The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 63 The Pixel Art

When I came to rewrite my 80s manuscript Manslaughter early this millennium, I scored an old IBM pc that was being biffed out by my partner, Michelle’s work. It was so much easier than the typewriter I had drafted it on. I had a painting in mind for the cover and I bought a scanner and managed to digitize an image of it. It didn’t look quite how I wante…