Jun 12
Dead Stuff With Big Teeth’s Art Direction: For our new erotic historical fantasy…what does the name “Dark Enchantment” suggest to you? Purple… and… pointy! EXACTLY! So fetch us a shot of Brad, with a lightbulb pressed up against his face, and purple it up. Oh, and add a mansion under the lightbulb. Preferably that one where the lighting is coming head-on.
Published 2004
June 12th, 2013 at 10:02 am
Is he bored because he’s had it up to here with sexy vampires, or is he dazed because he hit his head on the flippin’ moon?
June 12th, 2013 at 11:11 am
Mebbe s’not a vampire this time. Bloodlust, hmm, maybe tis the first erotic chupacabra novel.. I’d read that I would. However, considering how uninspired this cover is, tis unlikely.
June 12th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
@THX 1138. I’d say lunar concussion. Notice how he’s gone slightly cross-eyed?
June 12th, 2013 at 12:10 pm
Exterior shot: quaint buildings, man running, Rover bouncing along in pursuit.
NUMBER SIX: Where am I?
NUMBER TWO: In the Village.
NUMBER SIX: What do you want?
NUMBER TWO: Dark enchantment.
NUMBER SIX: Whose side are you on?
NUMBER TWO: That would be telling. We want enchantment … enchantment … enchantment.
NUMBER SIX: You won’t get it.
NUMBER TWO: By hook or by crook, we will.
June 12th, 2013 at 1:16 pm
Sheesh are there any normal evil vampires around anymore??
At least in this book he is a giant vampire, look at the size of the wee boys noggin!!
June 12th, 2013 at 1:32 pm
I think the fonts should be bigger myself.
June 12th, 2013 at 3:59 pm
“Does anyone have a light? I can’t read this enchantment! It’s too dark!”
June 12th, 2013 at 4:39 pm
The craft of typography is dead. I mean, c’mon, everyone knows there are only THREE dots in an ellipsis…
(See?)
June 12th, 2013 at 4:57 pm
From the Department Of We-Don’t-Have-Any-Cover-Ideas-But-We-Did-Just-License-This-Awesome-Font.
June 12th, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Looks like giant vampire metroman is heading a soccer ball.
June 12th, 2013 at 5:24 pm
This is what you see if you eat too many Parma Violets in a short time
June 12th, 2013 at 5:40 pm
@Phil
What if it’s not a four dot ellipses, but a pair of vampire puncture wounds? ART!
June 12th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
If those three words are ever used when describing your family holiday, you are in so much trouble.
“How was holiday with the wife and kids? Anything interesting?”
“Fabulous! Just absolutely spectacular! It was a dark, erotic journey and..what? Why are you looking at me that way? Who are you calling?”
June 12th, 2013 at 5:57 pm
Bloodlust? Really? When not even one pointy font is tipped in red?
June 12th, 2013 at 7:15 pm
@TagWizard: naah, if they were vampire puncture wounds, they’d have blood trickles running from them.
I think Dark Enchantment is the new selection from Cadbury. The purple colour is the giveaway.
June 12th, 2013 at 9:42 pm
Good Show Sir — Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal-Historical-Romance-Fiction book covers
June 13th, 2013 at 3:14 pm
DARK BOREDOM
June 13th, 2013 at 8:07 pm
DORK ENCHANTMENT
June 16th, 2013 at 10:04 am
FearofMusic, I definitely prefer my erotic journeys to be well lit. But then I’m a man and as we are constantly being told men like their porn, sorry, “erotic journeys” to be visual. I’m guessing that if you read this as an e-book you’re required to set your reader to purple type on a black background.