Check out the Nicki Gonzalez – debuting cover cover

If you have recently watched Debutiful social media, you may have already noticed the cover of Leak In a recent publication on the Mail Hype Post Summer Book. If you’re not ready, get ready to be blown up.

Leak from Nicky Gonzalez is a modern, gothic horror placed in Florida. Gonzalez, who is a native of Hyalea, Florida, introduces the readers of two alienated friends who reunite at a house in Evergades. What follows is a disturbing and missed journey into the madness of friendship, while being persecuted by their environment.

Set will be published on July 22, the book is available for pre -order. You can read stories and previous work of gonzalez that has appeared in Maxuini’s quarterly concern., Bomb magazineKenyon Review Online and Taco Bell Quarterly, among others, on her website.

Debutif is pleased to reveal the cover designed by Andreea dumutaOn Gonzalez’s debut, along with questions and answers with the writer, to look at behind the scenes how the cover appeared.

As you write the book, do you have any ideas for what you want the cover to look like?

Absolutely. I had an album on my phone that serves as a mood board – very black and red and green, very insulated houses and tangled flora. There were also a few soft covers for Gothic novels and a few vintage posters for Italian horror films there. I also made a trip to the bookstore specifically to look at the new art table and a note that covers my eye. The line in most images was a limited color palette, or monochromatic or working with three colors max. I love the way certain color combinations make book covers and I wanted that for the cover of LeakS I also felt early that the cover should not have a face or even a human figure.

Can you explain what the design process is after you start working with your publishing team?

I had a meeting with my editor to talk about my hopes and dream dreams. At this meeting I was like “Can I share my screen? I have a … document “and I continued to scroll through a bullet list, complete with examples. The first point of the bullet just said “a big sexy Gothic font” (think of Marina Yushtsuk Thirst Or to John Darkiel Devil) And as you can see, I got my wish. I also shared some art from my mood board. One image was a surreal piece of Andreea dumuta On the glowing neck in a dark tree. I would mark it a few years ago and continued to go back to it and think “This is my book”, so I was excited when the design team offered to work with Andrey on a version of Everglades for the cover. There were two more cover options that were magnificent, including a different large sexy Gothic font that I still think of. You were hurting them, but the door was irresistible.

What was it like to see your finalized cover for the first time?