Drawing for Gold – Clark Guire

Drawing for Gold – Clark Guire

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...
The Littlest Eye – Anya Nagle

The Littlest Eye – Anya Nagle

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...
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...