We’re back with another Caption That Cover! Yay!
This cover was sent in to us by Lucy. Here’s what Lucy had to say:
This book cover seems to have an oddly hypnotic effect – I would scroll past it, then back up again because I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing. But it really is called “Them Back Dimples”. I can only assume the cover art was chosen in an attempt to live up to the title!
The following discussion at SBTB HQ devolved into whether or not those are really back dimples and not some hardened alien carapace.
Here are the rules for captioning that cover:
Comment below with your caption! Caption that cover however you wish! You can come up with a new title or tagline. A winner will be randomly selected at the end of the contest!
The best captioner will receive a $10 bookstore credit to a book retailer of their choosing.
Standard disclaimers apply: We are not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18. How many dimples do you see? Is this an optical illusion or one of those magic eye pictures? I will say though that those sweatpants look comfortable and I hope he shares the details on where he got them. Comments will close Friday February 22, 2019 around noon ET, and a winner will be announced shortly thereafter.
Good luck!
Winner update: Congratulations to Marian Perera with the winning caption:
He checked the back of his skull, hoping it bulged and rippled with muscles too, but was disappointed that he didn’t even feel a head dimple.
“Them back dimples connected to ma butt dimples;
Ma butt dimples connected to ma knee dimples–
Oh mercy! how they scare.”
The dawn of a new sub-genre, “Hero as flayed anatomy specimen.” And is that a wee Alien about to bust out of his left triceps?
As she spied him from across the gym she was mesmerized…the muscles of his back were moving and flowing like raging water over river stones. Every lift of the weights gave her new patterns to admire. At one point, a flash of a familiar face appeared…covered head, peaceful smile. Was that the Virgin Mary appearing in the dips and bulges of the stranger’s back? Gah!
“Maybe I shouldn’t have had so many tequila shots last night at girls’ night!”
He checked the back of his skull, hoping it bulged and rippled with muscles too, but was disappointed that he didn’t even feel a head dimple.
The Star Trek fandom has gone too far…
1) Ferenghi Man-ipulation: A Plastic Surgery Cautionary Tale
Or
2) Klingon To These Dimples, Baby
@MizFletcher: Maybe it’s a lipoma?
(I guess I’ve been watching too much Dr. Pimple Popper.)
Oh. My. God. Becky, look at his back.
It is so big. And those dimples.
He looks like one of those badger shifter boyfriends.
Bae got back!
The same old love story between a boy and Dimples, the symbiotic parasite burrowing under his skin
Is that his skin or a carapace? Only his aesthetician knows for sure.
They say everyone has a tell, you just have to keep your eyes open and look for it. But no one ever told me to look below the neck.
Angry? Frustrated? Check them back dimples.
Exhausted? Lonely? Peek them back dimples.
Shy? Falling in love? It’s all there in them back dimples.
Now that she knows the secrets of his heart, can she ever turn away from… them back dimples?
Ah I can’t help myself, I have to go with what first popped into my head, which is legitimately one of my favorite [also completely ridiculous] BTS lyrics:
“That dimple is illegal…so I’ll call you illegirl.”
Dr. Magdelena Schmidt’s day got off to rough start when she realized that the Rorschach test cards had gone missing. Luckily thanks to her intimate knowledge of the newest, hottest’s resident, Dr. Dirk Ryan’s anatomy, she had a back-up plan. A literal back-up plan.
Knowing that dimples are really malformations of the muscle, Brett worked hard to build up his other muscles in order to hide them.
Those back dimples caused a Foggy London spew. (Downton Abbey Earl Grey Tea Latte). I know better than to read SBTB posts while sipping a beverage.
At first I thought it was “The Back” by Dimples Maysage. So, yeah. There are problems before you even get to the guy.
Their not from like fatb though, that would be ucky.
The dimples on his back was his secret weapon to winning the body builder competition.
I didn’t even notice the dimples, I was so fascinated by the pine tree growing up his spine.
“No, it’s right here. See where my finger is pointing? No, my index finger. Yes, my right hand. Are you wearing your glasses?”
My house, any given day.
Dolly Parton’s music inspires a plus-size bodybuilder to enter a beauty contest…Oh, wait, sorry. I thought you said “Them Back Dumplins.”
(Building on this bit of bright hilarity from SBTB HQ: “The following discussion at SBTB HQ devolved into whether or not those are really back dimples and not some hardened alien carapace.”)
No Lost Tone: Exoskeleton Sex
The Anagram Erotica Series
Vol. 1
*I know this isn’t full-on anagram work, but I had fun playing around at https://www.thewordfinder.com/
Sorry, that’s all the dimples ya get with a negative BMI.
You put the back dimples in
you take the back dimples out
you put the back dimples in
and you shake them all about
you do the hokey pokey
and you turn yourself around
that’s what it’s all about.