User blog comment:Witnessme/Creepypasta Short Story Contest/@comment-26425680-20151019202440

Yesterday, there was a large and fairly sudden surge in votes for one of the stories... I wonder why.

It's too bad that not all the authors are letting their works stand on their own. The interesting thing is that the story in question is actually very good, and would still do well without any help. Still, it doesn't seem right that one author is doing an "internet buddy round up" while everyone else seems to be playing it straight. Normally this is something that wouldn't really be a big deal (and let's face it, this is neither the first nor last time this will happen), but with such a nice grand prize on the line, I can't help take at least a little issue. And to be clear, this isn't about me or my story. I have no chance of winning, even without the outside meddling, and I'm okay with that. I'll be voting for Jonathan's story, and all I can really hope for is that the honest-to-goodness best story takes the prize, whichever it ends up being.