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Our artist has delivered us cover concepts for my forthcoming short story collection, The Realm of Tiny Giants. Here are our two favorites. (The byline hasn't been added to them yet.) What do you think? Thanks!

For me, it depends on the mood of the story. I pick the top one for happy and lofty tales and the bottom cover for dark and sinister tales. Both are great covers. Hugs

I like the lighter one better.

The red one is pretty dark. Also, the colors feel a lot like Christmas.
Or if not Christmas, them maybe a bloody forest.

Just my two cents. I personally think you might need a third choice. Do some a/b testing? You can on Fiverr get some very cheap a/b testing with comments.
Mike
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Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger) wrote: "For me, it depends on the mood of the story. I pick the top one for happy and lofty tales and the bottom cover for dark and sinister tales. Both are great covers. Hugs"

Thanks, Sam. This is a collection of stories that are kind of all over the place. There are some that are dark and some that are light, some that are a bit of both, some that are dead serious and others that are flat-out jokes. Given that, I suspect you'd say the first one.

Michael wrote: "I like the lighter one better.

The red one is pretty dark. Also, the colors feel a lot like Christmas.
Or if not Christmas, them maybe a bloody forest.

Just my two cents. I personally think you m..."

Thanks Michael. We actually did have a third option, but we didn't like it as much as these two.

Although it's not obvious without reading the material, the title of the collection is sort of drawn from one of the stories, "Forest of Giants." Thus the forest theme. There are also several stories dealing with passages between worlds, so I rather like the split colors of the first cover, which suggest that.

Dale wrote: "Sam. This is a collection of stories that are kind of all over the place. There are some that are dark and some that are light, some that are a bit of both, some that are dead serious and others that are flat-out jokes. Given that, I suspect you'd say the first one...."

Dale, you are correct, I personally prefer the first cover because I like the colors. I'm not really a fan of red but know to be objective when it comes to cover creation. Now that I have more information, I prefer the top one. How about a pale grey sky instead of the white to darken it slightly? Hugs

The first one!

Another vote for the first one :)

Thanks Margaret and Valerie.

Looks like we're going with the first one. That was our choice, too.

Yes, the first. I like the second too but, as others have said, it depends on what's on the inside or what you want to convey.

Anna wrote: "Yes, the first. I like the second too but, as others have said, it depends on what's on the inside or what you want to convey."

Thanks, Anna. The prevailing opinion seems to indicate that the red one would be appropriate for dark/horror stories, but that's not what's inside. There is some of that, but it's very mixed.