Tag: book
Designing new Effugium trilogy covers
With the release of the final book of the Kryuss trilogy drawing near, I decided I wanted a cohesive look for all three covers. Originally, I’d wanted a very basic, vintage aesthetic for Effugium, so I made these: I couldn’t quite get it how I wanted it, though, and the drab color palette didn’t really work for me. It just didn’t pop. I wound up … Continue reading Designing new Effugium trilogy covers
Exitium: nearing completion
The rough draft of Exitium, the third book in my Effugium trilogy, is nearing completion, and I’m pretty pleased with how it’s turned out. This one’s got Kryuss from one million years in the future skipping around time and space in a giant golden faberge egg powered by compressed stars from uninhabited galaxies and operated using an antikythera. It’s called the Zeitgeist. It’s got a … Continue reading Exitium: nearing completion
The Act of Laughing: free this Christmas(and the day after)
The Act of Laughing, a fast-paced slow burn of a thriller about the decay that festers beneath masks of perfection is free today and tomorrow for Kindle. Grave Concerns is free as well. Continue reading The Act of Laughing: free this Christmas(and the day after)
The cover of my upcoming novel. The setting is West Texas in 1986 and deals with a group of teenagers who have been sent to a fundamentalist Christian “deprogramming” camp. Continue reading
Patrick Walts 