Category: Dangerous Dames

Stairway to Hell

This cover was inspired by Hack’s cover artist Jonny M.’s experiences when his home of Los Angeles was facing the scourge of Tropical Storm Hillary. It began when Jonny texted the cover art for The Bunker to a friend the day before, who responded “You’re going to hell.”

A little later when it was pouring rain from Tropical Storm Hilary, Jonny had a vision of an earthquake and having to evacuate his government-assisted housing outside. Shortly afterward, there was an earthquake (no evacuation necessary, though). When he told the same friend about it, they replied “so the earthquake is YOUR fault.”

Jonny made the cover and Hack dashed out a novel around it.

The Mini Skirt Maneuver

Hack’s cover artist Jonny M. once wrote and directed a theater mash-up of Star Trek: The Original Series and Gilbert & Sullivan titled U.S.S. Pinafore. During that time, Jonny pondered if high-ranking female Starfleet officers – regardless of their age – were required to wear the mini skirt and go-go boots that all the other women on the ships wore. It’s a question that always pisses off hardcore Trekkies on Star Trek discussion boards but it so intrigued Hack that he wrote this novel about it.