Top Ten Most Common Short Story Names

I just noticed that we crossed the 50,000 point in our submissions system sometime in the last month. I thought it might be fun to do a quick analysis of the most popular story titles in that pile. Here’s the results:

1st Place – 18

Dust

2nd Place – 16

The Gift, Home, Hunger, Homecoming

3rd Place – 15

The Box

4th Place – 14

Monsters

5th Place – 13

Lost and Found

6th Place – 12

Sacrifice, The Hunt, Flight

7th Place – 11

Heartless, The End, Alone, Legacy, Adrift

8th Place – 10

Red, Reflections, The Visit, Broken

9th Place – 9

The Other Side, Rebirth, Voices, Genesis, Awakening, The Collector, Disconnected, The Wall, The Prisoner, Deus Ex Machina, Hero, Skin Deep, Memories, Skin

10th Place – 8

The Machine, The Tower, Coming Home, Rain, Going Home, The Dark, Inheritance, The Door, The Choice, Happiness, Perchance to Dream, Last Call, The Fall, Night Terrors

More on story titles here.