This episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast is all about Summer Scares. First, host Susan Maguire talks to Summer Scares committee member Konrad Stump and librarian Rebecca Leannah (from the Racine, WI Public Library) about what kinds of programming they do around Summer Scares, what to tell patrons who think horror is not for them, the Wisconsin version of Tiger King. Then, Susan gets the skinny on the selections for this years’ readers, first from author spokesperson Daniel Kraus and Summer Scares committee member Becky Spratford, then from Booklist’s own Julia Smith. Spooky! And fun.

This Thing Between Us, by Gus Moreno

Rotters, by Daniel Kraus

Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark

Catherine House, by Elizabeth Thomas

The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, by Daniel M. Lavery

In the Shadow of Blackbirds, by Cat Winters

Squad, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illus. by Lisa Sterle

Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker, illus. by Wendy Xu

Horror Writers Association’s StokerCon 2023 in Pittsburgh

The Living Dead, by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus

Evil Whispers, by Owl Goingback

“Spectrum of Horror: From Shivers to Terror,” by Susan Maguire and Becky Spratford

Whalefall, by Daniel Kraus

Between a Rock and a Hard Place, by Aron Ralston (127 Hours)

The Martian, by Andy Weir

Small Spaces, by Katherine Arden

Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories, by Dan SaSuWeh Jones, illus. by Weshoyot Alvitre

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz, illus. by Stephen Gammell

A Small Zombie Problem, by K. G. Campbell, illus. by the author

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