Some cool Middle Grade and YA horror in the next edition of Summer Scares. Both GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES & WHAT WE HARVEST have been previous top picks in the YA section of @gnofhorror.com Top picks to get youngsters reading!
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The 2026 Summer Scares reading list selections
You didn't think we'd let Friday the 13th go uncelebrated, did you?😈We are thrilled to share this year's @summerscares.bsky.social reading list which promotes Horror as a great reading option for all ages, during any time of the year. Check out these titles (if you dare): bit.ly/4afS4Fh
Here we go, Summer Scares!
I love love LOVE working on Summer Scares. If you haven't checked it out yet, please do.
Many of these are already in my TBR. How about you #booksky?
So THRILLED to share GARLIC & THE VAMPIRE has been selected for the Summer Scares Reading Program!!!
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.💛
THIS PROUD LIBRARIAN ALREADY HAS ALL OF THESE IN HER COLLECTION! 🖤
I am so STOKED at this list!!!!
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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And last but never, ever least -- A GIANT THANK YOU to The Horror Maven herself, co-chair @raforall.bsky.social for leading this very motley bunch. Happy reading, spooksters! Don't forget to keep the light on!
Thank you to the Summer Scares sponsors!
@horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
@ala-booklist.bsky.social
@bookriot.bsky.social
Novelist, a division of
@ebsco.bsky.social
(MORE THANK YOUS)
To @yikesyaika.bsky.social for excellent choices in titles and general wrangling!
To @papersquared.bsky.social for social media goblinning and only reading adult titles!
To co-chair Konrad Stump, for creating the STUPENDOUS program book and author relationship-building!
Thank you to everyone involved in making Summer Scares happen:
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social for coordinating the YA portion (and creating this year's graphics)!
@juliakate32.bsky.social for coordinating the MG set!
Now it's time for thank yous!
First up, many thanks to this year's spokesperson,
Jennifer McMahon!!
A collage with all of the 2026 Summer Scares titles: A Botanical Daughter, by Noah Medlock; Never Whistle at Night, ed. Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst; Maeve Fly, by CJ Leede; What We Harvest, by Ann Fraistat; Gorgeous Gruesome Faces, by Linda Cheng; Our Shadows Have Claws, ed. Yamile Saied Méndez & Amparo Ortiz; Garlic and the Vampire, by Bree Paulsen; It Came from the Trees, by Ally Russell; and This Appearing House, by Ally Malinenko
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...
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
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 YA Fiction titles: Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng, Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Yamile Saied Méndez & Amparo Ortiz, and What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat
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
A collage of the book covers for the Summer Scares adult fiction selections: A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock, Maeve Fly by CJ Leede, and Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.
The 2026 Summer Scares Adult Fiction titles are:
A Botanical Daughter by @noahmedlock.bsky.social
Maeve Fly by @ceejthemoment.bsky.social
Never Whistle at Night edited by @shanehawk.com and @tvayyyy.bsky.social
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!
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...
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.
Happy Halloween
31 Days of Horror: Day 31-- The @summerscares.bsky.social 2026 Spokesperson Is....
JENNIFER MCMAHON!
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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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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!
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?
