It's Reader's Pick Time Again!

This month, with a come-from-behind win, our Readers have Picked...

"Mother Knows Best", by Randall Andrews, with an impressive 41 Rockets!

As always, our victorious writer gets a lovely digital-only Reader's Pick Award medal added to their story art, invaluable bragging rights, and nicely negotiable cashy money to the tune of $100. Well done, sir -- well done indeed!

Let us not forget our Honorable Mentions, each of which goes to an excellent story:

• "Sudden Death", by Alex McNall

• "User’s Guide To Your Takura Temporal Vehicle", by Dan Peacock, and

• "The Ephemeral Companion", by Phillip Apps

Much though we'd like to give more people more money, there's only just so much available. Similarly, virtual medals don't grow on trees either; one per month is our limit, at least with this one. But nil desperandum, oh ye who are thus Mentioned Honorably: You still get bragging rights, which like all intangibles are untarnishable. You can carry them to the grave intact.

Stay tuned for next month's Reader's Pick, friends! And remember -- Rocket Early, Rocket Often!