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Code Name: Home Sick

December 4, 2024
Nathan
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Code Name: Home Sick

When you need a cover photo immediately but you don’t want to leave your chair.

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Wiccamere Wake

December 4, 2024
Nathan
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Wiccamere Wake

I would want to fade off this cover too.

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Learn the Alphabet

December 3, 2024
Nathan
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Learn the Alphabet

How edumacational.

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CODENAME: C. L. O. A. K.

December 3, 2024
Nathan
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CODENAME: C. L. O. A. K.

More cloak, please.

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A Kiss on Crimson Ranch (Crimson, Colorado Book 1)

December 3, 2024
Nathan
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A Kiss on Crimson Ranch (Crimson, Colorado Book 1)

It’s a well-known fact that cowboys only kiss their horses, so of COURSE they had to use Photoshop to make it look like a cowboy was kissing a girl.

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The Secret to My Wealth, Health, and Love:: How I am Getting There. Happy Happy!

December 2, 2024
Nathan
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The Secret to My Wealth, Health, and Love:: How I am Getting There. Happy Happy!

So apparently the gist of all this author’s covers is LOOKATMELOOKATME.

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Linux Command for Kids: Fun with Linux

December 2, 2024
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Linux Command for Kids: Fun with Linux

“That’s… really great, Dad. When is Mom coming to get me?”

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Brain Bleed in the Time of Covid: Lessons which, I Hope Will Help You

December 2, 2024
Nathan
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Brain Bleed in the Time of Covid: Lessons which, I Hope Will Help You

Lessons or lesions?

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