This was my first draft for the cover of a post-apocalyptic, dystopian zombie novel. I tried to depict a gladitorial fight between zombies over a shark pit arena (how cool is that?!) and the cynical, hard-bitten (hehe) main character. I felt I hadn't really captured it.



Next I aimed something less specific, more atmospheric -- to project the terror and decay of the future world depicted in the book.

A mock cover for my own work in progress, a fantasy.

A YA horror novel. I couldn't find the right font -- I wanted something that looked like it had been scratched into a bench at a bus station, since in the book, the heroine finds several creepy messages that way -- so I made my own. This turned out to be a mistake, since it meant any change to the text had to be done...from scratch.

Opps! She's a supposed to be redhead. Break out the Clairol.