Never judge a book by its cover. That’s a saying I’m now in two minds about as I write this post, as I’ve seen the gorgeous new cover of Seeking Perfection – I think it’ll be worth buying the book for that alone!

I now have the hard task of living up to the standards set by my good friend, Edinburgh-based illustrator, Ben Morris, who took my brief for a Tremors-inspired cover and created a thing of beauty.

I then handed the cover over to two very talented Edinburgh-based creatives, animator Kayla Stuhr and musician Emília Rovira Alegre, who made a stunning trailer to announce the impending arrival of Seeking Perfection.

Both the cover and trailer premiered last week on one the world’s biggest horror websites, Fangoria, and now I can publish them here. First up is the front cover of the book:

And then the trailer:

Let me know what you think in the comments below.

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