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Front cover of my novel, The Naked Ghost, published May 2011. This was my fifth book, but it was my first novel – the previous books are moldy oldy non-fiction long out of date. Who said obsolete?
I created the cover image by layering two photographs, one “modulated” by the other. The intent is funny-creepy. Not entirely creepy, since the ghosts in the book are mostly pranksters, and none too scary. Mostly. The top photograph is a scan from a 1970s B&W shoot on actual film of a nude male model. I Photoshop’d the other one from a recent (2011) shot of an old building. It’s abstracted and cropped severely, as I only wanted a non-realistic suggestion of a building.
The Naked Ghost is available in paperback and electronic editions. The ISBN (for paper) is 978-1-879211-01-8 – available here – and Amazon’s ASIN for the Kindle edition is: B00522VEME.
ePub and other e-book editions are available online from Smashwords and from Barnes & Noble . For other excruciating details, see my blog
Edit: Now I have a sixth book, also a novel. Here’s the cover
Jay Gross is a former newspaper reporter and editor (but I’ve reformed!), a magazine writer and editor, a non-fiction author, and a freelance writer and commercial photographer. He’s also a geek (not planning to reform anytime soon), and a novelist . A native of Aiken, South Carolina, he loves art, cats, books and classical music.
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Congratulations, gay ghosts are a great idea. Do they beautify and color coordinate the house too?
Definitely. It was their fancy house before they got shall-we-say ghostified. One plays the piano at odd times – torch songs and Rachmaninoff – and another one poses as a white ceramic cat that purrs when touched. I’ve installed four mischievous ghosts, total, but these are the main ones. Thanks for commenting. -J:
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Looks a great book cover for an interesting and entertaining book!
Thanks loads. I wanted the cover to be ghostly, but not too much, as well as intriguing and inviting. And abstract, since the subject is ghosts after all. -J:
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Great book, Jay.
You read it! Thanks loads! -J:
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Super interesting :)
Thank you thank you thank you. -J:
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well done!
Many thanks! -J:
– Jay Gross
The interestingness artwork by your great created, I love it:)
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Thank you, thank you. And thanks for the fave. -J:
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a well designed cover for a uniquely imaginative book concept; I’m sure its a great read and as a fellow published author i wish you the very best in sales, my friend!
Thank you very much. -J:
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November 1,2012
Great news, makes my day. Quite an honor. Thank you very much. -J:
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Excellent work!!!
Thank you! Glad you like it. -J:
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How exciting to have a novel published. I’ll have to look for it.
This was my fifth published book. I take the blame for another novel after this one, and my seventh tome is a collection of seven short pieces. My next will be more short things – working on those now, although one of them is already close to surpassing what I consider “short,” and I might shelve it for later. And thanks loads for the nice words of encouragement. -J:
– Jay Gross