Five Book Covers, Five Nights: SAVAGE SPECIES, Part Five: THE OLD ONE

Posted on by Jonathan Janz

What a crazy several days it has been. There are many cool things at work on the writing front, an even greater number of things going on with the family (all good, just ridiculously busy), and, well…there’s this:

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One great thing about Samhain Horror and Don D’Auria is that they let you provide ideas about your potential covers. And the crazy thing is, they actually listen to you. Or at least they pretend to. Either way, it’s fun to hunt around the Internet for wild cover art ideas. On occasion what I describe to Don and the amazing Angela Waters ends up being almost exactly what I’d envisioned (this cover for DARK ZONE, for instance). At other times, Angela ends up taking things in a direction I never imagined (see: HOUSE OF SKIN). In both circumstances, I’ve ended up loving my covers.

The above cover represents a little bit of both: I did say I wanted to see the Old One in close-up or extreme close-up (and folks, I can’t wait to introduce you to this sadistic, ancient villain), but from there Angela took it and ran. Needless to say, I’m very happy with the result.

Just in case you haven’t yet heard, the nightmarish serial novel SAVAGE SPECIES will all begin on June 4th with the free novella-length first installment NIGHT TERRORS (pre-order it now, folks!).

So join me tomorrow for the final new book cover, this one for my fifth novel, which is coming in February 2014. It’s a vampire western called DUST DEVILS, and tomorrow night will mark the first time anyone other than the artist, the editor, or the author will view its awesome cover.

 

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Jonathan Janz grew up between a dark forest and a graveyard, and in a way, that explains everything. Brian Keene named his debut novel The Sorrows “the best horror novel of 2012”. The Library Journal deemed his follow-up, House of Skin, “reminiscent of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Peter Straub’s Ghost Story.” Samhain Horror will also publish his third novel, The Darkest Lullaby, in April. Savage Species will be his fourth full-length work. Look for his fifth novel, a vampire western called Dust Devils, in early 2014. He has also written three novellas (The Clearing of Travis Coble, Old Order, and Witching Hour Theatre) and several short stories. His primary interests are his wonderful wife and his three amazing children, and though he realizes that every author’s wife and children are wonderful and amazing, in this case the cliché happens to be true. You can learn more about Jonathan at www.jonathanjanz.com. You can also find him on Facebook, via @jonathanjanz on Twitter, or on his Goodreads and Amazon author pages.