Goodbye to old friends, hello new...

I was quite fond of my earliest book covers, MS Paint vector-graphic cartoon-like computer colouring-book imitation things that screamed 'home-made' and didn't pretend to be anything otherwise. But like all the best nostalgia, I knew they didn't have staying power, weren't even intended to have lasted more than an unpublished author profile originally, and at some point would be at least half-relegated to history.

All books get revamped and re-launched and redesigned over time. You only have to look at the latest official covers for Arthur Conan Doyle and Jane Austen. They're not sticking with what they started out wearing.

So for this season, Death & The City will mostly be wearing:

Followed by...

Along with...

And of course...

And elsewhere...

Fashion is a fickle friend, but to me these combine just the right amount of creepy and crazy to keep me happy for the forseeable present ;)

L xxxxxx