A Call For Artists...

Lame Goat Press is seeking a cover artist for Kody Boye's upcoming collection: An Amorous Thing, to be published sometime in 2010. The chosen artist will receive $25 and a contributor's copy for his/her efforts. There may (and most likely will) be additional prizes.

Deadline to submit is November 15th, 2009.

Movies:

Leprechaun - Back to Tha Hood
Night of 1000 Cats

Books:

One Door Away From Heaven - Dean Koontz, Hardcover (missing dust jacket)
Bitten - Kelly Armstrong, Paperback
Stolen - Kelly Armstrong, Paperback
Touch the Dark - Karen Chance, Paperback
Born in Death - Nora Roberts writing as J.D Rob, Paperback
The Green Mile - Stephen King, Paperback (slight wear)
Dark Hollow - John Connolly, Paperback (wear)
The Bone Collector - Jeffrey Deaver, Paperback (wear)

For the prize pool, of course. :)

Per Mr. Boye, this is what he'd like to see:

Cover with a skeleton in the ground, surrounded by various items that symbolize the various stories in the collection.

A white bell with gold/bronze accents, with a butterfly on the side of it

An origami swan

A diary

A fish skeleton or bowl

A dog tag, broken in half

A piece of lavender (flower or otherwise)

A stuffed giraffe

A paintbrush

Something symbolizing a cat

Mainly, though, I want something that stands out. The minor details might make the cover a little overloaded, so the skeleton in the ground would be a good idea. But, again, it's an idea--if you have a better one, I'd love to hear it. I think something in red would be nice though.

The theme of the anthology revolves around affection, whether it be through horrific or loving means. What this means to you will be what inspires your cover piece. A skeleton is not required, nor are any of the other optional pieces that could be added. We want to see what YOU, the artist, think of the prompt. We want to see YOUR unique version. The idea is provided for a basis of the author's original idea, but is open to interpretation in other ways.

People love.

It’s the way of the world. Hug your neighbor, kiss your lover, hold a hand or bear a child—every action comes with a consequence, and every consequence bears a reaction. In a world where people live, die, and give birth to the cycle of madness, affection is required to live a sane life.

Or so they say.

Take a trip to a cemetery, then fall in love with a bell; ride your bicycle down the street, then have your face cut open by a beautiful woman; fall in love with a monster and play the benevolent god to creatures that cannot understand you. These are amorous things, these acts of violence, and they wouldn’t be committed if they didn’t care about you.

Welcome to a world of madness.

Welcome to a world of affection—a world of amorous things.

Send all queries and subs to Christopher Jacobsmeyer at cjacobsmeyer@msn.com for consideration.