Sep 8, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Bought Deceit – When Stock Photos Break Free (But Not Really) Sometimes a book cover doesn’t scream horrible because of neon fonts, cartoon cats with skulls, or AI angels dancing on timepieces. No, sometimes it’s horrible because it...
Aug 29, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Cozy Mysteries, Zillow Listings, and Clipart Pets: The Ditie Brown Disaster Every once in a while, a cozy mystery cover shows up that doesn’t whisper “curl up with tea and sleuthing” so much as it screams “free downloadable stock photo...
Aug 19, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Smash Words Proof that mountains can be majestic… and still photobombed by bad typography. Ladies and gentlemen, gather ‘round for today’s installment of “Why Did This Happen to Design?” — a little number I like to call Above It All. Here’s the...
Aug 18, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Ah, House of Ice and Whispers. A title that promises mystery, danger, and intrigue — and a cover that delivers none of the above, instead serving up a $12 buffet of “fantasy clichés” on a chipped, medieval-themed plate from the local...
Aug 13, 2025 | Horrible Covers
If microbes really see the world like this, then we owe them an apology — not for our hygiene habits, but for this cover. Imagine Earth as a giant game board populated exclusively by gender-neutral restroom signs, all frozen mid-fall. Hovering above them? Two massive...
