[Catherine Chandler]

1. The Hunt
2. Birthday Visit
3. From the Top

[Paddy Raghunathan]

1. The Ex-Terrestrial

2. The Hunt

3. Oleka

Paddy

[Jennifer Gordon]

1. Lines
2. Apache Freezing Drizzle
3. Less Love, More Heads on Pikes

If you let me have more top picks I'll add the Hunt, which I loved, and let's see, While Listening to Bells, and definitely Something About the Apples. I know that won't work, but I had too many favourites, oh, yes, add Oleka too. Um...while I'm at it...

Unfortunately I can't guess who penned which.

[Brian Allgar]

1. "Less love, more heads on pikes!"

2. "Apache freezing drizzle"

3. "Olēka”

(For third choice, I hesitated between this and "Birthday visit", so an HM to the latter.)

[John Whitworth]

Less love, more heads..

[Jerome Betts]

1. 'Less love, more heads on pikes!'
2. Oleka
3. Birthday Visit

[Mary McLean]

1. Oleka
2. Apache Freezing Drizzle
3. Less Love, More Heads on Pikes

This was hard -- there were many strong contenders. Thanks to the DG for the choices.

[Kyle Norwood]

1. Something about the Apples
2. Portrait of Chichikov
3. Lines
Honorable mention: The Hunt

[Julie Steiner]

I'm still dithering. I guess I've got another day in which to do so.

[Sharon Fish Mooney]

1. Birthday Visit
2. The Hunt
3. Lines