I believe that’s called a single entendre.
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The third of the first three semifinals for 2026:
Vote your top (which is to say, bottom) three of these notably bad covers from March!
Because good (bad) work should be recognized.
The Circle of Fire. Book One: In Pakistan.
Photobombing pouty-face!
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The Pharaoh Contract (Emancipator Book 1)
Just for comparison, here’s the original mass-market paperback:
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Crossing the Carnivorous Forest (Gods of the New Wilderness Book 2)
There may have been a good idea behind this, but the execution doomed it.
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High Up, Before Our Throats Were Slit
I can’t read the title, but I also don’t understand the artwork. Must be poetry.
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Out of Darkness (Seasonal Anthology Book 1)
It’s apparently an anthology “where ghosts reside, the grim reaper takes form, children are taunted by witches, something dangerous lurks in a pit and more,” but it looks more like an afternoon stroll.
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