by Sarah Raplee
Whilst working on ideas for the title
and cover for our upcoming anthology, Judith Ashley, Diana McCollum and I have
discovered how easily titles without covers can be misinterpreted. Which is one
reason we need cover art: to help set the tone and genre of the story in the
reader’s mind.
Just for fun, I’ve put together a list of real titles of tv shows,
along with alternative descriptions that fit the titles about as well as the
real shows’ descriptions.
See what you think!
Lab Rats – Two children
rescue a group of what they think are rats from a testing laboratory, only to
discover the “rats” were created from fertilized eggs to which Labrador
retriever genes were added.
Two Broke Girls – A transvestite
buddy comedy.
Under the Dome – A creatively-daring
new show about the three parts of a genius inventor’s personality, portrayed by
three actors, who vie for control of his thoughts and actions inside the man’s bald
head (which looks like a round video game parlor.)
Merlin – A nature
documentary about the life cycle of these fascinating birds.
Game of Thrones – A royal
trivia game show.
Warehouse 13 – A historical
drama about the early days of the Longshoreman’s Union.
Lost Girl – A romantic
comedy-adventure about a beautiful martian stranded in the Wild West during the
California gold rush.
Mad Men – A documentary
series about insane men throughout history.
Continuum – Real-time
news coverage of Congress in action.
Longmire – Medieval
travelers lose their way in a seemingly-endless marshland and must depend on
one another in order to survive.
Can you think up a fictitious
show for one of these titles?
Falling Skies
Downton Abbey
Elementary
Psych
