I’ve been experimenting with different cover designs most of the day. I’m leaning toward this one.

It’s intentionally minimalist, uses a story element – the red button – and avoids a box, which had been in some earlier design candidates.

I’ve always published fiction as Ridley Park, as I shall continue, but I usually get into a mindset of that persona. For The Box, I didn’t, and it doesn’t feel like that, so I opted to use my own name when I release this.

Yet again, I solicited designers, but they inevitably ask what I am looking for. Honestly, if I knew, I’d do it myself. I am not opposed to design assistance or even execution, but it needs to be upstream and not down.

I’ll not dawdle here because I need to save details for the release. I just wanted to share where I am at the end of the day.