. Commenters were challenged to coin a snappy caption for
Forthwith is the voting poll. Usual rules apply, first prize (after the voting poll) will be an ARC of
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I will also invoke judge's discretion and award my last Audible.com gift card to my personal favorite. The card can be used for two Audible titles, including
books.
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suricattus: "Do those damn treefrogs ever shut up?"


2 (2.8%)
criada: Vellux!


0 (0.0%)
martyn44: Use the Force, Jay, use the Force!


0 (0.0%)
etcet: "Why did I get a room with a) lismantchev and b) an espresso machine? That caffeine buzz is going to wear off sometime, and I don't know how long the chandelier is going to last with her swinging from it like that."


0 (0.0%)
markbourne: Dude, I LOVE that scene in The Godfather where the guy wakes up with the big Jay Lake head in his bed!


6 (8.5%)
mary919: Ceiling cat tells Jay, "Getz outta teh bed!"


1 (1.4%)
jenntheamazon: "Why do those idea lights have to be so close to my head? I might go blind!"


0 (0.0%)
paulcarp: "Most of my bedtime reading is nonfiction. Why, I must've read the Underwriters Laboratory label 1,000 times."


1 (1.4%)
sheelangig: Chicken Little Slept Here


1 (1.4%)
steve_buchheit: Jay Lake makes entreaties to the Book Fairy while double checking his synopsis is under the pillow before going to sleep.


2 (2.8%)
mtrimm1: God, I weish I was sleeping with Mikal again...


0 (0.0%)
robot_scandal: Jay Lake caught in an embarrassing accidental 'upshade' glance. The perv.


0 (0.0%)
jeffvandermeer: "Note to self: My brain is now so large from doing so many simultaneous projects that I really need a crutch to pull my head up off the pillow in the morning."


0 (0.0%)
Ann VanderMeer: Why oh why did I eat that second helping of head cheese???


0 (0.0%)
garyomaha: My ghu. He *does* sleep with his eyes open.


1 (1.4%)
matthewsrotundo: "Did I leave the iron on?"


3 (4.2%)
lt260: “Oh, great... I write science fiction and the image in the water stain on my ceiling is Ayn Rand?”


2 (2.8%)
iamrazorwing: "Most people get one idea lightbulb at a time. Jay Lake gets two. Except this time."


0 (0.0%)
saveswhat: The breakthrough moment in Jay Lake's creation of the "Lightpunk" subgenre.


6 (8.5%)
ianrandalstrock: If I think at it hard enough, it'll go down... Oh! You meant the light bulb.


2 (2.8%)
makoiyi: If I don't move may be it won't.


0 (0.0%)
threeoutside: Alien Lights Turn Man's Ears into Giant Cauliflowers!


1 (1.4%)
jtdiii: Jay discovers the latest product from Ronco, The Snorer. "Snore On, Snore Off, Snore On, The Snorer!"


0 (0.0%)
saycestsay: Only one? Where's the idea switch?


0 (0.0%)
stillnotbored: Can't sleep...can't show weakness...new writers will eat me...


7 (9.9%)
caryn71: Noticing a large shiny black spider in the lamp just inches from his head, Jay must negotiate his means of escape; throw back covers and jump, or crawl away slowly.


0 (0.0%)
wild_patience: God? Is that you?


1 (1.4%)
joshenglish: Blink on! Blink off! Damn tic!


0 (0.0%)
jeffsoesbe: In the rainforest, ceiling spiders are Very Large.


0 (0.0%)
alasdair1076: One day, when I've finished my Jedi training, I'll be able to turn BOTH lights on with my mind.


7 (9.9%)
pauljessup: Is it still there?


0 (0.0%)
pauljessup: I, Loxor the Lamp god, shall devour you mortal!


0 (0.0%)
pauljessup: Why is robot sex so damned loud?


2 (2.8%)
pauljessup: Can't sleep, lamps will eat me.


10 (14.1%)
twilight2000: "Be vewy vewy qwiet..."


0 (0.0%)
delkytlar: "Maybe rooming on the party floor at FurryCon would be better than rooming under it."


1 (1.4%)
kproche: "Every time I close my eyes it moves closer! Must... not... blink..."


3 (4.2%)
akirlu: "If that thing comes on every time I have an idea it's gonna be a l-o-o-o-o-n-g night!"


2 (2.8%)
jeffsoesbe: "Are you there, Ghu? It's me, Jay."


3 (4.2%)
kehrli: On the second day of Rainforest, there was nothing. Then the Light spake, "Let there be Lake," and there was Lake. And he was good.


7 (9.9%)