Dead Shifter Walking – Kim Bair

Dead Shifter Walking – Kim Bair

See this cover on Good Reads This cover walks all right — straight into the uncanny valley, trips over a wolf head, and tumbles off a badly photoshopped cliff into a pit of fire and poor decisions. Dead Shifter Walking tries to conjure urban fantasy grit and instead...
Breast Punishment Primer – Matt Nicholson

Breast Punishment Primer – Matt Nicholson

See this cover on Good Reads There’s graphic design, and then there’s whatever unholy software séance summoned the cover of Breast Punishment Primer. This isn’t a book cover — it’s a Craigslist ad that got rejected for violating taste. If Microsoft Publisher had a...
Sword of the Guardian – Merry Shannon

Sword of the Guardian – Merry Shannon

See this cover on Good Reads There’s a moment in every artist’s journey when they look back and think: “Ah yes, this was my colored-pencil digital renaissance period, when I combined Windows 98 gradients with the emotional depth of a Sears portrait session.” Sword of...
Hardwired to Rise – Amy Koford

Hardwired to Rise – Amy Koford

See this cover on Good Reads Welcome to the inspirational train wreck that is Hardwired to Rise, a book cover that asks: “What if a PowerPoint slide from 2007 had a spiritual awakening and decided it was a brand?” At first glance, you’re smacked in the face by a...
Psycoms – J. Traveler Pelton

Psycoms – J. Traveler Pelton

See this cover on Good Reads Ah, Psycoms, where the apocalypse meets Sears Family Portrait Studio in a grim union of uncanny valley weirdness and camo-clad confusion. Let’s begin with the first and most glaring red flag: the cast. We’ve got two adults who appear to be...