That did not take very long! It hasn’t even been 24 hours and already a winner has been declared? How is that possible? Well, we sat down last night around the dinner table and had a serious talk about all the candidates thus far. A clear victor emerged and so we thought it best to just end the suspense and get on with it. So, here it is, the winner of the 2nd Isaac Hunter Battle of the Book Covers Contest!
– From the Current Contest –
!! THE WINNER IS !!
This was not an easy choice as there were several very good covers to choose from. We chose this cover because it works the best for Meadow as well as the second cover he submitted for Meadow we thought would work great for Returning the Meadow. We hope the artist will be able to do a third cover for us, Beautiful the Meadow with the same text formatting, but a different image. I have no idea at the moment what that one should look like, but when he’s done with all three I will post a reveal for the Meadow Series.
As you know we have been slaving away at IHB the last few months to update all of our current books with 2nd edition Kindle/Ebooks, 1st Edition Paperback and Hardcovers, and we are hopeful to finish all published books this year and then also release Beautiful the Meadow no later than Halloween. Speaking of which, we do plan to have a major release every Halloween going forward. If Beautiful comes out sooner, then it will most likely be Writing Kathy & Charlotte, Writhe, or Single Shooter Protocol.
Here are the two covers we have selected for the Meadow Series:
I did not expect this one to finish as the winner. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great, but it is actually not my favorite. But, we originally wanted to do the entire series in this contest, but was corrected by the 99 Designs team that this was not allowed. But, that was still our mindset as we finished the last round and it became clear this one would work for the Meadow and the other one for Returning the Meadow.
This was my favorite the entire contest. It and the previous one were both done by the same artist, the same artist who won the Our Daughter contest just a few days ago. It originally had just the woman on the cover, but he was able to add the boy on just so we could get a good look at it. It works perfect for the sequel, and I can’t wait to see what he does with the third cover.
!! Post below in the comments if you like these covers !!
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Excerpt from Our Daughter:
“Okay, mom,” Randy said.
“You behave yourself and be nice. You’re lucky to have company while you wait for the doctors.”
The woman turned and started back the way she came.
“The nurse said it would be twenty or thirty more minutes, so we’ll eat quick and be back up here before they take you in, okay?”
“Okay, mom.”
“Sorry for him,” the woman said to Katie as she walked by.
“He’s funny.”
Katie grinned.
As the woman left, Katie noticed the boy moving around again on the bed. Before she realized what was happening, the tiny lump disappeared and she could hear the faint sound of bare hands and feet on the tile floor.
He was low crawling under the beds toward her.
A moment later, Randy popped his head out from under the nearest hospital bed, craning his neck around to look up at her.
“Hello, there,” Katie said.
Randy disappeared back under the bed, the bed sheet draping down almost to the floor. Katie could still see three little fingers pressed to the tile.
“What are you here for?” Katie asked, readjusting her seat in the chair, trying to get the ache in her chest to lessen.
For whatever reason, the wheelchair was really uncomfortable.
“Why are – “
Randy’s voice trailed off for a moment as he looked around.
“Why are you here?”
“I’m getting my leg fixed,” Katie said. “See?”
Randy poked his head back out from under the bed and looked at the leg she was pointing to.
“What’s wrong with it?”
“The doctor said it’s broken,” Katie said. “Shattered.”
“Ouch.”
“Yeah. Ouch.”
“Can you feel it?” Randy asked, able to stay out from his hiding place.
“I can feel it, but it’s not too bad,” Katie said, then tapped the IV in her arm. “This thing is giving me medicine of some kind for the pain. At least that’s what the nurses said.”
“Why are you – “
Randy stopped mid-sentence.
He scooted out from under the bed entirely and slowly crept over to er on all fours.
“What are you, some kind of spider?” Katie asked, giggling a little.
“What are you?” Randy echoed.
He was now only about a foot away from her chair and sat there, his legs folded up under him, gawking up at her.
“What are you staring at me for?”
“I’ve never – “
Randy put out a hesitant hand and ever so gently touched her arm.
“Are you some kind of ghost?”
He looked around again.
“Are you – ”
He leaned in, talking in a whisper.
“Are you dead?”
A nurse came around the corner and stopped abruptly, spotting the empty bed in the far corner where Randy should have been.
“Randy Andrews,” the nurse said, her hands now on her hips. “You get right back into the bed and you stop playing around, please. They are ready for you in surgery.”
Katie watched as Randy scrambled on all fours under the beds and back up onto his, pulling the sheet back over top of himself again.
She started to ask him about his question, but couldn’t get the words out before his parents appeared at the door.
Katie sat there quietly, watching Randy stare back at her from under his sheet. She glanced over at his parents and the nurse, noticed Randy’s dad had no hair on the top of his head.
Are you dead?
What kind of question was that?
The snap of the wheel locks being disengaged on Randy’s hospital bed jarred Katie out of the confusion she was in.
The doctor she’d first seen was now at the door, waiting for Randy.
He was his surgeon.
They wheeled Randy out of the room, his parents following right behind, disappearing to the left, heading for his operating room.
The pre-op room was empty again.
Dead.
Are you dead?
What kind of crazy question was that?
The nurse came back through the double doors.
“It won’t be long now,” she said.
“Okay.”
Katie tried not to think about the dull ache growing just behind her sternum.
The nurse disappeared around the corner as Katie watched the double doors to the operating rooms slowly shut.
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