Tracking the poll of doom . .
Preparatory to getting into the last 16 (which will get links as they're written, assuming anyone is interested), and hey, some of these were written last summer:
Each 'round' is 8 pieces (since there were 8 respondents), with the request outside the parenthetical and the link for the piece within it.
Round 1: Azrael ( legends come walking), Aodh ( play the hand dealt), Falcons' Feathers ( unwelcome), campaign ( settling in), Sun Queen ( not even names), Sibir ( promoted), Trickwood Unification ( beware herd response), Swallow's Tail ( consequence)
Round 2: Sun Queen ( born in storm), Chevalier de Grammont ( urban stable), Hazel ( I got an idea), Sibir ( first time), Some Kind of Love Song ( call), campaign ( hunger), Alternate Earths ( unexpected connections), Sibir ( new command, new responsibilities)
Round 3: Some Kind of Love Song ( checking the traps), Vasilisa ( don't step on a crack), Last One Standing ( hunter's blind), before the loss ( unlikely reinforcements), before the loss ( gossip), after the campaign ( feint (only not)), after the campaign ( midnight conversations), the Morrigan long after the stories ( down memory lane). What completist Moment?
Round 4: Sun Queen ( Common ground), Trickwood Unification ( cursing in the dark), Some Kind of Love Song ( pipe smoke), The Wars ( here things begin (dragon arc)), Isael ( crossroads), Isael ( integration), Last One Standing ( lead and glass), Alternate Earths ( switching houses). Yes, these were written in internal chronological order; yes, I had a headache afterwards.
Round 5: Sibir ( two steps sideways), Sibir ( Middle Management sucks.), Sinclair before he was Sinclair ( know when to walk away), Chevalier de Grammont ( Weather forecast: heavy snow), Chevalier de Grammont ( hogs.), Swallow's Tail ( things that don't mix), Chevalier de Grammont ( a long run), Witches' Horses ( lightning in the dark). Also written in internal chronological order. My brain picks weird things to check off.
Round 6: Some Kind of Love Song ( never a firebird story), Sun Queen ( pirate's son; prince), Alternate Earths ( humans totally come in 'ish'), Falcon's Feathers ( good days come with stunt riding and explosions), Witches' Horses ( birch forests), [free]: Falcons' Feathers ( face to face), Swallow's Tail ( finishing touches), [free]: Sibir ( going down the checklist)
Each 'round' is 8 pieces (since there were 8 respondents), with the request outside the parenthetical and the link for the piece within it.
Round 1: Azrael ( legends come walking), Aodh ( play the hand dealt), Falcons' Feathers ( unwelcome), campaign ( settling in), Sun Queen ( not even names), Sibir ( promoted), Trickwood Unification ( beware herd response), Swallow's Tail ( consequence)
Round 2: Sun Queen ( born in storm), Chevalier de Grammont ( urban stable), Hazel ( I got an idea), Sibir ( first time), Some Kind of Love Song ( call), campaign ( hunger), Alternate Earths ( unexpected connections), Sibir ( new command, new responsibilities)
Round 3: Some Kind of Love Song ( checking the traps), Vasilisa ( don't step on a crack), Last One Standing ( hunter's blind), before the loss ( unlikely reinforcements), before the loss ( gossip), after the campaign ( feint (only not)), after the campaign ( midnight conversations), the Morrigan long after the stories ( down memory lane). What completist Moment?
Round 4: Sun Queen ( Common ground), Trickwood Unification ( cursing in the dark), Some Kind of Love Song ( pipe smoke), The Wars ( here things begin (dragon arc)), Isael ( crossroads), Isael ( integration), Last One Standing ( lead and glass), Alternate Earths ( switching houses). Yes, these were written in internal chronological order; yes, I had a headache afterwards.
Round 5: Sibir ( two steps sideways), Sibir ( Middle Management sucks.), Sinclair before he was Sinclair ( know when to walk away), Chevalier de Grammont ( Weather forecast: heavy snow), Chevalier de Grammont ( hogs.), Swallow's Tail ( things that don't mix), Chevalier de Grammont ( a long run), Witches' Horses ( lightning in the dark). Also written in internal chronological order. My brain picks weird things to check off.
Round 6: Some Kind of Love Song ( never a firebird story), Sun Queen ( pirate's son; prince), Alternate Earths ( humans totally come in 'ish'), Falcon's Feathers ( good days come with stunt riding and explosions), Witches' Horses ( birch forests), [free]: Falcons' Feathers ( face to face), Swallow's Tail ( finishing touches), [free]: Sibir ( going down the checklist)