A. Martin's novel Ouija book cover illustration

A. Martin’s novel Ouija is now in print.

I went round and round with the cat’s fur. I eventually painted and layered so it looked right. The problem is that white hair needs to be defined by shadows. So what seems like a simple task becomes a major job in juggling levels of gray and black with minimal white.

Obviously the front leg is enlarged to make it appear the cat is emerging from the capital “O.” Not so obvious is the shadowing over the title to add to that illusion. I think this is the first cover I’ve ever done where shadowing was added over the lettering.

From Canada’s #1 Master of Suspense. If you were plagued with troubling questions…would you try contacting the dead through a Ouija board? Even if that meant giving up your soul…and your sanity?

TREVOR BREWER is still haunted by Carrie’s tragic death two years ago in a kayak-accident. But when the new woman in his life — Heather, Carrie’s best friend — urges him to finally put the past behind him, Trevor starts sifting through a secret stash of Carrie’s belongings — hoping he’ll find the closure he needs once and for all.

What really happened on the Birch River the day Carrie died? And why does Heather have an outdated bottle of ZenFren — a powerful new sleep-aid — in her purse? Trevor soon realizes he must find the answers he’s desperately searching for before a rein of terror from a Ouija board he accidentally unleashes consumes the small quiet Californian town of Sunnyville — and before, it can ultimately consume him in uncountable horror.

Can Trevor save the town — and his soul, before the dark forces of a Ouija ultimately takes over Sunnyville — and him? Or will he find himself — and the town, in the clutches of awaiting evil he could have never possibly imagined ever existed?

Ouija is available at Amazon in Kindle as well as hard cover and paperback.