Jan 9, 2026 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if a Lisa Frank folder collided with a fantasy novel generator and then exploded inside Photoshop, Whispers of the Elixir is your answer. It’s like someone tried to whisper magic into...
Jan 2, 2026 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Sometimes, a book cover doesn’t need sparkles or glowing swords to earn its place in the Hall of Shame. Sometimes, all it takes is one soldier holding a rifle like it’s his emotional support broomstick to derail an entire military...
Dec 29, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads In the garden of book design, some covers bloom… and others get tangled in their own metaphorical brambles. The Thornbound Promise promises a magical romantic epic, but what it actually delivers is a thorny tangle of bad layout...
Dec 22, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads “Fall Into Fantasy,” they said. And fall it did — directly into the uncanny valley, bouncing off every branch of Photoshop purgatory on the way down. Let’s start with the star of the show: the floating specter of stock asset regret....
Dec 22, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Who sits upon the throne of bad fantasy cover design? Behold A City of Ashes, where the art direction clearly took a smoke break and never returned. This isn’t just dark fantasy — it’s a glow-filtered mess propped up by a very tired throne...
