Covers: A Post-script

Posted in Precious Blood by Jonathan on July 6th, 2010

By curious coincidence, just after I’d blathered on about my book covers, Goran Alfred from Bra Bocker, who are publishing the Swedish edition of Precious Blood, sent me the cover he’d designed. This is another cover that’s more about graphic design than illustration; it has a visceral quality that’s quite bracing, but I really like it.

I told Goran it reminded me tonally/texturally of one of my favourite video game series, the survival horror franchise called Silent Hill. Since he’s not a gamer, I sent him a clip of the game. I’m just realizing he never replied – I hope he wasn’t offended by the comparison! I better check…