Fantasy/Mystery Author. THE GHOST OF AVALON (Early 2026) A WAYWARD BALANCE (2026) IG: CaseyStJohn.Books Website: https://xitter.cf/t.co/mUZmpYu4TS
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ALT Slide #1 A Wayward Balance, my adult Fantasy Mystery What You’ll Find Inside: • Only one...human (she dies). • Fate and death are desk jobs (death is a family business complete with nepotism). • Chosen one...by application and interview (it’s a lengthy process). • Death is framed for murder. • A romantic slow burn so slow you might not even catch it!(i.e., an utter lack of romance despite the sparks my friend is absolutely determined she felt) • Karma is a cat...shifter. • Coffee, Mahjong, and cozy violence. • Someone who would sacrifice themselves for everyone, and their best friend who is determined to keep that from happening (it’s complicated).
ALT Slide #2 - The dreaded, yet required, One Paragraph pitch Fiona and Dahlia work tirelessly each day to ensure the balance of eight worlds remains intact. Every rule must be followed, every life and every death scheduled and accounted for, every Chosen One meticulously hand selected to save any world on the verge of collapse from a wayward balance—a breaking—when the scales have tipped too far for too long. When the current Chosen One is found murdered on Dahlia’s doorstep, the two friends must work together to prove Dahlia’s innocence before her life is forfeit to offset the balance that has tipped beyond what anyone has seen before, leaving the futures of all eight worlds in jeopardy. To save the worlds, rules must be broken, time will be upended, secrets will demand to be revealed, and friendships must be sacrificed.
ALT Slide #3 - An Entirely Inconvenient Number of comps The whimsical bureaucracy of The House in the Cerulean Sea Unique townsfolk like Halloween Town Cozy small town vibes like Murder She Wrote For fans of cozy fantasies & coffee shops like Legends and Lattes, but with the higher stakes of murder. Metaphysical Fun like: Good Omens and The Good Place Humor of: The Eyre Affair and Mort
ALT Slide 4: A socially acceptable boost to my ego features quotes from people who have read A Wayward Balance such as "When I tell you this story has me HOOKED" and "So fricken fun"
ALT Keyword graphic showcasing The Ghost of Avalon by Casey P StJohn. The cover image is placed in the middle, with arrows around it pointing to the keywords: murder mystery, reluctant found family, hidden identity, medieval setting, vigilante justice, revolutionary politics, feminist alternate history, second chance enemies to lovers (closed-door), morally grey main character. Text above the cover says "Available Now!"
ALT Keyword graphic showcasing The Ghost of Avalon by Casey P StJohn. The cover image is placed in the middle, with arrows around it pointing to the keywords: murder mystery, reluctant found family, hidden identity, medieval setting, vigilante justice, revolutionary politics, feminist alternate history, second chance enemies to lovers (closed-door), morally grey main character. Text above the cover says "Available Now!"
ALT Paperback pre-order graphic for The Ghost of Avalon by Casey P StJohn. Text below the cover image says "Arriving June 16, 2026, pre-order today!"
ALT Slide #1 A Wayward Balance, my adult Fantasy Mystery What You’ll Find Inside: • Only one...human (she dies). • Fate and death are desk jobs (death is a family business complete with nepotism). • Chosen one...by application and interview (it’s a lengthy process). • Death is framed for murder. • A romantic slow burn so slow you might not even catch it!(i.e., an utter lack of romance despite the sparks my friend is absolutely determined she felt) • Karma is a cat...shifter. • Coffee, Mahjong, and cozy violence. • Someone who would sacrifice themselves for everyone, and their best friend who is determined to keep that from happening (it’s complicated).
ALT Slide #2 - The dreaded, yet required, One Paragraph pitch Fiona and Dahlia work tirelessly each day to ensure the balance of eight worlds remains intact. Every rule must be followed, every life and every death scheduled and accounted for, every Chosen One meticulously hand selected to save any world on the verge of collapse from a wayward balance—a breaking—when the scales have tipped too far for too long. When the current Chosen One is found murdered on Dahlia’s doorstep, the two friends must work together to prove Dahlia’s innocence before her life is forfeit to offset the balance that has tipped beyond what anyone has seen before, leaving the futures of all eight worlds in jeopardy. To save the worlds, rules must be broken, time will be upended, secrets will demand to be revealed, and friendships must be sacrificed.
ALT Slide #3 - An Entirely Inconvenient Number of comps The whimsical bureaucracy of The House in the Cerulean Sea Unique townsfolk like Halloween Town Cozy small town vibes like Murder She Wrote For fans of cozy fantasies & coffee shops like Legends and Lattes, but with the higher stakes of murder. Metaphysical Fun like: Good Omens and The Good Place Humor of: The Eyre Affair and Mort
ALT Slide 4: A socially acceptable boost to my ego features quotes from people who have read A Wayward Balance such as "When I tell you this story has me HOOKED" and "So fricken fun"
ALT moodboard depicting (1) blurry picture of a party (2) a greenhouse (3) a curtained boat on a lake (4) a woman running through a field (5) rain droplets on the surface of water (6) a man leaning over and writing (7) a library (8) a path through the woods (9) an old village on a waterway
ALT post reading "The vibes that Isolde brings to the function" with various posts surrounding it, and an image of the song "Better Than This" by Lizzy McAlpine
ALT post reading "The vibes that Alder brings to the function" with various posts surrounding it, and an image of the song "The Art of Loving" by Olivia Dean
ALT An Agent's Guide To: THE WRETCHED AND THE DIVINE
ALT Pitch: YA Historical Fantasy When Alexandria died, she expected Death’s arms to be cold and unforgiving. But they were warm and kind. Dmytro has no qualms against harboring a wayward soul, except one: it will spell his demise. When they are caught by Death’s shadowed council and cast out to the mortal realm as punishment for disrupting the balance between Life and Death, Dmytro and Alexandria must find their way back to each other. Except now, it’s 1918, and the world is at war. Even worse, mysterious shadows are hunting them down, intent on getting rid of them for good. If they wish to find each other, their love, and their humanity again, then they must run for their lives. For Fans Of: Divine Rivals, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Book Thief, Our Infinite Fates, The Gods Will Sing Our Song, and Lovely War.
ALT Ancient gods, unsent letters, dual POV, commentary on death and war, rivals to lovers, death as a narrator, yearning x 100, and I would die for you x I would kill for you.
ALT “Please, my love. Just stay with me.” Alexandria had never told him this, but she had always loved his hands. They were some of the first hands to never treat her unkindly, to never be raised against her. A strange, silly thought flashed through her then: she wanted to dance with him. She wanted her palms to be rested against his, heat against heat, as they danced together while the world was asleep. The thought made her smile. It was a beautiful dream. With no resistance, she began to close her eyes, eager to hold on to the dream for as long as she could. Wake up. Her eyes fluttered open and met with a red sky filled with fire and smoke. There was a familiar face, and two striking eyes that she could stare at for eternity. Dmytro let out a small sigh, tears beginning to stain his face. With a shaky smile, he brushed a stray hair out of her face. “Alexandria,” he whispered. Without another word, Dmytro leaned down and kissed her.
ALT My Agent's Guide to my book, titled: "For Single Vulnerable Girls and Lonely Married Women. A Contemporary Literary Fiction (Currently Under Revisions).
ALT Our love had been beautiful. How could he forget about it so easily? The Pitch When John, Ima’s secondary school sweetheart, abruptly ends their seven-year relationship, Ima is plagued by a new fear: loneliness. Then she meets Arinze, whose sweet devotion eases her fear and mends her broken heart. But when he buries himself in work, Ima’s loneliness returns, pushing her to seek comfort in John, who ultimately ghosts her. Spiralling in this cycle of neglect and self-destruction, Ima must confront the new story of her life: console herself with emotional affairs, or sit with the loneliness she’s been running from. For Single Vulnerable Girls and Lonely Married Women combines the psychological depth and emotional candour of Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women with Megan Nolan’s exploration of grief, identity loss, and self-destructive tendencies in Acts of Desperation. An enjoyable book for readers looking for these stories in a Nigerian setting.
ALT The Snippet I went numb with sadness when John didn’t message me. Then I left my castle and staggered into the home of madness—madness, as in crazy, delusional, unstable. Inside that house, I saw a premonition of my life. I saw minutes of waiting turn into days, weeks into months, and months into years. I saw myself running to check my phone for John’s messages, then walking to check, then throwing my phone away and sitting in silence, staring at something only that Ima could see. From there, I saw myself fall into another black hole, and I woke up from my hibernation. I loved John with everything in me, and I didn’t mind waiting forever, if that was how long it would take for him to come back to me, but I had to see the truth. I was the only one dying.
ALT Comps
ALT " A reader's guide to ROOT ROT, Adult Romantic Fantasy"
ALT For fans of... Emily Wilde, Paladin's Grace, A Psalm for the Wild-Built, The Tainted Cup, The Apothecary Diaries
ALT The pitch with moodboard
ALT A look inside, with an excerpt from the project
ALT Background is of a small town street with glass windows and a cobblestone sidewalk. There are cars parked in the background. Text Reads: An Agent's Guide To True Apothecary A New Adult Cozy Fantasy Romance Amanda Carbonell Background photo is from Pinterest being used for creative purposes only! Art commission in the center is by the wonderful @microplaid
ALT Background is of white daisies with a black overlay. Text reads: The Pitch Mileena Vega never pictured herself back in her childhood bedroom after college, but when the familia needs you, there’s no way you can say no. With many local businesses closing and a rival copycat witch shop opening up threatening their long-standing brujeria, Mileena needs to rely on more than her marketing degree to save their shop — especially when the new shop owner harbors more sinister secrets than his tailored suit can handle. It's going to take a bit of magic, some devious family members, a touch of romance, and maybe a little death.
ALT Background is of white daisies with a black overlay. Text Reads: Comps: (Books left to right) Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala Text in the center, above In the Company of Witches, reads Add some magic and accidental deaths Bottom Movie/TV Images: Left: Practical Magic with the text above it reading: (But make it Puerto Rican) Right: Shameless with the text above it reading: Sprinkle some chaotic family hijinks Bottom text reads: Finish it all off with a touch of spicy romance
ALT Background is of white daisies with a black overlay Text Reads: Snippet “It’s wonderful to meet you, Mileena.” God, my name sounds like sex on his tongue. I raise a brow and practically stop myself from biting my lip. He’s gorgeous. Pure sin wrapped in human skin. By: Amanda Carbonell
