Oct 21, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Awesome Gang A Climax In Time sounds like the setup for a historical romance, a sci-fi epic, or possibly a bad pun stretched across the space-time continuum. What we got instead is a cover that looks like it fell through a wormhole made entirely of...
Oct 20, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Smash Words Welcome to the barnyard of bafflement, where color theory, photo editing, and basic design principles come to die. Let’s talk about Humorous Stories by Scott W. Clark — a book cover so devoid of intentional design it feels like a rogue...
Oct 20, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you mix clip-art horror with Florida tourism pamphlets, look no further than Hangry as Hell — a novella that appears to be literally hemorrhaging design choices. Let’s start at the top. The title...
Oct 20, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Ah yes, another thrilling entry in the Katie & Maverick Cozy Mysteries, where the mystery isn’t so much whodunnit as it is “who approved this cover?” Let’s start with what hits you immediately: the “design” is essentially a...
Oct 18, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Today we gather ‘round the flickering lantern of bad design to mourn yet another Southern Gothic cover dragged down by the ghost of Microsoft Paint past. The Wretched and Undone promises haunted intensity, literary depth, and backwoods...