Sep 21, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Ah, the romance genre: a place where biceps and beasts are forever bound, and subtlety was banished long ago. Grey rides gallantly into that stable of clichés, proudly waving a banner that reads, “I am abs. I am horse. That’s enough,...
Sep 21, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads When you title your book Hold Fast, the cover really shouldn’t look like it’s about to let go entirely. Yet here we are, staring at a watercolor fever dream where history, anatomy, and graphic design all walked the plank. Let’s start with...
Sep 20, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Somewhere deep in the Alaskan wilderness, a lone wolf howls in the snow… possibly in grief, possibly in artistic protest over being trapped under 14 layers of bad typography. Welcome to Dead Body in the Dark, Book 7 in the Talkeetna...
Sep 20, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Nothing says timeless design quite like three completely unrelated clocks photoshopped onto a background the color of burnt peanut butter and despair. Welcome to The Grandfather Clock Owner’s Repair Manual, a cover that boldly asks the...
Sep 20, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Welcome to Las Vegas, where the lights are bright, the sequins are tight, and book covers apparently audition for a Broadway marquee. The Death of a Showgirl tries so desperately to be cinematic that it skipped “book cover design 101” and...
