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Presenting: The Fifth Annual Lousies Awardees!

March 3, 2025
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As usual, democracy is messy (especially when behind-the-scenes technical errors meant you were encouraged to vote twice). But the reward is sweet, isn’t it? Isn’t it?

Presenting the ten worst covers featured in 2024, according to your bleeding eyeballs:

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The Replacement

March 2, 2025
Nathan
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The Replacement

How bad was the original?

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The Sushi Chef

March 2, 2025
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The Sushi Chef

The irony is that the photographs of the knives aren’t sharp.

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The Day the Big, Hairy Pussy Swallowed the Enormous Cock

March 2, 2025
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The Day the Big, Hairy Pussy Swallowed the Enormous Cock

I guess if you’ve already consumed literally all of the other ill-considered erotica on Amazon…

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Death With All the Trimmings (Key West Food Critic Book 5)

March 1, 2025
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Death With All the Trimmings (Key West Food Critic Book 5)

Checking in on the “murder, tee hee!” genre…

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On the Origin of Species (2021): The Theory of Evolution by way of Anunnaki Influence

March 1, 2025
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On the Origin of Species (2021): The Theory of Evolution by way of Anunnaki Influence

Seems legit.

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Parasites

March 1, 2025
Nathan
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Parasites

I’ll let you explore the symbolism for yourself.

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Fairy War (The Fae Age Book 1)

February 28, 2025
Nathan
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Fairy War (The Fae Age Book 1)

So, does everybody slouch in this novel?

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