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  • Cover for Rage of the Wiled, showing atmospheric background with dense, shadowy blue-green foliage bordered in metallic gold vines. From the top dangles a gold spider. A gold fox is centered beneath the large serif title: Rage of the Wiled. Revey Galaer is centered at the cover's bottom.

    Rage of the Wiled

    October 27
  • Cover for Copper Breadcrumbs shows a background of shining copper pennies. In the foreground there are two silhouettes, a short teenager facing a menacing knight silhouette holding a sharp sword menacingly in his direction. The book title and author's name, James Edgar, are written in block copper font.

    Copper Breadcrumbs

    June 11
  • Cover for Strange Lights showing an illustrated night scene of a campfire by a Winnebago with pine trees in the background. A man in a sweater and jeans and a young child with long hair, rainboots, a backpack stand next to the campfire, both facing away. A third person is visible lounging on the top of the Winnebago, also facing away. Two round roomba style vacuums fly through the air. The title is written in an illustrated font of stars at the top of the image and the authors' name, Mira Gonzalez, is written in slanting font at the base of the image. The color scheme is neon pink, orange, and blue with green.

    Strange Lights

    October 6
  • Cover of The Mess That Made Them by Ryan T. Pozzi.

    The Mess That Made Them: How History’s Greatest Artists Failed, Floundered, and Made Something Brilliant Anyway

    September 3
  • Cover for The Ginghams, showing a distressed girl with a messy, blonde ponytail surrounded by kids her age all dressed in gingham with dead-eyed expressions and creepy, identical smiles. The title, THE GINGHAMS is written up top in Flourescent green, with the author’s name, TC Kemper written at the bottom. The tagline is also featured: Never Trust A Perfect Smile. The cover is illustrated in shades of blue.

    The Ginghams

    July 28
  • Cover for The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson, showing an illustrated Victorian London street with black lampposts and horse-drawn carriage against a graduated vibrant blue background. There are the illustrated silhouettes of two women in long, ornate Victorian dresses in the middle. The book title is in bold white font, and the author's name is in light pink, as are other details on the cover such as the lights of the lampposts. Black and light blue envelopes swirl across the scene, and one of the women is holding a solitary pink envelope.

    The Last Telegram of Mrs. Hudson

    September 3
  • Cover for These Vile Hearts by Melody Robinette, showing a whimsical tree covered in dripping candles and red flowers, with roots growing into an anatomical heart, flanked by a dryad man with horns and a fairy with black eyes, as well as a dagger and insulin syringe.

    These Vile Hearts

    August 11
  • Cover for Westward Women, showing the outline o a woman's face in hypnotic red circles. The woman is wearing yellow sunglasses, also comprised of hypnotic circles, that look like abstract suns. The book title and author name, Alice Martin, are written in 1970s, hippie-esque font. A quote from Joyce Carol Oates on the cover compares the book to Margaret Atwood's style.

    Westward Women

    March 10
  • Book cover for The Death Row Club by V.A. Vazquez. Neon pink lettering overlays a moody teal night scene of a lit cabin at the end of a winding driveway surrounded by dark forest. A blurb reads, “Fresh and unforgettable” — Karin Slaughter.

    The Death Row Club

    July 14
  • Cover for All the Scattered Stars, showing a dark green background with a predominate golden koru done in a distressed style. An intricate gold border of lines, dots, and swirls frames the edges. The title is spelled out in a bold, golden font and the author's name, Via Luino, appears at the top.

    All the Scattered Stars

    April 21
  • The cover for The Game of Oaths, featuring a red circus tent with the Eiffel Tower in front, and a golden trapeze artist above. The circus tent is flanked with red roses, joker playing cards, and red butterflies with gold designs. The book title is in front of the image, with a dagger making up the "T" in the word "Oaths" and dripping blood. The author's name, S.C. Bandreddi, is below on a brown ribbon. The cover's background is a teal blue color and decorated with gold sparkles, as well as the outline of an analog clock.

    The Game of Oaths

    June 2
  • A pink cover with gold accents. A banner with the title reading “Letters from the Last Apothecary” over a photo of a Victorian style greenhouse at sunset.

    Letters from the Last Apothecary

    June 9
  • Cover for "Casting April," showing an illustrated Chinese girl pulling back a theater curtain to reveal a stage. She is wearing a headset and a tracheostomy tube, and she's holding the script for a play called "Finding Primula." Onstage, an actor in an astronaut costume is looking into the spotlight. The book title is decorated with stars.

    Casting April

    June 16
  • Cover for Fleet of Wonders, showing an ornate ship-of-the-line on tossing seas against a sunrise. Surrounding the rising sun is a decorative circular gold motif reminiscent of a compass or a clock; toward the top of the cover, this gold motif connects with a decorative rectangular frame for the cover, adorned with three gold-outlined blue and purple Atropa belladonna flowers. Sea hawks swoop through the air, silhouetted by the sun.

    Fleet of Wonders

    October 27
  • Cover for Where the Bones Took Root, featuring a cloaked young woman at the center. She has dark brown hair and green eyes. She holds a dagger in one hand and a necklace with a finger bone pendant in the other. Green magic crackles around the hand holding the bone, encircling the peridot ring she wears. There is also a leatherbound spellbook hanging from her belt. The background is a dark, moonlit forest with a turreted castle in the distance. On either side of the girl, there are skeletons and glowing blue mushrooms.

    Where the Bones Took Root

    October 6
  • Cover for Blood Bound, showing a blue and red cover with a decorative dragon and winged-panther flying towards each other.

    Blood Bound

    May 7
  • Cover for "The Three Beasts", showing a large black silhouette of a three-headed dragon on a yellow background.The looming dragon is looking down at the three main characters: Dima, Espie, and Keris, each wielding ornate kalis swords with wavy, serpentine blades. Within the dragon's figure are faint images of more characters (older-looking men) and more dragons of different species. The title is in all-black, stylized Gothic text with swirly flourishes. The Author/Artist is Grovey Pascasio, with contribution by Buddy Beaudoin (Letterer).

    The Three Beasts

    December 22
  • Cover for Space for Saffron, by Rie Neal. Image shows a 10-year-old girl with fair skin and red hair, wearing a bone-anchored hearing aid. She stands in the doorway of a coffee shop, holding a model volcano.

    Space for Saffron

    February 3
  • Cover for The Found Object Society, showing a tangled, green vine image with various objects hidden throughout: a QR code, a hand, a ring, a perfume bottle, a cigarette lighter, glasses, a bank vault door, along with the title and author name in a yellow font.

    The Found Object Society

    February 19
  • Cover for The Heresy of Thieves, showing a painterly illustrated manticore with pink and gold stylized wings, roaring defiantly before a crowd of armed soldiers. In the background, a city atop a mountain glistens with firelight. The book title and author's name are written in a stylized heavy display font in white.

    The Heresy of Thieves

    October 6
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