Cover story may refer to:
- a story in a magazine whose subject matter appears on its front cover
- a fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive, e.g. when a terrorist pretends to be farmer to buy fertilizer or to provide an explanation in case it is found; the story in the case of a cover-up
Famous quotes containing the words cover and/or story:
“There is reason in the distinction of civil and uncivil. The manners are sometimes so rough a rind that we doubt whether they cover any core or sap-wood at all.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)