Charlie

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Finally I can share this here in all its glory. Besides conveying the vibe of my book perfectly, I also resonate with this design personally more than I knew I could reasonably expect. I’m obsessed. I’m in love with it. I hope you love it, too. Illustration by Tracy J. Lee, design by Emma Hardy.

A nonbinary character in shadow embraces a swirl of colors with a human-like shape, surrounded by ghosts with various facial expressions from scary to whimsical. Text reads: I WAS A TEENAGE DEATH GOD, M.J. Beasi.

Sam and Colby from the ghosts’ POV: 17-yr-old Jude died in a haunted house. Very lonely, apart from the malevolent presence and other dead girls haunting it with her. When a paranormal team comes to investigate, the presence targets them—but Jude says no more girls will die here. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT

Violet can see the past, including long-buried family secrets—like how her grandfather murdered her grandmother in 1970, even though her gravestone says 2004. Despite her family wanting this buried, she can’t let it stay that way. She’s going to ruin Thanksgiving. #DVpit #YA #H #ND

17-yr-old Jude was murdered by a malevolent entity in a haunted house in 2005—& came back as a ghost. In 2023, paranormal investigators are allowed in, & Jude can finally talk to someone. This is good, as she has to warn them about the malevolent entity trying to kill them. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT

Violet explores abandoned places for her YouTube channel, & when she touches objects, she sees the past. While filming in an abandoned cabin, she sees a murder—her grandmother’s. In 1970. The thing is, Violet’s grandmother died when Violet was 7. #DVpit #YA #H #ND

17-yr-old Jude was murdered in a haunted house, & she came back as a ghost. For 20 years, she & other murdered girls were alone w/ a malevolent presence—until a team of paranormal investigators arrives. The presence targets them, but Jude won’t let another girl die in the house. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT

YouTuber Violet, 18, can see the past when she touches things—& in an abandoned cabin, she sees a murder in 1970. The victim looks like grandma—who died in 2004. The killer? Grandpa, a resident of the Alzheimer’s ward. Is it worth tearing apart her family for overdue justice? #DVpit #YA #H #ND

17-year-old Jude has to see her ex every day — she bought the murder house where Jude’s spirit lingers. Jude’s ex brings in ghost hunters to talk to her, which goes well until the thing that killed Jude tries to kill the ghost hunters too. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT

Urbex YouTuber Violet, 18, can see the past when she touches objects. She sees a man kill a woman in an abandoned cabin in 1970, & looks into it—and finds out the woman killed was her grandmother. The thing is, Violet knew her grandmother. She died when Violet was 7. #DVpit #YA #H #ND

17-yr-old Jude was murdered by a malevolent entity in a haunted house in 2005—& came back as a ghost. In 2023, paranormal investigators are allowed in, & Jude can finally talk to someone. This is good, as she has to warn them about the malevolent entity trying to kill them. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT