Between blurb, two authors, title, and reference to another book the reader _must_ read to get all the plot points, this is a pretty wordy cover.
Getting that headdress through the curtains must have been quite the struggle.
Still, I shouldn’t make fun: there are clearly no flies on this guy. (He’s got a whisk for that).
Can’t quite tell what’s going on to the left of the smoke, above kneeling woman’s hands. The shiny bits to the right are presumably artifacts of light reflecting off the cover, but to the left? Is she summoning a Smoke Ghost? The innards of a ghost?
(She should be careful of that long tassel on the left. It’s a bit too close to the candle).
My first thought was “She isn’t going to be late for the parade, she’s got a Flying Nun hat and can glide over the traffic. Plus be an aerial exhibit like Macy’s Parade balloons.”
Overcompensating Centurion is going to be very popular at the Pride Parade. I bet he has a whole crew dressed like him, ready to strut their stuff.
Her hat dangle is too close to that candle. Maybe he’s there to save her.
@fred: Those are REALLY strange fingers. Are they even real? Did she burn off her original hands?
@Tag: do we have a “too many words” tag? Because — well. Half the cover!
‘Tired of having to wear skirts made for women? At last you can now buy a male skirt designed to emphasize your maleness with our unique extended panel. Centurion/Cheerleader version shown here, other styles are available.’
@Fred&GSSxn: She looks a little bit like she has some cat person in her ancestry, which might explain the strange fingers – or I might have seen so many cat people around here that I’m starting to see them everywhere.
August 3rd, 2020 at 10:36 am
“The reason I called you… I’ve fallen in the hole in the floor again.”
August 3rd, 2020 at 1:02 pm
Royal Guard: “Just checking to be sure you’re keeping that lit candle away from the drapes this time, yer Majesty.”
August 3rd, 2020 at 1:09 pm
I think feather guy might me overcompensating for something.
#PhallicSymbolismIsEverywhere
August 3rd, 2020 at 1:11 pm
@THX: (sigh) – ‘And I’ve had to leave our combined St. Patricks day/Pride parade to help you out of the hole in the floor, again.’
August 3rd, 2020 at 2:06 pm
Sun Tzu says ‘Fight these peacocks on a windy day and victory is assured.’
August 3rd, 2020 at 2:36 pm
Backstage, the hard-working Vegas showgirl has just about had enough of the diva’s shit.
August 3rd, 2020 at 2:57 pm
Cuba Gooding Jr. in ‘Boat Trip’?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHd0axT2_M8&list=PLd91uu7ZPw-Sbm1fz17593ySPz6qcVYXc
August 3rd, 2020 at 3:58 pm
Mummer of the Empire
August 3rd, 2020 at 5:00 pm
Surprisingly, this cover is a good and accurate representation of the text.
Although with perhaps fewer Gay Pride references.
August 3rd, 2020 at 6:26 pm
Her expression says it all:
“Well, Centurion, that’s an impressive dongle you’re sporting.”
August 3rd, 2020 at 6:54 pm
Between blurb, two authors, title, and reference to another book the reader _must_ read to get all the plot points, this is a pretty wordy cover.
Getting that headdress through the curtains must have been quite the struggle.
Still, I shouldn’t make fun: there are clearly no flies on this guy. (He’s got a whisk for that).
Can’t quite tell what’s going on to the left of the smoke, above kneeling woman’s hands. The shiny bits to the right are presumably artifacts of light reflecting off the cover, but to the left? Is she summoning a Smoke Ghost? The innards of a ghost?
(She should be careful of that long tassel on the left. It’s a bit too close to the candle).
August 3rd, 2020 at 11:16 pm
Looking at her fingers I’m guessing she either has a complicated back story or fingers are harder to draw than funky headwear.
August 4th, 2020 at 4:10 am
My first thought was “She isn’t going to be late for the parade, she’s got a Flying Nun hat and can glide over the traffic. Plus be an aerial exhibit like Macy’s Parade balloons.”
Overcompensating Centurion is going to be very popular at the Pride Parade. I bet he has a whole crew dressed like him, ready to strut their stuff.
Her hat dangle is too close to that candle. Maybe he’s there to save her.
@fred: Those are REALLY strange fingers. Are they even real? Did she burn off her original hands?
@Tag: do we have a “too many words” tag? Because — well. Half the cover!
August 4th, 2020 at 11:04 am
‘Tired of having to wear skirts made for women? At last you can now buy a male skirt designed to emphasize your maleness with our unique extended panel. Centurion/Cheerleader version shown here, other styles are available.’
@Fred&GSSxn: She looks a little bit like she has some cat person in her ancestry, which might explain the strange fingers – or I might have seen so many cat people around here that I’m starting to see them everywhere.
August 5th, 2020 at 12:03 am
@Vlttp: Maybe she’s related to those cat nuns on Doctor Who?
August 14th, 2020 at 10:32 am
“Why are you just standing there, Centurion?”
“Damn feathers got caught in the drapery again!”
August 25th, 2021 at 10:12 pm
How many people give her presents on her birthday?