One of my favourite parts of Writing Battle is creating cover art to go with the stories. I also like to make them for friends, and on request (free!).

Click for more detail. You will need to have an account on the Writing Battle website to read these stories; mention of their title and cover here does not constitute publishing the stories.

The Tamarisks Favorite Tyrant by Nelson White

The Bargaining Barrel by L.J. Ratliff

Sir Didymus, A Rags to Riches Perfect King by Sheri Mehaffey

Opium

Taking The Waters by Regan Westergard

In The Silence and Moonlight by Allison Morin

High Stakes by Amanda Jeffery

I am the monster beneath my own bed by Sam James

Chewed Up by Sam Wise

The Bedpan Witch of the Great Trek, 1841 by M.L. Strijdom

The Better Half of Our Good Times by Eric Pritchard

Pay The Rent by Sam James

Our Forgotten Treasure by Maverick Jones

Looking For New Highs With Friends In Low Places by Grace Quon

The Art of Subduction by Sam James

Will This Cycle Last Forever by Maverick Jones

A Becoming Man by Tommy Baker

Burning Conviction by Chris Fulwell

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I use free image sites such as Unsplash, Pixabay and Pexels to get royalty free images. I then use a free app, Affinity, to create the compositions.

I do not use AI at any part of the process, either generative or to get ideas. I will not feed your work into the plagiarism machine.

• I only make covers for Writing Battle stories (not books, etc)
• I’m entirely an amateur! There are no guarantees I can fit cover requests into my schedule, or that you will like what I come up with. I may be able to do minor edits, but not full redos.
• You are welcome to use the cover I come up with, or not. I won’t be offended.
• I don’t charge for covers. If you’d like to contribute, please donate a few dollars to The AT Society.
• IMPORTANT: If there is currently a peer Writing Battle running, please note that I can only make covers for the genre I am writing in myself; at least until debrief start. As of May 2026, I am in the Haunted House genre. Please do not send me any stories or details of your story if you are not in this genre.

Sam’s current peer contest genre:

Haunted House

Updated May 2026