Happy Halloween! I did a thing with some of my good friends, so if you want some Halloween cheer come visit with @authorkatm.bsky.social, @spookysterling.bsky.social, @allyoutthere.bsky.social, @brianmcwriter.bsky.social, @abbyvail.bsky.social, @jessikagreweglover.bsky.social and more. Links below!

👻 6 Diverse Middle Grade Books for the Halloween Season

Oct 6 2:30-5 @leannareneehieber.bsky.social, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC, @wickedgoodbooks.bsky.social. Oct 10 7pm Ally Russell, author of middle-grade MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE, @copperdogbooks.bsky.social. Oct 22 7-9 @stgibson.bsky.social, author of Savage Blooms, @nocturnesalem.bsky.social.

It's getting ~spooky~ out there, so just a reminder that this book exists. 👻🖤 It has "all the makings of a modern classic...like Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" (SLJ, starred review) and is "certain to be a gateway drug to @stephenking.bsky.social" (Portland Press Herald).

Thank you for this! It was fun! 🪱🪏

🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃 popgoesthereader.com/55-scary-and... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

Oh, look, I remembered that I had a blog just in time for a spooky fun book for the spooky fun season! #MysteryJamesDigsHerOwnGrave #booksky autumnguest.com/blog/2025/09...

Last chance to sign up for my newsletter and get the chance to win a copy of ARROW and FREE author visits for your class or child’s class. #kidlit

so exciting to see both Eelgrass Bog AND Bitterfly Bay on the back cover of The Week Jr magazine!! alongside some other fabulous Penguin Young Readers titles!!!

Are you ready for Mystery James? Because we are! Join in with @allyoutthere.bsky.social as we talk MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE, the *phenomenal* new middle grade horror novel you've been waiting for. Come visit on Sley House Presents, available wherever you podcast! Links below:

Happy Release Day to @allyoutthere.bsky.social ‘s newest middlegrade horror novel! MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE is a graveyard adventure young readers don’t want to miss! 🪦🪏💀

I'm really excited to chat with my friend @forgottencorners.bsky.social. Come celebrate cemeteries, ghosts, and MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE with us on Friday, September 26, at Stories Like Me in Pittsburgh! #kidlit

Well...have you? allyoutthere.beehiiv.com

I write horror for kids, but I also write a monthly blog/newsletter called actuALLY scary. This month's post is up now, and there's a lot of mention of worms. 🪱 allyoutthere.beehiiv.com/p/hope-you-r... #kidlit #spookymiddlegrade

I'm beyond thrilled to share that BROKEN DOLLS is @jrlibraryguild Gold Standard Selection. I'm so honored to be included in the JLG collection with so many wonderful books. Broken Dolls is out 9/30/2025 www.amazon.com/Broken-Dolls... #juniorlibraryguild #JLGgoldstandard #goldstandardselection

I'm going to #ALA2025 in Philly! I'll be signing IT CAME FROM THE TREES at the Playaway booth (1527) at 2:30pm on Sunday. If you catch me haunting the exhibit hall, say hello! I'll have stickers, bookmarks, and a bag full of worms to celebrate MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE. #ALAAC25 #kidlit

Millennials, I did it. IT CAME FROM THE TREES made it into the Scholastic Book Fair catalog. 😭 #kidlit #spookymiddlegrade #horrorbooks

I used to run with a pretty tough gang when I was younger. The gang:

Reese was taken. Jenna, her best friend, saw it with her own eyes. The problem is almost no one believes her. It’s up to Jenna to go back out into the trees to find Reese herself. This novel by @allyoutthere.bsky.social is a great thriller in the woods! That central spooky figure is very effective.

After another upsetting week, I'm hoping to lift some spirits this Friday the 13th. The Mystery James Galley Giveaway is live and you have about one week to enter. Hang in there, creeps. Horror has taught us that evil is eventually defeated. #kidlit 🫠 allyoutthere.beehiiv.com/p/happy-frid...

It's National Camping Month. These books are just as important as sunscreen and water! 👀 spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/05/27/a...

I miss OG Jeopardy so much.

I'm gonna need to stop checking my BITTERFLY BAY sales numbers because OOOF 😬 (something something talking about sales is taboo but ... we've gotta be real sometimes) Anyway apropos of nothing, if you're looking for summertime middle grade horror, maybe give my ghost kids a chance? 👉👈

"Are you sure you want to go camping?" Spooky books for camping! (Disclaimer: All of these books actually exist and were compiled by a real person) spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/05/27/a...

Oh hey!! So happy to see THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG on the Silver Birch Forest of Reading List for Summer 2025!! It's extra special to be featured on CanLit lists, especially when they're chosen by kid readers <3

It's Thursday but Wednesday is in our hearts, so I'm giving away a signed copy of Book of Outcasts! Enter on Instagram before Saturday, May 17. #kidlit #spookymiddlegrade

We Need Diverse Books is proud to stand with Dr. Carla Hayden, who started her career as a children’s librarian in Chicago and who became the first woman and first Black appointee to serve as the Librarian of Congress. Find our statement below ⬇️

Is it Tuesday or Wednesday? BOOK OF OUTCASTS is out now! I've been a huge fan of the Wednesday character since childhood, and writing this book was akin to completing the best homework assignment. ✌🏽 #spookymiddlegrade #kidlit

In a big victory in the fight for intellectual freedom and access to books in school libraries, the majority of candidates backed by pro-censorship organizations like Moms for Liberty lost their school board races in Texas on Saturday. www.slj.com/story/Pro-Ce...

What a total honour to see THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG nominated for the Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards in the Sundog Award category!!! Thank you librarians and readers, and congratulations to all the nominees 🥰🇨🇦

If you like the Doctor Who episode The Giggle than I promise you you’re going to like Broken Dolls

MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE pubs in less than 6 months! If you haven't, please sign up for my newsletter. Everyone has a newsletter, but mine is scary. And you can read it while you're enjoying your morning coffee or tea. allyoutthere.beehiiv.com/subscribe #spookymiddlegrade #kidlit

Now that Thelma #3 is in, I'm taking a minute to go "holy crap, I wrote all these." #kidlit #gratitude @snowywingspublishing.com

If you're going to buy a book based on its cover art, this is the one. Thank you for the tag and for your amazing art @chrisshehanart.bsky.social! #kidlit

This part

He's such a king.

I had the best time at #txla25. Librarians, thank you for you overwhelming enthusiasm for IT CAME FROM THE TREES! Librarians really are the best people. They have a hard job to do, so please ask your local librarian or school librarian how you can best support them. #kidlit

That ending was spectacular! I love this story for many reasons. Family. Friends…old and new. Adults sometimes dismiss what kids say. Which keeps kids from finding their own power. But when you have people listen, you find the strength to fight! Great book by @allyoutthere.bsky.social !!! 📚🩸

So…the tension is building. WHAT IS IN THE WOODS?!??!?!!! 📚🩸 “Ennnnnaaaa” so freakin creepy. @allyoutthere.bsky.social

I’m into this one! And OMG WHAT TOOK REESE?!?!??! Loving this creepy cryptid adventure by @allyoutthere.bsky.social! 📚🩸

Just bought 144 fake worms for $20. I feel like I got a very good deal. 🪱

MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE ARCs arrived just in time for spring reading! 🪱🪦 #kidlit #spookymiddlegrade

My new book is out today! 👻🖤🥳

Last week was a great week for IT CAME FROM THE TREES. Young readers at the Lititz Kid Lit Festival were excited to get their hands on it, *the* A.S. King went home with a signed copy 🥹, it was on the local news, and it's getting a second reprint! #mglit #kidlit Amazing art by Chris Shehan.

Does anyone know of any #middlegrade discords? #kidlit

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress appointed him as the first Postmaster General.

For all the USPS's faults, Americans have to realize: It's one of the best postal services in the world, even after being kneecapped by DeJoy. Fight for our postal service, guys. I know I will. It is an essential public good.

If you don't know @nightofthefitz.bsky.social and the Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural series...you should. 👽🛸 #kidlit

These tags lift me up when writing is hard. 💚 If you've bought a copy or checked it out from the library, read it, and/or shared it with someone else—thank you!