pierce
EP 177- Research Project 12B by Richard Cassidy
EP 156- Vow by Nathan Lee
EP 170- The Monkeys by Chris Monroe
EP 195- Menage a trois by Liz Pennies

[Scattercat]

Y'know, this is kind of hard when I have to eliminate over 10% of the options by default...

EP 170- The Monkeys by Chris Monroe
EP 192- Zuzu's Bell by Mur Lafferty
EP 186- Turning to Stone by Steven Saus
EP 195- Menage a trois by Liz Pennies
EP 167- My Wife is a Head of Lettuce.

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And I'd just like to nod at the radical and awesome job done on "The Work That Must Be Done," which is honestly one of my favorites out of my own works and which was brought to beautiful and cuddly and, above-all, brief life.

[munsi]

EP 158- Dear Occupant by Nathan Lee.
EP 164- The Miner by Travis Scott Greer
EP 192- Zuzu's Bell by Mur Lafferty
EP 195- Menage a trois by Liz Pennies

...and it's munroe with a u, not an o

[emily]

EP 192- Zuzu's Bell by Mur Lafferty
EP 166- The Work That Must Be Done by Nathan Lee
EP 162- Wall of Gloves by Matt Moore.
EP 150- Break Up by J. Alan Pierce
EP 179- Twinkle Twinkle by James Shackell

[PureChance]

Well. This is hard. I think my favourites were:

166- The Work That Must Be Done by Nathan Lee
162- Wall of Gloves by Matt Moore
181- The Wholly Babble Drabble by Dee Brown
176- Parting the Veil by Nathan Lee

Also, I'm quite shocked someone liked mine enough to nominate it, but I am quite pleased, so thank-you (Although I don't think it's as good as some of the others up there)

[tbaker2500]

Dang this was hard getting 'em down to just 5. (Is it easier for you, F5iver?)

166- The Work That Must Be Done by Nathan Lee
190- Trajectory by Nathan Lee
183- Dear God by Henry Gaudet
177- Research Project 12B by Richard Cassidy
170- The Monkeys by Chris Munroe

[F5iver]

Dang this was hard getting 'em down to just 5. (Is it easier for you, F5iver?)

Every thing works great using fives!

[Mikes]

Re listening done and votes incoming:

158 - Dear Occupant by Nathan Lee

170 - The Monkeys by Chris Munroe

195 - Manage a Trois by Liz Pennies

150 - Break Up by J Alan Pierce

156 - Vow by Nathan Lee

[bell]

166- The Work That Must Be Done by Nathan Lee
176- Parting the Veil by Nathan Lee. Kathy discovers a paper lunch sack full of mysterious styrofoam prop lunch
170- The Monkeys by Chris Munroe
158- Dear Occupant by Nathan Lee
153- The Offering by Liz Mierzejewski

NB: No cash or favors were involved in my nominating 3 drabbles by Mr Lee...