A “movie poster” for Kirk Rafferty’s manuscript, The Cosmonaut and the Fisherman, currently on submission. Red background with the outline of a woman’s face. A stylized target is focused on her right eye. American and Soviet flags are superimposed over both her eyes. The title is in bold, white letters. Three laurels at the top: “All the found family tropes,” “Bad-Ass girl with shotgun and other weaponry,” and “Of course there’s a tragic love story we’re not amateurs here.” An actual author blurb: “‘Richly imaginitive and dramatically gripping’,” - Dirk Cussler, author of The Corsican Shadow.” A satirical “Streaming soon on Nyetflix” logo, stylized to look like the Netflix logo. At the bottom, in both English and Russian, “The Mission is Everything.” kirk.rafferty.com.
A “movie poster” for Kirk Rafferty’s manuscript, The Cosmonaut and the Fisherman, currently on submission. Dark blue/green background with the planet Earth almost completely in shadow, with the blazing yellow streak of a capsule re-entering the atmosphere. Bold “The Cosmonaut and the Fisherman” superimposed over the planet. At the top, the caption “Nobody was supposed to know. Now, the world will learn the truth.” An actual author blurb below that: “‘Richly imaginitive and dramatically gripping’,” - Dirk Cussler, author of The Corsican Shadow.” Stylized in the form of casting credits: Found Family, The Fugitive, Cold War Paranoia, Secrets and Lies, and Ticking Clock. Below that, the words “On Sub Now,” and the author’s website, kirkrafferty.com. Stylized as movie poster fine print: A Kirk Rafferty presentation. A Nyetflix Films Production. 1961. In a world divided by iron curtains and open skies, a Soviet cosmonaut crash-lands in west Texas. Injured, hunted, and lost in translation, she finds unexpected refuge on a small ranch with two orphans with their own secrets. Hunted by an FBI agent with his own agenda, she must choose between completing her mission, or trusting the very people she was raised to fear.”
A “movie poster” for Kirk Rafferty’s manuscript, The Cosmonaut and the Fisherman, currently on submission. The upper 2/3 are in stark red, the lower third is in black. On the upper third, a starfield at the top, and a barn, windmill, and police car silhoueted. A barely visible set of menacing eyes peers out at the reader below the star field. On the lower third, bold, in red, the title “The Cosmonaut and the FIsherman.” In yellow smaller font below that, “The Mission is Everything.” Stylized as movie poster fine print: A Kirk Rafferty presentation. A Nyetflix Films Production. 1961. In a world divided by iron curtains and open skies, a Soviet cosmonaut crash-lands in west Texas. Injured, hunted, and lost in translation, she finds unexpected refuge on a small ranch with two orphans with their own secrets. Hunted by an FBI agent with his own agenda, she must choose between completing her mission, or trusting the very people she was raised to fear.” Below that, the author’s website, kirkrafferty.com.
A thread with my #posterpit pitches.
Tolstoy tragedy meets Steinbeck America when a Soviet Cosmonaut crash-lands in the heart of Cold War America
#posterpit #posterpitos #A #HF #T
#editors this novel is on sub now!