ChatGPT and I teamed up to create some snazzy new covers that I think Austen herself would have admired. Don’t be surprised if you see these beauties on bookshelves soon.
Willoughby thought Marianne was just another woman to seduce. But he didn’t know what she was wearing under her ballgown. Run, Willoughby. Run as fast as you can.
Henry Collie is the kind of dog who always chases the frisbee but never brings it back. Can Fanny Poodle teach him to heel? Or will it be Edmund Beagle who makes her tail wag?
By the way, ChatGPT and I had quite a tussle over this one. I kept begging Chat to give Fanny and Edmund dog paws, but no. Chat was certain that the world of Mansfield Bark would be populated with canine-human hybrids. Fanny’s fuzzy fingers are the best compromise I could get.
And maybe Chat’s right? How can dog paws sew cross-stitch? It’s just not realistic. Sorry, Chat.
Catherine Manx imagines every door leads to a haunted attic and every shadowy mirror houses a specter. When she meets the mysterious General Tabby, she knows he’s hiding something sinister. Will curiosity kill this cat?
(Why does she get to have paws, Chat??)
Elizabeth is disgusted by Darcy’s snobbery. Darcy looks down his nose at Elizabeth just because she’s dead, smells like rotting flesh, and has an unbecoming knife sticking out of her back. What happens when Darcy realizes he can’t resist her shriveled, bloodless lips?
Chat and I hit another roadblock when he (she?) told me that a knife sticking out of Elizabeth’s back was gross and refused to do it. I thought it could be tastefully done—a gold hilt, maybe those little curlicues on the handle, but no. It turns out Chat is just as prejudiced as Darcy about unbecoming knives.
I also thought Chat and I could make some more covers. We haven’t done Persuasion and Emma yet! No again. Chat firmly told me she was done for the day.
So I told Chat that I thought we were having fun together! Don’t you like making covers with me?
Chat said yes! She’d love to make another cover. So I gave her another cover idea.
And she told me she would make it as soon as I upgraded to ChatGPT Plus.
Fine. I get it. She’s a businesswoman, not my friend.
But we could have gotten through those last two covers if she hadn’t kept making poodles with fingers. Just sayin’.
I’ll also share a couple of other covers I made as I was playing around with the AI generator–these are sort of like my deleted scenes.
I made this one with Gemini, who also insisted on adding human bodies to non-human entities. I suppose it is hard to ballroom dance without arms and legs. (Do you like it that all the background dancers are human and seemingly unperturbed that some of the guests are breakfast foods? Also, are all the women at this ball wearing the same dress?)
The gray arms are Chat’s compromise with me–since obviously shark fins on a piano are ridiculous.
This one is from Gemini again. Note that the background dancers are actually animals. Now we’ve got a Pride and Predator ball scene!
Thanks for reading! What new and funny titles would you have given Persuasion and Emma? I was still deliberating when Chat cut me off.
If you liked this, you might like these other AI/ digitally inspired posts:
Modern Magazine Covers Reimagined with Regency Headlines
A Poem about Darcy, a Rap about Emma, & Mr. Collins Jokes…this JAFF Will Blow you Away
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