Hi all!
If you haven’t seen my social media posts, then you might not know that I have revealed the cover for Mute! Without further ado…
Again, this cover has been designed by the wonderful people at Deranged Doctor Design! As with all of my previous covers, I thought I’d explain some parts of the design!
The cat on the cover is Solaris, one of the guardians. He is not the main character, but he does assist her in her fight against the wendigo.
The colour scheme for this book is grey and pale green.
The background is a forest that is present in the book. Audra will sometimes dream herself there and be pursued by the wendigo.
The buildings in the background are also a part of the forest, where the wendigo hunts.
The blade beneath Solaris’ paws is a dagger, which Audra uses to defend herself against the wendigo.
I originally wanted the wendigo to appear on this cover in some form, but I thought it would look too messy and also doesn’t fit with the overall look.
I had a difficult time picking the font for this one but I think the one I chose is easy to read and also very fitting for the story.
The cover is very dark and dreary, fitting the horror theme of the book.
The design put my author name at the bottom this time as it is more standard for horror books.
All in all I am very happy with how this cover turned out as I’m not as well-versed with horror covers as I am with fantasy. I’ve a lot of people tell me that the cover reminds them of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, and that was the book that got me into horror!
Mute will be out in October 2021, pre-order will be available in August!
That’s it for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading, see you next week!
