Which Story Will Get the Chance to Live Happily Ever After?
It’s time to cast your vote in the fourth bracket of the First Page Cage Match: Readers’ Choice division!
The Pulp Lit editors selected the eight first-page Cage Match entries that enticed us enough to want to read more. These eight quarter-finalist authors then sent along the first ten pages (2500 words) of their manuscripts. You’ll hear our votes soon enough, but now it’s time for you, our discerning readers, to join the fun!
With this literary sampler pack, you can be among the first to read two tantalizing story openers. Then cast your vote in our Readers’ Choice poll, and help the best tale triumph.
Let the showdown begin!
In this corner, it’s …
The Year We Got Away by Nikita Andester, which you can read here.
And in this corner, it’s …
Murphy’s Law by Mike McArthur, which you can read here.
Vote in the fourth bracket of the First Page Cage Match: Readers’ Choice division now!
Voting in this bracket closes Thursday, February 1st. And look forward to the next round, where the top four stories go head to head, coming soon!
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