Summer Scares
@summerscares.bsky.social
A reading program designed to introduce new horror authors to readers & to help librarians with horror RA. Titles include adult, YA, & MG. Time to get scared!
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I love love LOVE working on Summer Scares. If you haven't checked it out yet, please do.
Congratulations to this year's authors! Thank you for bringing more horror into our lives!
Here's a link to all things Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
Here's a link to all things Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
February 13, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I love love LOVE working on Summer Scares. If you haven't checked it out yet, please do.
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Many of these are already in my TBR. How about you #booksky?
Congratulations to this year's authors! Thank you for bringing more horror into our lives!
Here's a link to all things Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
Here's a link to all things Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Many of these are already in my TBR. How about you #booksky?
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So THRILLED to share GARLIC & THE VAMPIRE has been selected for the Summer Scares Reading Program!!!
Congratulations to this year's authors! Thank you for bringing more horror into our lives!
Here's a link to all things Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
Here's a link to all things Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
So THRILLED to share GARLIC & THE VAMPIRE has been selected for the Summer Scares Reading Program!!!
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From all the middle grade covers I've done so far I (and therefore manuscripts I've read) Ally's "This Appearing house" is still one of my favorites. It's about experiencing cancer and grief as a kid and have that all packaged in a truly scary but emotional story.💛
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
Garlic and the Vampire by @breebird33.bsky.social
This Appearing House by @allymalinenko.bsky.social
It Came from the Trees by @allyoutthere.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
From all the middle grade covers I've done so far I (and therefore manuscripts I've read) Ally's "This Appearing house" is still one of my favorites. It's about experiencing cancer and grief as a kid and have that all packaged in a truly scary but emotional story.💛
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THIS PROUD LIBRARIAN ALREADY HAS ALL OF THESE IN HER COLLECTION! 🖤
The 2026 Summer Scares YA Fiction titles are:
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by @lychengwrites.bsky.social
Our Shadows Have Claws edited by @yamilesmendez.bsky.social & @amparoortiz.bsky.social
What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by @lychengwrites.bsky.social
Our Shadows Have Claws edited by @yamilesmendez.bsky.social & @amparoortiz.bsky.social
What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
THIS PROUD LIBRARIAN ALREADY HAS ALL OF THESE IN HER COLLECTION! 🖤
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I am so STOKED at this list!!!!
Congratulations to this year's authors! Thank you for bringing more horror into our lives!
Here's a link to all things Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
Here's a link to all things Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I am so STOKED at this list!!!!
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The 2026 Summer Scares picks are here!
Learn more below, and make sure you're following @summerscares.bsky.social here for regular updates on all things horror in libraries.
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Learn more below, and make sure you're following @summerscares.bsky.social here for regular updates on all things horror in libraries.
bookriot.com/2026-summer-...
Frighteningly Good Reads: The 2026 Summer Scares Selections Are Live!
Now in its eighth year, the Summer Scares picks are ready to delight and fright readers throughout the summer. Here are this year's picks.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The 2026 Summer Scares picks are here!
Learn more below, and make sure you're following @summerscares.bsky.social here for regular updates on all things horror in libraries.
bookriot.com/2026-summer-...
Learn more below, and make sure you're following @summerscares.bsky.social here for regular updates on all things horror in libraries.
bookriot.com/2026-summer-...
It's time to announce this year's Summer Scares selections. PREPARE YOURSELVES!
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It's time to announce this year's Summer Scares selections. PREPARE YOURSELVES!
It's Friday the 13th! In just FIFTEEN minutes, we'll be announcing this year's Summer Scares selections!
February 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
It's Friday the 13th! In just FIFTEEN minutes, we'll be announcing this year's Summer Scares selections!
Keep an eye on the calendar, ghosts and ghouls... Friday, February 13th, is going to be very special this year...
a cartoon character is looking at a calendar that says friday the 13th
Alt: an animated bird is startled by the date on a calendar, Friday the 13th
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January 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Keep an eye on the calendar, ghosts and ghouls... Friday, February 13th, is going to be very special this year...
Oh, spooky friends. Your Summer Scares team met this morning and we made some terrifying decisions...
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Oh, spooky friends. Your Summer Scares team met this morning and we made some terrifying decisions...
Happy Halloween, banshees and ghouls! Your social media goblin has been buried but I'm so excited to let you know that JENNIFER MCMAHON is this year's spokesperson!
We are just delighted that she is joining our group of horrors.
We are just delighted that she is joining our group of horrors.
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy Halloween, banshees and ghouls! Your social media goblin has been buried but I'm so excited to let you know that JENNIFER MCMAHON is this year's spokesperson!
We are just delighted that she is joining our group of horrors.
We are just delighted that she is joining our group of horrors.
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Happy Halloween
31 Days of Horror: Day 31-- The @summerscares.bsky.social 2026 Spokesperson Is....
JENNIFER MCMAHON!
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31 Days of Horror: Day 31-- The @summerscares.bsky.social 2026 Spokesperson Is....
JENNIFER MCMAHON!
raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
31 Days of Horror: Day 31-- The Summer Scares 2026 Spokesperson Is....
As we have done every year since the program inception, the Summer Scares Committee is announcing our next Spokesperson on Halloween. This y...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Happy Halloween
31 Days of Horror: Day 31-- The @summerscares.bsky.social 2026 Spokesperson Is....
JENNIFER MCMAHON!
raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
31 Days of Horror: Day 31-- The @summerscares.bsky.social 2026 Spokesperson Is....
JENNIFER MCMAHON!
raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
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The Last Hurrah! A sensational horror chapbook about beach goths, ghosts, and the endless haunt of queer desire ✨👻🏖️🖤
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The Last Hurrah, by West Ambrose
Poetry, chapbook, 40 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Abandoned in his summer cottage and missing his childhood friends dearly, a boy summons their ghosts with the hope of seeing them one last time. Wh...
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August 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Last Hurrah! A sensational horror chapbook about beach goths, ghosts, and the endless haunt of queer desire ✨👻🏖️🖤
bottlecap.press/en-ca/produc...
bottlecap.press/en-ca/produc...
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Today is the first meeting for @summerscares.bsky.social 2026 edition! Going to meet with the (not announced publicly yet) spokesperson.
Then recording with @booksinthefreezer.bsky.social
Plus finishing a book for review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social
Let's do this!
Then recording with @booksinthefreezer.bsky.social
Plus finishing a book for review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social
Let's do this!
August 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today is the first meeting for @summerscares.bsky.social 2026 edition! Going to meet with the (not announced publicly yet) spokesperson.
Then recording with @booksinthefreezer.bsky.social
Plus finishing a book for review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social
Let's do this!
Then recording with @booksinthefreezer.bsky.social
Plus finishing a book for review in @ala-booklist.bsky.social
Let's do this!
It’s our first meeting of the new season, spooky friends! Meeting our new spokesperson and starting to plan a whole new summer of scares!
What was your favorite ghoulish read *this* summer?
What was your favorite ghoulish read *this* summer?
August 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It’s our first meeting of the new season, spooky friends! Meeting our new spokesperson and starting to plan a whole new summer of scares!
What was your favorite ghoulish read *this* summer?
What was your favorite ghoulish read *this* summer?
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Librarians, I hope you know about the Summer Scares program! More information at @raforall.bsky.social’s blog: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca... #StokerCon #Libraries #BookSky
Summer Scares Resource Page [Last Updated May 29, 2025]
Click on the image to access a folder with the logo graphics Summer Scares 2025 Resources for Library Workers Below is a list of resources ...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Librarians, I hope you know about the Summer Scares program! More information at @raforall.bsky.social’s blog: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca... #StokerCon #Libraries #BookSky
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First @summerscares.bsky.social partnered podcast of the year with @booksinthefreezer.bsky.social is live.
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Summer Scares with Kendare Blake and Jocelyn Codner
Podcast Episode · Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast · 05/20/2025 · 32m
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May 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
First @summerscares.bsky.social partnered podcast of the year with @booksinthefreezer.bsky.social is live.
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Gabino is a Summer Scares author! Buy his book or we’ll haunt you forever!
Two things!
1. The Devil is still just $2.99 everywhere!
2. Sent an email this morning. For all future books, I want a cover artist to get paid AND I want art from a different artist inside even if I have to pay for it.
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1. The Devil is still just $2.99 everywhere!
2. Sent an email this morning. For all future books, I want a cover artist to get paid AND I want art from a different artist inside even if I have to pay for it.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09N...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
May 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Gabino is a Summer Scares author! Buy his book or we’ll haunt you forever!
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Hey library peeps. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! @ericlarocca.bsky.social will be at ALA Annual!
Come to Philly and I will make sure you meet him.
@summerscares.bsky.social
Come to Philly and I will make sure you meet him.
@summerscares.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hey library peeps. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! @ericlarocca.bsky.social will be at ALA Annual!
Come to Philly and I will make sure you meet him.
@summerscares.bsky.social
Come to Philly and I will make sure you meet him.
@summerscares.bsky.social
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The next best thing to hearing horror stories around a fire in the middle of nowhere? Listening to them on a podcast! Our latest #ShelfCare is all about the 2025 @summerscares.bsky.social list: this year's selections, recs from our experts, how libraries can get in on the fun, & more: bit.ly/4iH3CmS
March 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The next best thing to hearing horror stories around a fire in the middle of nowhere? Listening to them on a podcast! Our latest #ShelfCare is all about the 2025 @summerscares.bsky.social list: this year's selections, recs from our experts, how libraries can get in on the fun, & more: bit.ly/4iH3CmS
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Today on both blogs: All of the @summerscares.bsky.social @ala-booklist.bsky.social content introducing the program is now live and FREE:
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Summer Scares Booklist Webinars and Podcasts Are LIVE
Click here to get to the Summer Scares Resource page One of the best things about the Summer Scares partnership with Booklist Magazine is ...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today on both blogs: All of the @summerscares.bsky.social @ala-booklist.bsky.social content introducing the program is now live and FREE:
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It's all our amazing adult selection authors! AND Becky!
I’ll be appearing at the Summer Scares webinar TODAY (3/24) at 2:00 pm Eastern. I’ll be joined by wonderful authors James Han Mattson and Caitlin Starling to discuss all things Horror. The amazing Becky Spratford will be moderating!
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It's all our amazing adult selection authors! AND Becky!
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I’ll be appearing at the Summer Scares webinar TODAY (3/24) at 2:00 pm Eastern. I’ll be joined by wonderful authors James Han Mattson and Caitlin Starling to discuss all things Horror. The amazing Becky Spratford will be moderating!
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I’ll be appearing at the Summer Scares webinar TODAY (3/24) at 2:00 pm Eastern. I’ll be joined by wonderful authors James Han Mattson and Caitlin Starling to discuss all things Horror. The amazing Becky Spratford will be moderating!
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...