awards are wacky

(But mostly in a good way.)

storySouth's Million Writers Award has named its top 10 stories published online in 2004. They are:

• Terry Bisson "Super 8" (Scifiction.com)
• Jai Clare "Bone on Bone" (Agni)
• Xujun Eberlein "Second Encounter" (Paumanok Review)
• Alicia Gifford "Toggling the Switch" (Narrative Magazine)
• Richard Grayson "Branch Libraries of Southeastern Brooklyn" (Fiction Warehouse)
• Trebor Healey "The Mercy Seat" (Blithe House Quarterly)
• Dave Housley "Ryan Seacrest Is Famous" (Barrelhouse)
• Joan Shaddox Isom "Remade Tobacco" (Eclectica Magazine)
• Corey Mesler "Madame Sabat's Grave" (Pindeldyboz)
• Chika Unigwe "Dreams" (Eclectica Magazine)

It's especially nice to see Terry's haunting and completely believable story about the psychic fallout between a group of friends who haven't been close since the '60s on the list. If there's something Terry Bisson knows, it's the '60s. (Well, actually there's a lot of things Terry Bisson knows, but...)

(Via Ed.)

Edited to add: You can vote for your favorite here.