Nov 29, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads If this is drawing for gold, I can only assume the competition was judged by blindfolded squirrels. Welcome to a cover that takes aim — and misses the target, the point, and possibly the genre. Let’s start with the obvious. Our heroic...
Nov 29, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Some book covers whisper elegance. Others shout their genre from rooftops. The Power of Paradox doesn’t whisper or shout — it mumbles inspirational clichés into a beige void while pointing awkwardly at a stock yin-yang symbol. This cover...
Nov 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Ah yes, The Littlest Eye, brought to you by the fine folks at Graphic Design Is My Passion Publishing. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a ransom note and a postcard from 1973 have a lovechild, this cover is your answer. Let’s...
Nov 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
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...
Nov 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
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...