Horror Special Cover.

A tourist ship sinks in chaos on the Loch Ness, as underwater monsters grap the drowning crew.

Illustrated as a cover for a special all-horror magazine that Skin Deep was planning to release, featuring me, Paul Acker, and Paul Booth, I drew this up and had Blair Smith color it. Only, in typical big industry douche-bag fashion, after they contacted me and implored me to do the illustration, they changed their mind at the last minute. They used a cheap, horrible-looking photoshopped cover. I only found out when they sent me a copy with the new, terrible cover in place!
I used the drawing in ny book of short stories “Down Highways in the Dark…by Demons Driven”. It seemed appropriate for the Loch Ness story!
Years later, I did a podcast, and the interview had a mentally challenged daughter who was a big fan of my work and wanted to go into art. I signed this and mailed it to her with a quote I often add when I sign books, “See you in hell!”
A few days later, I saw one of my interviewers’ podcasts. She was deeply Christian, and needless to say, my episode never appeared. I just feel bad for the daughter, who was super shy and thrilled I was sending her art. Art that I bet her mother immediately seized.
You can see this illustration and many more in the signed and limited hardback available in my Kickstarter campaign that is kicking off in less than a week! The more people who click ‘notify me on launch’, the higher I move in the algorithms on Kickstarter! It’s free, but it would be a great help!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danhenk/down-highways-in-the-darkby-demons-driven