This is the cover of my new short story that I intend to publish in the coming weeks. It is titled A Brief Obsession. It’s a departure from what I usually write, which is romance or contemporary stories. This is urban infused with erotica. I get to break the rules here and use slang, cuss words, and graphic sexual descriptions.

Urban fiction covers usually have big-breasted, big-assed women and thug men with muscles and attitude. That is what I got from the first draft by the cover designer whom I’d hired. I hated it. He obviously didn’t listen to my detailed instructions on what I wanted. I had to remind him to reread my original notes and give him further instructions on what was lacking in the draft he’d sent me. I even sent him stock pictures to give him an idea of what I wanted. He ended up using one of those pictures and made adjustments to create the scene I wanted for the cover.

What you see here is what he came up with and it was a lot better than the original draft. I didn’t want to spend much on this project because this is a very short story. I wanted the cover to not be too stereotypical yet at the same time still have those elements that you see frequently on urban novel covers.

I mentioned earlier that I get to break the rules in this story. I do but only to a point. This is still a well-written, thought-out story that will cause a reaction when read because of the powerful issues that it deals with. This is also a story about a man and a woman, not a man and a man.

This story will be released on Amazon. It is a cheap, quick read that will leave you with a bitter-sweet aftertaste because of the serious content it contains.