It’s time for Summer Scares, and the popular horror-reading program is in fine form again. Shelf Care host Susan Maguire spoke to librarian Becky Spratford, author Kendare Blake, and Booklist’s Julia Smith about this year’s selections for adult, teen, and middle-grade readers; transgressive horror; and Hellmouth Pokémon, as you do. She also spoke to Jocelyn Codner and Carina Stopenski, both of the Horror Writers Association’s Library Advisory Council, about the Summer Scares program guide, why libraries should serve horror readers, and what they’re reading and loving.Here’s what we talked about:Summer Scares Resource PageFind Him Where You Left Him Dead, by Kristen SimmonsiRead Summer 2025: Level Up at Your LibraryThe Getaway, by Lamar GilesDevils unto Dust, by Emma BerquistReprieve, by James Han MattsonThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes, by Eric LaRoccaThe Luminous Dead, by Caitlin StarlingSummer Scares webinars: for Adult, YA, and Middle Grade All These Bodies, by Kendare BlakeIn Every Generation, by Kendare BlakeSummer Scares Program GuideHWA Young Adults Write Now scholarship(or email libraries@horror.org)Stoker Con 2025 Librarians’ DayStag Dance, by Torrey PetersDetransition, Baby, by Torrey PetersIt Came from the Trees, by Ally RussellHide and Seeker, by Daka HermonRavenous Things, by Derrick ChowEerie Tales from the School of Screams, by Graham Annable, art by the authorSkunk and Badger, by Amy Timberlake, illustrated by Jon KlassenThe Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest, by Aubrey Hartman, illustrated by Macin MinorBad Badger: A Love Story, by Maryrose Wood, illustrated by Giulia GhiginiReluctant Witch, by Melissa Marr