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!
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...
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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.
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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:
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/03/summ...
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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...
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Amazing selections!
CONGRATULATIONS to this year's selected authors! Thank you for scaring us!
(Here's a link to all the information about Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...)
(Here's a link to all the information about Summer Scares: raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...)
February 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Amazing selections!
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In the Middle Grade category:
EERIE TALES FROM THE SCHOOL OF SCREAMS by @grickle.bsky.social
RAVENOUS THINGS by @derrickchow.bsky.social
HIDE AND SEEKER by Daka Hermon
EERIE TALES FROM THE SCHOOL OF SCREAMS by @grickle.bsky.social
RAVENOUS THINGS by @derrickchow.bsky.social
HIDE AND SEEKER by Daka Hermon
February 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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🔥📚 The Summer Scares list is here! Get ready for chilling reads that will haunt your summer nights. From horror classics to fresh nightmares, there’s something for every reader. 👀☀️
🩸 Explore the list → raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
#SummerScares #HorrorReads #SpookySeason #BookLovers
🩸 Explore the list → raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
#SummerScares #HorrorReads #SpookySeason #BookLovers
February 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🔥📚 The Summer Scares list is here! Get ready for chilling reads that will haunt your summer nights. From horror classics to fresh nightmares, there’s something for every reader. 👀☀️
🩸 Explore the list → raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
#SummerScares #HorrorReads #SpookySeason #BookLovers
🩸 Explore the list → raforallhorror.blogspot.com/p/summer-sca...
#SummerScares #HorrorReads #SpookySeason #BookLovers
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Incredibly honored to share that THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE… is one of the @summerscares.bsky.social selections this year in the Adult category. Thank you to the HWA and to @raforall.bsky.social for this tremendous honor!! Very excited to be mentioned alongside such stellar authors as well ❤️
February 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Incredibly honored to share that THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE… is one of the @summerscares.bsky.social selections this year in the Adult category. Thank you to the HWA and to @raforall.bsky.social for this tremendous honor!! Very excited to be mentioned alongside such stellar authors as well ❤️
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In the Young Adult category:
DEVILS UNTO DUST by @emmaberquist.bsky.social
THE GETAWAY by @lamargiles.bsky.social
FIND HIM WHERE YOU LEFT HIM DEAD by Kristen Simmons
DEVILS UNTO DUST by @emmaberquist.bsky.social
THE GETAWAY by @lamargiles.bsky.social
FIND HIM WHERE YOU LEFT HIM DEAD by Kristen Simmons
February 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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School of Screams is neatly perfect. I would have LOVED it in grade school.
Hell, I love it now!
Hell, I love it now!
February 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
School of Screams is neatly perfect. I would have LOVED it in grade school.
Hell, I love it now!
Hell, I love it now!
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So delighted and shocked that The Luminous Dead is a summer scares book! It really is the book that won’t quit. 🥹🥰
In the Adult category:
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE AND OTHER MISFORTUNES by @ericlarocca.bsky.social
REPRIEVE by James Han Mattson
THE LUMINOUS DEAD by @caitlinstarling.com
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE AND OTHER MISFORTUNES by @ericlarocca.bsky.social
REPRIEVE by James Han Mattson
THE LUMINOUS DEAD by @caitlinstarling.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So delighted and shocked that The Luminous Dead is a summer scares book! It really is the book that won’t quit. 🥹🥰
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It's Summer Scares announcement day! Are your loins girded?
IT'S TIME!! Announcing the 2025 Summer Scares Titles and Authors!
PREPARE YOURSELF! GIRD YOUR LOINS! DO WHAT YOU MUST!
And away... we... go!
PREPARE YOURSELF! GIRD YOUR LOINS! DO WHAT YOU MUST!
And away... we... go!
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's Summer Scares announcement day! Are your loins girded?
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DEVILS UNTO DUST was chosen to be part of the 2025 Summer Scares from the Horror Writers Association! I’m in some amazing company here @summerscares.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
DEVILS UNTO DUST was chosen to be part of the 2025 Summer Scares from the Horror Writers Association! I’m in some amazing company here @summerscares.bsky.social
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We have a bunch of gems this year, first up, the adult selections.
In the Adult category:
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE AND OTHER MISFORTUNES by @ericlarocca.bsky.social
REPRIEVE by James Han Mattson
THE LUMINOUS DEAD by @caitlinstarling.com
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE AND OTHER MISFORTUNES by @ericlarocca.bsky.social
REPRIEVE by James Han Mattson
THE LUMINOUS DEAD by @caitlinstarling.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We have a bunch of gems this year, first up, the adult selections.
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The young adult squad!
In the Young Adult category:
DEVILS UNTO DUST by @emmaberquist.bsky.social
THE GETAWAY by @lamargiles.bsky.social
FIND HIM WHERE YOU LEFT HIM DEAD by Kristen Simmons
DEVILS UNTO DUST by @emmaberquist.bsky.social
THE GETAWAY by @lamargiles.bsky.social
FIND HIM WHERE YOU LEFT HIM DEAD by Kristen Simmons
February 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The young adult squad!