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B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz @braegrosz.com · 15/09/2026

Horror books by Pittsburgh authors come in threes. Or at least today they do 👇 @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social's creaturehorror.com/books/in-the... @zojestage.bsky.social's www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo... @allyoutthere.bsky.social's www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752057...

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

There are only TWO days left to preorder MYSTERY JAMES RETURNS FROM THE GRAVE if you want to receive cool book swag. Details on my IG. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752057...

Stacks of Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave and Mystery James Returns from the Grave behind a fake skeleton leg covered with fake worms.

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If anyone is near central PA, I'll be at the Williamsport Children's Book Festival tomorrow. Stop by!

Designed image of author Ally Russell with her three novels. Text reads: Williamsport Children's Book Festival. September 5, 12-4pm.

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thanks to the goblins at @darkertimes.bsky.social for letting me write about horror for young readers!

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Lora Senf @lorasenf.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

UNNAMED BONES is being released simultaneously in HC and PB. Today my finished paperbacks arrived. Illustrator Margot Reverdy and designer Julie Robine created something so, so special and I am beyond grateful to have their work accompany my words. I mean the detail is *incredible.*

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We Bleed Orange & Black @webobpodcast.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Ally and Alyssa spill the tea on the ‘Girls Sleepover-to-Ritual’ pipeline. Parents, talk to your children about Ritual Summoning before Bloody Mary does. @allyoutthere.bsky.social @alyssaalessi.bsky.social

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SpookyMiddleGrade @spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Check out our two fabulous Allies, conquering the spooky world! @allymalinenko.bsky.social @allyoutthere.bsky.social

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SpookyMiddleGrade @spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Congratulations to our spooky authors who made the Stoker nomination! @allyoutthere.bsky.social @medenkuyatt.bsky.social

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Summer Scares @summerscares.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The 2026 Summer Scares Middle Grade Fiction titles are: Garlic and the Vampire by @breebird33.bsky.social This Appearing House by @allymalinenko.bsky.social It Came from the Trees by @allyoutthere.bsky.social

A collage of the covers of the Summer Scares Middle Grade fiction selections: Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen, This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko, and It Came from the Trees by Ally Russell

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Jeff C. Carter @carterwroteit.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

168 – Middle Grade Horror Panel The panelists discuss the expectations of different age brackets, pushing boundaries, soft censorship, the Know-Betters, and the politics of house spiders. (with Kathleen Palm & Ally Russell) @kathleenpalm.bsky.social @allyoutthere.bsky.social

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Happy Middle Grade Monday!!! Today…IT CAME FROM THE TREES by @allyoutthere.bsky.social A great book of friendship and believing in yourself! And be sure to catch Ally and I talk MG horror on the @webobpodcast.bsky.social today! #middlegrademonday 📚🩸

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Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Amazing news! 🎉 MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE by Ally Russell has been nominated for a 2026 Edgar Award in the Best Juvenile category. Congratulations, @allyoutthere.bsky.social!! ✨

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Rex Stephens @rexstephens.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Sending the word out to support the horror genre’s Middle Grade authors and readers. @claymcleod.bsky.social discusses the Middle Grade horror’s landscape in his latest episode of FEARMONGERS, featuring @allymalinenko.bsky.social , @allyoutthere.bsky.social & @paultremblay.bsky.social

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

In 2023 I had zero books. Today, my FOURTH book published with Scholastic. Time flies. So do spiders. (Actually, they do something called ballooning.) Please check out my book about creepy-crawlies. 🕷️ DOWN CAME THE SPIDERS

Photo of multiple copies of a red book called DOWN CAME THE SPIDERS.

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Sley House Presents @sleyhousepresents.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

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!

Sley House Presents Special Episode: Halloween Friends and Memories, now available on all major podcast networks!

In this very special episode, Trevor's friends visit to share their favorite Halloween rituals and memories. Come join in to hear stories from Katrina Carruth, William Sterling, Abby Vail, Brian McAuley, Jessika Grewe Glover, Katrina Monroe, Ally Russell, Anna Rose Reads, and Collin Williamson. It's a special episode full of treats, no tricks!

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

👻 6 Diverse Middle Grade Books for the Halloween Season

Purple graphic with illustrations of white spiderwebs in the top right and bottom left corners. This slide is titled “Middle Grade” and displays book covers for six diverse middle grade books perfect for the Halloween season. The titles featured are as follows: “Tales from Cabin 23: Night of the Living Head” by Hanna Alkaf, “Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave” by Ally Russell, “Bumps in the Night” by Amalie Howard, “Los Monstruos: Felice and the Wailing Woman” by Diana López, “The Supernatural Files of CJ Delaney” by Carol Williams, and “The Last Rhee Witch” by Jenna Lee-Yun.

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salemlitfest.bsky.social @salemlitfest.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

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.

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Anica Mrose Rissi @anicarissi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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).

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Thank you for this! It was fun! 🪱🪏

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🎃 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

A compilation of twenty-one 2025 middle grade book covers organized by colour, beginning with green, transitioning into blue and purple, and finally ending with pink and red. Books featured include Scaring and Daring, Another, Open Wide, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, The House Next Door, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family, Broken Dolls, The Better To Eat You With, The Mystery At The Haunted Dance Hall, Phantom Academy, The Girl In The Walls, The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay, The Labyrinth of Souls, Finder's Keepers, Welcome To The Ghost Show, Grin, I.R.L, Ride or Die, Gloam, Tales From Cabin 23: The Visitors and It's Watching.

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Punlandia @punlandia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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...

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Samantha M Clark @samanthamclark.com · 22/09/2025

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

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Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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!!!

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Sley House Presents @sleyhousepresents.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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:

Sley House Presents Episode #164: Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave with Ally Russell. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or on any other major podcast platform.

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Nina James @thewanderingreader.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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! 🪦🪏💀

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

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

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

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

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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

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Hope You're Having a Chilling Summer!

Worms at ALA, a ghastly preorder campaign, and your monthly reminder to stay out of the woods!

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Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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

Designed graphic advertising author Ally Russell's presence at ALA annual in Philadelphia June 26-30. Text reads: find me in the exhibit hall and I'll give you a creepy treat if you say these words: Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave. Tell your friends. While supplies last. Signing IT CAME FROM THE TREES Sunday, June 29, at 2:30 p.m. ET, booth #1527. Book covers featured include: IT CAME FROM THE TREES; MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE; DOWN CAME THE SPIDERS; WEDNESDAY BOOK OF OUTCASTS.

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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

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Ibarra V. Gomez @ibarravgomez.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

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.

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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...

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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

Designed graphic features 5 book covers: NOX WINTERS AND THE MIDNIGHT WOLF; CREEPY CAMPFIRE STORIES; IT CAME FROM THE TREES; S'MORE SPOOKY STORIES; THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY. Text reads: Spooky Middle Grade, Are you sure you want to go camping?

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Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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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SpookyMiddleGrade @spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

"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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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.

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Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

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 ⬇️

A photograph of former Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, standing at a podium in the Library of Congress and speaking at a previous Walter Awards Ceremony. At the bottom of the photo is bold white text that says, “WNDB stands with Dr. Carla Hayden and condemns her firing.”

Graphic with neutral-colored background containing an official statement from We Need Diverse Books regarding the recent firing of Dr. Carla Hayden. The first part of the statement says, “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. Throughout her exemplary career, she has been a faithful public servant, a visionary leader, a champion of literacy—and the People’s Librarian, who strived to make our nation’s library more accessible and available to all Americans.”

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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

A designed image with a purple background and black bats and the book cover for Wednesday Book of Outcasts, which features the cast of the Netflix TV show. The text at the top reads: Out Now

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School Library Journal @slj.com · 05/05/2025

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...

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Pro-Censorship Candidates Lose Big in School District Races Across Texas

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