Haunted-house horror
The House That Listens
An isolated house and one red window above a restrained serif title, with a slate-blue back and spine.
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THE HORROR COLLECTION
Premade horror
book covers.Let the unease begin.
Haunted places. Unsettling secrets. Find a cover with the right kind of dread, then make it yours.
Free to customise. Your title, author and story.
A feeling before the first page.
- Gothic
- Supernatural
- Psychological horror
✓ Free to customise✓ Matching front, back & spine✓ Opens in the Cover Builder
READY FOR YOUR STORY
Choose your next nightmare.
Showing 1 to 6 of 23 designs.
Folk horror
What Grows Beneath
Twisted roots surrounding a forgotten well, with weathered bone lettering and a dark forest-green wrap.
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Psychological horror
Dead Water Motel
An empty motel pool after dark beneath elegant dusty-rose italic lettering, with a coordinated quiet back.
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Horror
The Orchard of Teeth
An editable starting point for your next book, with a matching front, back and spine.
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Horror
Something in the Swimming Pool
An editable starting point for your next book, with a matching front, back and spine.
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Horror
The Waking Wall
An editable starting point for your next book, with a matching front, back and spine.
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These are shared designs with sample copy. Preview your choice in the Cover Builder, then select Use this cover to start personalising it.
The house below: example back, spine and front. Replace the sample copy and ISBN.
THE STORY CONTINUES AROUND THE BOOK
The whole cover.
The same atmosphere.
Your chosen design includes editable text and a coordinated back and spine. Add your title, author and blurb, then set the dimensions for your paperback.
Confirm the final page count and paper so the spine fits. Review the complete wrap and the builder's text and image-quality checks before preparing the cover for print.
Explore the complete designCHOOSING YOUR HORROR COVER
A little darkness. A lasting impression.
01
Suggest more than you show.
An ordinary object in an unsettling setting can be enough. A door knocker or a house lets the reader imagine what lies beyond it. Choose the kind of fear your story creates, from slow unease to an immediate threat.
02
Make the title impossible to miss.
Dark artwork still needs a clear title. Keep pale or warm lettering against a quiet part of the image, and check the cover at a small size before adding a tagline or extra descriptive text.
03
Let the back cover deepen the dread.
Lead with a disturbing detail or a question the story raises. Keep the blurb focused and readable, leaving space around the words so that the mood continues across the back and spine.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Horror cover
questions.
For pricing, shared designs and print preparation, read the collection FAQs.
Which covers suit gothic or haunted-house horror?
The house below is a starting point for gothic settings and haunted-house stories. The knocking centres on a single unsettling object, making it a useful direction for supernatural suspense or quiet terror.
Can I make a horror cover less dark?
Yes. You can change the lettering, backgrounds and layout in the builder, or replace the artwork. Keep enough contrast for the title and blurb, particularly when working with shadowy images.
Should my novel use a horror or thriller cover?
Choose horror when fear, dread or the supernatural is the main promise. If the story centres on a crime, investigation or a race to uncover the truth, explore the crime and thriller collection as well.
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