• * = has potential but has technical, cultural, or voice problems.
• ** = Good story that didn’t quite live up to potential or could have used light revisions
• *** = Good story, I see it as publishable quality even if it didn’t work for me.
• **** = Great story, does some really neat things
• ***** = I would nominate/vote for this story. Excellent quality, builds a full world, drags you into it for the full duration of the story and leaves fingernail marks on your soul.

 

80 Stories Read March 27 – April 30

One Star = 0

Two Stars = 10

Three Stars = 47

Four Stars = 17

Five Stars = 1

 

Year to Date: 142 Stories

One Star = 4

Two Stars = 22

Three Stars = 76

Four Stars = 48

Five Stars = 3