Expedition – Poppy Orion

Expedition – Poppy Orion

See this cover on Good Reads Welcome to this week’s entry in “Glow Stick Disasters in Space,” starring a cover that asks: What if a radioactive butterfly crash-landed in a cyberpunk nightclub and then forgot why it was there? Behold: Expedition, Volume 5 of The...
Booking a Killer Wave – J.R. Ripley

Booking a Killer Wave – J.R. Ripley

See this cover on Good Reads Imagine grabbing a stack of clip art from a ’90s educational CD-ROM, dumping it onto a beach, and calling it a mystery novel. Congratulations, you’ve just recreated the cover of Booking a Killer Wave. If this cover were a...
My Pain is My Identity – Lawyer Johnson

My Pain is My Identity – Lawyer Johnson

See this cover on Good Reads Some covers whisper pain. This one scream-cries it with three fonts, a murdery glow effect, and what looks like a coffee stain splashed onto the emotional climax. Welcome to the visual therapy session no one asked for: My Pain Is My...

The Sound of Violet – Allen Wolf

See this cover on Good Reads In a world full of visual noise, The Sound of Violet hits a flat note. And then tries to pass it off as a love song. Let’s start with the most glaring element — the bridge. Not just any bridge. This is the Bruce Banner of bridges, hulking...
A Ferry Long Way To Go – Misty Simon

A Ferry Long Way To Go – Misty Simon

See this cover on Good Reads Sometimes a cover tells you exactly what you’re in for — in this case, it’s a long and bumpy ride down the river of cut-and-paste design, with no ferry in sight and a whole lot of visual turbulence. A Ferry Long Way to Go is meant to be a...