The wolves are outside... and filming!
Sketchy comm for @outsidewolves.bsky.social!
Sketchy comm for @outsidewolves.bsky.social!
May 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The wolves are outside... and filming!
Sketchy comm for @outsidewolves.bsky.social!
Sketchy comm for @outsidewolves.bsky.social!
ONE WEEK UNTIL THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY 👻✨🖤
January 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
ONE WEEK UNTIL THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY 👻✨🖤
allegedly my editor has seen finished hardcovers of Bitterfly Bay and ahhhhhhhhhhhh
January 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
allegedly my editor has seen finished hardcovers of Bitterfly Bay and ahhhhhhhhhhhh
#kidlitchat I'm also going to use this as an excuse to shoutout my genius cover designer Kaitlin Yang and artists James Firnhaber (for EELGRASS BOG) and Alla Khatkevich (for BITTERFLY BAY). I mean!!! Behold!!!
November 27, 2024 at 2:18 AM
#kidlitchat I'm also going to use this as an excuse to shoutout my genius cover designer Kaitlin Yang and artists James Firnhaber (for EELGRASS BOG) and Alla Khatkevich (for BITTERFLY BAY). I mean!!! Behold!!!
less than twenty days until THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY releases!! and behold these beautiful preorder graphics from the wonderful team at Penguin Kids <3
Are you brave enough to explore Bitterfly Bay beyond the veil?
Are you brave enough to explore Bitterfly Bay beyond the veil?
January 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
less than twenty days until THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY releases!! and behold these beautiful preorder graphics from the wonderful team at Penguin Kids <3
Are you brave enough to explore Bitterfly Bay beyond the veil?
Are you brave enough to explore Bitterfly Bay beyond the veil?
The Great Caterpillar, Bitterfly series
Seyed Amin Bagheri, acrylic on cotton, 2014
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#art #painting
Seyed Amin Bagheri, acrylic on cotton, 2014
seyedaminbagheri.com/Default.aspx
#art #painting
September 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Great Caterpillar, Bitterfly series
Seyed Amin Bagheri, acrylic on cotton, 2014
seyedaminbagheri.com/Default.aspx
#art #painting
Seyed Amin Bagheri, acrylic on cotton, 2014
seyedaminbagheri.com/Default.aspx
#art #painting
Three weeks until THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY releases!!! Ahhh!!!!
January 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Three weeks until THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY releases!!! Ahhh!!!!
I spy BITTERFLY BAY alongside these other fantastic spooky middle grade books! <3
"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...
spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/05/27/a...
Are You SURE You Want to Go Camping? 5 Scary Stories for Young Campers
Here are some stories that will give you chills on summer nights.
spookymiddlegrade.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I spy BITTERFLY BAY alongside these other fantastic spooky middle grade books! <3
Ruin a band name by changing one letter:
Iron Bitterfly
Iron Bitterfly
Ruin a band name by changing one letter (breaking the rules for a good cause)
Sonic Yurt
Sonic Yurt
Ruin a band by changing one letter:
Nuns n Roses
Nuns n Roses
January 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Ruin a band name by changing one letter:
Iron Bitterfly
Iron Bitterfly
Happy Book Birthday to The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay by @maryaverling.bsky.social 🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁#BookPosse
February 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Happy Book Birthday to The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay by @maryaverling.bsky.social 🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁#BookPosse
BITTERFLY BAY is an Amazon Hot New Release in Children's Ghost Stories!!! Thank you everyone for supporting my weird little haunting book!!
February 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BITTERFLY BAY is an Amazon Hot New Release in Children's Ghost Stories!!! Thank you everyone for supporting my weird little haunting book!!
happy 6 month birthday (a whole half a year!!!) to THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY, my strange and summery middle grade horror <3
June 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
happy 6 month birthday (a whole half a year!!!) to THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY, my strange and summery middle grade horror <3
Yesterday I found a #Chrysalis and when I checked it this morning I found this .... a #Monarch #butterfly.
The wonders of nature!
#photography #nature #goedemorgen
The wonders of nature!
#photography #nature #goedemorgen
February 27, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Yesterday I found a #Chrysalis and when I checked it this morning I found this .... a #Monarch #butterfly.
The wonders of nature!
#photography #nature #goedemorgen
The wonders of nature!
#photography #nature #goedemorgen
My dreamy, strange little middle grade horror THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY is now two months old!! 🖤🥳
April 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My dreamy, strange little middle grade horror THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY is now two months old!! 🖤🥳
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.
📚🩸
THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY by @maryaverling.bsky.social brings all the feels.
📚🩸
June 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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.
📚🩸
THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY by @maryaverling.bsky.social brings all the feels.
📚🩸
Vaniatober 🧵
Day1:bug (bitterfly)
其實只是單純想畫在未知的黑暗中有意想不到的訪客?🤔探索的過程中半妖精對此感到不安，以及看起來似乎在安慰半妖精的阿魯卡多（真的會這麽做嗎?:3）
#art #castlevania #悪魔城ドラキュラ #Alucard
Day1:bug (bitterfly)
其實只是單純想畫在未知的黑暗中有意想不到的訪客?🤔探索的過程中半妖精對此感到不安，以及看起來似乎在安慰半妖精的阿魯卡多（真的會這麽做嗎?:3）
#art #castlevania #悪魔城ドラキュラ #Alucard
October 18, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Vaniatober 🧵
Day1:bug (bitterfly)
其實只是單純想畫在未知的黑暗中有意想不到的訪客?🤔探索的過程中半妖精對此感到不安，以及看起來似乎在安慰半妖精的阿魯卡多（真的會這麽做嗎?:3）
#art #castlevania #悪魔城ドラキュラ #Alucard
Day1:bug (bitterfly)
其實只是單純想畫在未知的黑暗中有意想不到的訪客?🤔探索的過程中半妖精對此感到不安，以及看起來似乎在安慰半妖精的阿魯卡多（真的會這麽做嗎?:3）
#art #castlevania #悪魔城ドラキュラ #Alucard
How about a little giveaway to celebrate new #booksky friends? If you follow and repost, I'll pick someone on Friday to win a preorder of my upcoming middle grade horror, THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY! It's about ghosts and doorways and the secrets that haunt us. Also lake whales.
November 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
How about a little giveaway to celebrate new #booksky friends? If you follow and repost, I'll pick someone on Friday to win a preorder of my upcoming middle grade horror, THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY! It's about ghosts and doorways and the secrets that haunt us. Also lake whales.
Not my sister finding Bitterfly Bay in the wild!!! My author copies were delayed, so alas I won't be able to see them until pub day ... but I'm living vicariously through others!! If you spot my ghost child, please do share pics!! <3
January 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Not my sister finding Bitterfly Bay in the wild!!! My author copies were delayed, so alas I won't be able to see them until pub day ... but I'm living vicariously through others!! If you spot my ghost child, please do share pics!! <3
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.
June 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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.
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!!!
September 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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!!!
Reading THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY.
January 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Reading THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY.
Bitterfly Bay found at my local library!! Always such a magical moment to hold a library copy of my books 🥰
March 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Bitterfly Bay found at my local library!! Always such a magical moment to hold a library copy of my books 🥰
Oct 5 - Middle grade Horror Books You Should Read Day 5 The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay by @maryaverling.bsky.social
This is not only one of my favorite horror stories it’s one of my favorite middle grade books period. It’s perfect. Just read it
This is not only one of my favorite horror stories it’s one of my favorite middle grade books period. It’s perfect. Just read it
October 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Oct 5 - Middle grade Horror Books You Should Read Day 5 The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay by @maryaverling.bsky.social
This is not only one of my favorite horror stories it’s one of my favorite middle grade books period. It’s perfect. Just read it
This is not only one of my favorite horror stories it’s one of my favorite middle grade books period. It’s perfect. Just read it
Check out this interview with our very own @maryaverling.bsky.social about her new book, THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY, available now!
spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/02/06/a...
spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/02/06/a...
Author Interview: 5 Questions with Mary Averling, Author of The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay
Welcome to another installment of our author interview series, “5 Questions with…” This time around, we’re talking with Spooky Middle Grade’s Mary Averling, author of THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BO…
spookymiddlegrade.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Check out this interview with our very own @maryaverling.bsky.social about her new book, THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY, available now!
spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/02/06/a...
spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/02/06/a...