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plus EELGRASS BOG has a really pretty cover! so y'know please consider picking up a copy from your local indie or requesting from a library? queer MG needs your support <3 (and also this book has Shrunken Jim. Shrunken Jim is cool.)

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also apropos of nothing THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG is gay and my upcoming middle grade THE BURN BEAST is even gayer so respectfully you can pry queer books for kids from my cold, dead hands. you don't get to 'opt out' of acknowledging someone's existence just because they're different from you.

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Thrilled to see THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY on the Winnipeg Free Press's summer reading list for their kids' book club!! 🥳🍁 www.winnipegfreepress.com/kids-book-club

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Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4

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next round of BURN BEAST developmental edits have been sent back to my editor!!!! and guess what!!! despite reading it a million billion times, I still love this book and cannot WAIT to share it with you in 2026!!!!

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A beautiful, creepy story that reminds us to face the future, even if it might be scary, because things change. Middle grade horror… THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY by @maryaverling.bsky.social brings all the feels. 📚🩸

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Boosting! This ends today!

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Finishing up this round of BURN BEAST revisions and (whispers) this might be my favourite thing I've ever written??

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two years ago I got to hold a bound copy of my book for the first time, and how far we've come since then 💚💚

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hey all! I donated a query + first 5 pages critique for the LAOC (Literary Auction For Change)!! if you're interested, my item (and a whole boatload of other awesome stuff) is available here: www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Tomorrow is the big day!! I'm running away to camp in the woods this weekend so I'll be offline till Monday, but sending all the love and excitement to my fellow Stoker nominees!! Whatever happens, it truly has been the biggest honor to appear on this list 🥰

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

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OKAY so thank you to the commenter on the original post, they pointed to this bail fund! Please support if you can and boost! secure.qgiv.com/for/2025immi...

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quickly wanted to say that unfortunately, despite my original hopes to attend the Stokers, I've decided to cancel my trip due to (gestures) everything involved with crossing borders right now. I know I'm in a much safer position than most folks, but my university has still issued a travel advisory/

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If you like spooky Middle Grade, or know kids that like spooky MG, @maryaverling.bsky.social is a heck of a storyteller. I loved The Curse of Eelgrass Bog, and I could hardly put The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay down this weekend. I can't wait to read what she writes next.

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also icymi I'm giving away a free copy over on threads (@/maryaverling) so come find me there if you'd like to enter! if you don't have threads, just repost & comment on the quoted post and I'll throw your name in the hat <3

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happy 6 month birthday (a whole half a year!!!) to THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY, my strange and summery middle grade horror <3

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Look who's getting read across elementary schools in Hong Kong!!! 🥰

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Happy pride to everyone, including my girl Kess 🏳️‍🌈🖤 support queer middle grade always!!

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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? 👉👈

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it's a beautiful spring morning, my day job is writing an academic article about bugs + fairies, and my unofficial job is revising a middle grade horror about fire + fear + folklore, life is good sometimes <3

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I spy BITTERFLY BAY alongside these other fantastic spooky middle grade books! <3

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"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...

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Back into revisions for BURN BEAST, and it's so exciting that I can actually talk about this one now!!!! (We sold it almost a year ago, so it's been a looooong time keeping vague) but anyway I love this story and I hope you will too <3

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It's Publishers Marketplace official!!! ICYMI, my third middle grade horror, THE BURN BEAST, is coming from Putnam Children's in Fall 2026!!! This is a book that's very dear to my heart, about climate anxiety and rage and freaky folklore and small-town secrets 🖤

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a friend <3

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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

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