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“Chosen” Cover Design

Something’s rotten in Ludlow, Pennsylvania. Something in the water. It’s turning townspeople into thoughtless apparitions, pale and lifeless reflections of themselves–the Brethren–who serve the Angel in the Depths, crave only the Light in the Dark. Led by the shadowy Mal Lazarus, who is intent on taking over the town, the Brethren stalk through the streets and alleys of Ludlow, taking victims to the Mercy River, where they face something far worse than death. Standing in their way, a handful of people–a photographer, an art teacher, a high school student, a priest, a federal agent–all try to stop the Brethren from taking over Ludlow, all try to prevent Lazarus from realizing his dire dream in the service of the Light in the Dark. But is it too late for the town, and, in the end, too late for them?

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“Saamaanthaa” Book Cover Design

Something’s been eating Samantha’s friends, and she’s afraid it just might be her. Set in Chicago in 2007, “Saamaanthaa” follows Samantha Hain, a 28-year-old performance artist whose peers include poets and painters who see themselves as ...

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“Dishes in the Dark”

Life begins at 40, or so they say. That’s what Agnes Ballard tells herself each night, as she does her dishes in the dark. Married to a lout of a man, her college sweetheart, a tax accountant named Felix Hartley, with four children, Agnes goes through her day wondering where she could have gone wrong, how she could have made things better. She remembers wanting to be a doctor, but as she gazes in the sink basins, seeing only dishes, bubbles, and the reflection of the moon, Agnes throws off her apron and her inhibitions, and sets out on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure that will change who she is, and who she isn’t, forever.

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