Oct 1, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Some covers try to be cozy. Some try to be whimsical. The Uncomplicated Café tries so hard to be both that it ends up looking like a Hallmark postcard designed in The Sims. Let’s start with the café itself. Perfect siding, perfect balcony,...
Oct 1, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Cozy mystery covers are supposed to be warm, inviting, and a little quirky. Turmeric and Turmoil, however, took “quirky” and decided it meant dropping Barbie into Clipart Town and calling it a day. Front and center, we’ve got our...
Oct 1, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Some covers stumble into chaos, some drown in clipart—but Velvet Sin is guilty of the worst crime of all: crushing mediocrity. This isn’t a book cover. This is the Photoshop template that romance cover designers pull out when they’re late...
Sep 30, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Some covers whisper their themes, some declare them boldly, and some—like Wolf Moon—sprint into Photoshop at midnight, screaming “throw everything in and we’ll sort it out later.” Spoiler: they did not sort it out later. Front and center...
Sep 30, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Smash Words If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if someone designed a book cover entirely in Microsoft Publisher during their lunch break, look no further than Write a Novel in a Year. This isn’t just bad—it’s corporate-training-manual bad....
