Freya Campbell had often dreamt of becoming a model but had always been too shy or timid to try, the arrival of Stefan, a tall, good looking, blond haired Viking on a motorbike at the office door could change her life forever; her first real man and a love life perhaps, bright lights, fortune and fame with her face on the cover of magazines; the world was at her fingertips if she only had enough courage to go for it.
Breathe. Pause now and again. That’s what the period is for.
About David Cousland
Born in the industrial Midlands in 1950, I was educated at Dudley Grammar School (to the best of their abilities)before going on to work in the banking industry. […]
Is this meant to be a warning against going to Dudley Grammar School?
You know what’s even more precious? Naming and thanking the models, then listing their agency, photographer and cover designer. Can you imagine: they had professional models, (assuming) professional photographer, and this is the best they came up with? They couldn’t put both of them in the shot? Or, for that matter, come up with a more interesting one than her looking herself in the mirror? I wonder how much the author paid for this.
I can’t take credit for that, you can thank the author.
But now that I think about it, maybe it doesn’t mean they had a photo session. Maybe the cover artist just found the photos somewhere and thought that crediting the models and the original photographer was enough to give him the right to use it.
Naaman Brown
8 years ago
I got it figured out after looking at the hi-res version of the cover.
The viking face is superimposed OVER the hair of the lady looking into the mirror, so the head is behind her.
The viking head has no reflection in the mirror because it’s [drumroll] a vampire! [rimshot]
That’s why her reflection has a dumbfounded look: she sees the back of a vampire viking head floating behind her real self head. (In Mirrorworld our reflections see us on the other side.)
James F. Brown
8 years ago
Do torsoless, disembodied Viking dudes dig chicks with arm tats? IMWTK!
red
8 years ago
The “Viking’s” face reminds me a lot of that scene in The Exorcist where the little girl’s head turns completely around while making crunching sounds.
Mom: “Brunhilde, be sure your head is screwed on straight before you go to school.”
Just go ahead and blend the guy’s head right here. Good enough, send to print. Who looks at cover’s anyway?
I thought the shoulder in the corner was the dude’s at first. “My viking boyfriend steals my clothes” would be a great storyline anyway.
Reminds me of this.
Freya Campbell had often dreamt of becoming a model but had always been too shy or timid to try, the arrival of Stefan, a tall, good looking, blond haired Viking on a motorbike at the office door could change her life forever; her first real man and a love life perhaps, bright lights, fortune and fame with her face on the cover of magazines; the world was at her fingertips if she only had enough courage to go for it.
Breathe. Pause now and again. That’s what the period is for.
About David Cousland
Born in the industrial Midlands in 1950, I was educated at Dudley Grammar School (to the best of their abilities)before going on to work in the banking industry. […]
Is this meant to be a warning against going to Dudley Grammar School?
Geeze. Folks, not all men with blond hair that needs a cutting are Vikings.
(FWIW: the freckles on the Viking are precious.)
You know what’s even more precious? Naming and thanking the models, then listing their agency, photographer and cover designer. Can you imagine: they had professional models, (assuming) professional photographer, and this is the best they came up with? They couldn’t put both of them in the shot? Or, for that matter, come up with a more interesting one than her looking herself in the mirror? I wonder how much the author paid for this.
You are KIDDING ME, Catie! You’ve done it. You’ve left me speechless.
Oy!
I can’t take credit for that, you can thank the author.
But now that I think about it, maybe it doesn’t mean they had a photo session. Maybe the cover artist just found the photos somewhere and thought that crediting the models and the original photographer was enough to give him the right to use it.
I got it figured out after looking at the hi-res version of the cover.
The viking face is superimposed OVER the hair of the lady looking into the mirror, so the head is behind her.
The viking head has no reflection in the mirror because it’s [drumroll] a vampire! [rimshot]
That’s why her reflection has a dumbfounded look: she sees the back of a vampire viking head floating behind her real self head. (In Mirrorworld our reflections see us on the other side.)
Do torsoless, disembodied Viking dudes dig chicks with arm tats? IMWTK!
The “Viking’s” face reminds me a lot of that scene in The Exorcist where the little girl’s head turns completely around while making crunching sounds.
Mom: “Brunhilde, be sure your head is screwed on straight before you go to school.”
Why do you think I linked this in my comment? (because the actual Exorcist clip is more creepy and less funny ;P)
Did not notice that. I just now went back and moused over the words until the cursor turned into a finger on one of them. Lo and behold, it is a link.