As writers... many of us may not be terribly familiar with voting in a contest setting, especially one with 40 entries. So here's a helper. Considering the number of entries it might be best to use some kind of quick grading scale. If I 'borrow' the wonderful list provided by
orion_mk3 and add a 1-10 scale* in front of each title, I get this quick and dirty guide to my choices. (which you can copy & paste and print out!)
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 01. Mexican Monte
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 02. Deliverance
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 03. The First Roundup
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 04. Saloon Girls
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 05. Dealing From the Bottom
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 06. Outside
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 07. Conserving Order
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 08. Awaiting Your Reply, I Remain Your Servant, Josiah Cranston
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 09. Mary-Lou's Prospects
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 10. Fools Get What’s Coming
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 11. Self Defense
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 12. Death on the Range
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 13. New Ideas in the Old West
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 14. The Roiling Sands
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 15. My Ride to Fort Churchill
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 16. Under Burning Rain
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 17. So What
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 18. Paradise Wells
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 19. A Trip Out West
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 20. Ain't Enough
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 21. Ten Seconds
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 22. Incident at the Bar H
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 23. Look Back, Bold Pioneer
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 24. Lame Horses
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 25. Gambler and Gravedigger
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 26. Gravedigger Jones
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 27. The Riders
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 28. To Kill a Rattlesnake
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 29. The Winter Spring
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 30. Home Bound
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 31. The Love and Death of Alice Waddell
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 32. Sacred Rock
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 33. All the General's Horses
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 34. Tooth and Claw
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 35. The Outlaw
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 36. Dead Don't Lie
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 37. Six Bullets
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 38. Hesperides
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 39. Hunger Ain't No Game
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) 40. We Are Equal
*for those unfamiliar with the differences between a 1-10 scale and a 0-10 scale, the 1-10 forces you off the fence and to lean either to the positive or negative side, leaving no neutral middle. If you feel as if you really have to have that neutral middle use the first parenthesis as a zero and the 5 will become the fence...
Happy reading!
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