#summer scares

[freckles-and-books]

“Two girls walk into the woods, she thought. But the story wasn't a fairy tale. They hadn't dropped a trail of bread crumbs, discovered a gingerbread cottage with sugar-paned windows, or shoved an old witch into a flaming stove. Nor was it a ghost story, traded in whispers around smoky campfires. It wasn't even an urban legend. Their story was flesh and bone. Urgent and real.”

#books #the woods are always watching #stephanie perkins #summer scares #ya horror

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

What do all of these spooky books have in common? They're all books by authors who were featured in recent "Summer Scares" webinars!

I watch a lot of Booklist webinars that connect to CR and YA books, but when I'm looking for books that will appeal to reluctant readers (which is basically ALWAYS), I often gravitate towards scary and suspenseful titles. Over the last two months I watched the Summer Scares Middle-Grade, Summer Scares YA, and Prepare For a Summer of Scares panels. While I was listening to those conversations, I started reserving books. This pile contains the holds that have come in so far:

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Jon Klassen

My Aunt is a Monster by Reimena Yee

Dread Detention by Jennifer Killick

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

Bumps in the Night by Amalie Howard

Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer Book One) by Kiersten White

Four Letter Word by Gretchen McNeil

Fun Fact: It was from watching one of these webinars that I first learned about a cool and spooky Edward Gorey book!

#scary books #horror #suspense #YA Lit #Kid Lit #Summer Scares #Booklist Webinars #Booklist #Kingsbridge Library #NYPL

[7amaspayrollmanager]

Alright let's imagine a scene that is all too normal in palestine. A palestinian business owner finds his building covered in graffiti stars of Davids and Hebrew that says "gas the arabs" and "death to arabs"

Now imagine there's a reporter there and asks the palestinian business owner what happens and they say "the jews attacked my business"

Pause. Now your response might be "uncle no. Say israelis not jews" and then this is when he would look at you like youre stupid because the israelis doing this are jewish. They are not the Christians or the druze or the palestinian ones with Israeli citizenship. They are Jewish israelis who believe in their religious supremacy. When you graffiti stars of david all over a palestinian business, car, or the street you seek that conflation. it sends a message, this is jewish land and you're next.

The problem is that these videos circulate in zionist circles. "Watch this video of children in gaza calling for the death of jews" "watch how they say they want to fight and kill jews" those children are referring to Israeli soldiers that come in night and do their raids with the star of David attached to their uniform or the ones that bomb them. It's easy to watch those videos and assume that palestinians are indoctrinating their children on anti semitism or you can realize that those children's only interaction with jewish ppl is through violence and parents cannot protect their children from this. Doesn't matter context is lost

Abby Martin went to Jerusalem and interviewed israelis for 2 hours and she says every israeli was extremely confident to say that this land is for them and that they should push the Arabs out and when she interviewed palestinians they spoke of freedom from occupation and their dreams. That's reality. Not the soundbites.

And yet we have invasive youtubers and interviewers constantly in the street of ramallah or wherever in palestine asking palestinians "do you hate jews?" And in those videos you hear those palestinians say "no we have no problem with jews we have a problem with occupation and we have a problem with zionism." Bc this is how we are trained to respond to this trope. Palestinians are very aware what the world thinks of us and the reality is that many palestinians have internalized it and we grow up reading books on the Holocaust and train ourselves to recognize anti semitic dog whistles so zionists don't get the soundbites they want.

So we say "anti zionism is not anti semitism" and we say "israeli zionists" and we do not say "jewish supremacy" even thought it exists in palestine but "zionist supremacy" and in these carefully worded speech we water down what is happening to us in an effort to not deter people away from solidarity. But it means nothing. The world categorically blames palestinians for rising anti semitism they blame us for jewish insecurity globally.

[the-upper-shelf]

"The intruder"

#fantasy #haelumians #personal art #digital art #humanoid #wings #monster #digital painting #nature #I did a big steppy for my mental health today #this summer my family's cottage burned down and it was my muse #for a long time it felt wrong to draw cozy homes and blooming plants #when all I had in my mind was blackened walls and the smell of burnt plastic #I was scared I would have never been able to do this ever again #but today I decided that if anyone was gonna pull me out of this sadness that was me

[mag200]

one thing thats crazy in yellowjackets is in summertime the lake was joy it was release it provided drinking water and cleanliness and sustenance. "dreams" by the cranberries is playing. but then it's winter and the lake's frozen over and it almost provides food but then it takes it away. and then later it provides food by killing one of them. the wilderness provides but it has a price.

#just thinking how crazy these girlies are gonna get once its summer and food is abundant again #but they still have to live with what they did to survive the winter #and the fact that we know they survive a SECOND winter out there.... im scared #yellowjackets #yj spoilers

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

Hello may 31th anon! Look at that, another year behind us and a new one to come. Have a nice day! ₍՞◌′ᵕ‵ू◌₎♡

#may 31th anon #hello friends!! (｡’▽’｡)♡ how are you!! I missed you so much! #I'm sorry that once again i have not been posting but I did that thing again where I got scared of posting #I do not know why but it is the same with physical paper diarys #I have 3 diarys and they all have 1 entry #I think one just says 'I am ten' #what have you been up to!! did you do something fun? is it summer too where you live? c: #my tumblr messages seem to be broken! I'm sorry if you wrote something :C it just says 'no new messages' despite also saying new messages #not a lot has happened here! I got a tomato plant and then I got very invested into the tomato plant and I have eaten three tomatos so far ( #my roses are also doing well!! I just got a new yellow rose and since she got here she only made orange flowers #I do not know the meaning of that #but I am very thankful! ( ˊᵕˋ )♡ I love it when things are orange!! #I've been trying to buy an orange shirt for the past 2 weeks but they always sell out before I get to them #I'm also thinking about buying a jean jacket #I have not worn a jean jacket for at least 15 years because one time in 7th grade tthe girl behind me said #that I was wearing a cool jean jacket and I just assumed that this was bullying for no actual reason #but maybe she just thought that it was an acutal cool jean jacket #we'll soon have out 10 year school reunion #maybe I should ask her #is anyone else going to a secret Sherlock phase again #I just want to see that silly little hat again #would sherlock holmes wear a jean jacket #have a nice day everyone!! #see you soon hopefully!! #♡＾▽＾♡

[kierreras]

conrad fisher being a petty king (1/?)

#it's so funny how belly and jeremiah were so scared for their lives #tsitp #tsitp spoilers #tsitpedit #the summer i turned pretty #conrad fisher #conradfisheredit #belly conklin #jeremiah fisher #yes i'm going to gif every moment with conrad being petty so what #mariestuff

[averagemrfox]

Yea ok but if that really is the Summer Maiden behind them and she’s just a kid and they put these two in charge of training and guiding her

The mother who abandoned her own child and killed the prior Spring Maiden both out of fear and the sibling who was loyal to the wrong person until it was almost too late and was unable to save her baby sister… I’m sure they’re coping fine with that responsibility

#rwby #raven branwen #yang xiao long #winter schnee #weiss schnee #well we know for a fact that Winter ain’t coping well with shit right now lmfao #in particular I GOTTA see Yang’s reaction to whatever relationship Raven has now with the Summer Maiden (assuming she’s a kid) #Raven seems like she’s softened a bit since we saw her last #is she motherly towards the SM at all? is Yang gonna see that and be upset bc why couldn’t Raven be that for her? #or will she be angry bc Raven decided this maiden is worth training and not just some scared little kid that she ‘mercy killed’ #plsssss I gotta know everything that’s been going on with Raven I need that Xiao Long-Rose-Branwen family therapy session #greenlight volume 10

[hyacinthecanard]

"Brandon the Knight" , they called him. At first, it was to mock him. Behind his back, of course, as he was still a son of house Stark even if his legs didn't work. But then it was just a fact, as nothing could stop Bran at achieving his dream, and no one could say that a direwolf at a tourney or in battle wasn't impressive.

Alternate Universe : Winterfell isn't taken, or maybe it is just Bran's escapist dream as he waits in that cavern.

I didn't think too much about the saddle as I know nothing of riding, even less of medieval riding. I tried to make somthing that could hold him enough, but he doesn't really need something to direct his direwolf as he is a very competent warg.

Note that he dresses in some very southern clothes (although in Stark colors) because Knighthood is still a pretty southern concept.

Forgive me I traced the wolf and the lettering, I was lazy.

#i want bran to be happy #summer would scare any contestant in a tourney for sure #would it be even allowed? #bran stark #asoiaf #fanart #house stark #my art #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones #medieval core i guess #house tully

[officialdaydreamer00]

Flowers of a summer day

in which your significant other finally agreed to go outside with you for an impromptu picnic.

pairing: idia shroud x yuu/reader

contents: short oneshot, this is just angst with a happy ending tbh, idia might be ooc pls don't shoot me (^-^; ), reader is referred to as yuu, gender neutral reader and narrated with you/yours, reader has powers to manipulate plants (mainly flowers) to a certain extent

★ the daydreamer speaks — my entry for @cloudcountry's sweet shroud summer 2024!! this is literally an excuse to stimulate the brainworms hehe. also i was braiding my hair and my brain went "gasp. idea!! :D" and there you have it ^-^

do i tag? yes, i do. my main idia liker: @edith-is-a-cat, others: @identity-theft-101 @ferris-the-wheel @xen-blank @twistwonderlanddevotee @loser-jpg @lemonchuu

remember to reblog if you enjoy my work!!

"Is all of this really necessary?"

A chuckle.

"Well, yes, it is."

Summer was just around the corner.

The sun was shining brightly, accompanied by clouds bracketed to the clear blue sky. Flowers glimmered, blooming under the sunlight like jewels. The summer's breezes picked up their faint yet comforting scents, carrying them to distant lands. It was hot out in the flower field, indeed, but the forest surrounding it and a pond nearby helped cooled the air down. Birds took places hidden in the trees, singing a special harmony only they could do, tying every pieces of details together for a lovely summer day.

... It was also how Idia found himself sitting under a tree looking towards his beloved's flower field, having his hair braided and played with.

"You're killing me with the sun, Yuu-shi..."

You only chuckled at his incessant mutterings under his breath as your hands skilfully wove through his fiery long hair, braiding in flowers you grew with love and magic every now and then as you saw fit.

"But how can I refuse Ortho when he personally asked for my help?"

"That's—... Fair enough..."

He grew quiet as you continued on with your little mission.

If it was several years ago, someone told him that he'd have someone who loved and cared for him for his entirety, he'd malfunction and dismiss it as a cruel joke one would say to him. Until you came into his life, what with the ruckus in the opening ceremony.

He still didn't exactly get why you chose him. Him, of all people.

Every time he looked at you, you always shined, as bright as the sun, and as serene as the moon. Even in the drkest times, after every trouble you faced during your time on campus, you would still shined, as if nothing could diminish the light of your aura.

And he envied you for that.

Compared to you, he was no one special, a strange individual even, and not in a good way. Seven, he would agree if you outright said that to his face. He hope you didn't think of him so low like that, however, since it's not like you befriended him if you thought so, right?

... Right?

Oh, who was he kidding? Would you still be with him if you saw how weird he actually was? Would you get tired of him? Would you leave him one day? He would understand if you do leave him behind one day, but by Seven, would it hurt so much and he would never leave his room again if you—

—The sound of you humming tore through his suffocating thoughts, saving him from sinking even deeper down that rabbit hole.

'Right... No point in dweling into that anymore...' He thought, focusing on the soft hands threading through his hair.

You chose him. You stayed by his side, willingly. And even after everything he did, you forgave him. And you loved him for who he was.

"And... Done! There we go."

He looked so different in the mirror that you carried along, with his fiery hair cascading down his back, and the peonies and violets woven in the intricate braids. A lovely product of your creative mind.

Perhaps going outside once in a while wasn't as bad as he thought it was.

He felt himself smiling, his hair glowing a soft pink shade. It was a comforting thought, knowing he could live with moments like this. For eternity, if you would agree.

#sweet shroud summer 2024 #irene's writings ♡ #twst #twst yuu #twisted wonderland #idia shroud #twst idia #twisted wonderland idia #idia shroud x reader #twst idia x reader #idia x reader #idia shroud x yuu #idia x yuu #idia x mc #idia shroud fluff #im scared to post this lmao #I'M GONNA POST IT

[freckles-and-books]

Currently reading.

#books #our crooked hearts #melissa albert #currently reading #summer scares

[goodold-fashioned-killerqueen]

i can't gatekeep this sketch to myself anymore,,,,,,,,,,

#grian #hermitshipblr #hermitshipping #mcytshipping #scarian #goodtimeswithscar #i been keeping this to myself because i am too scared to post them kiss #but here i am #they KISSED #ON THE MOUTH #UGAHHHHHH #<-this is what summer did to you #but it's rainy season now #33°c #xD #i am going insane

[softerhaze]

softerhaze but make it irl 💌

#hi i've missed you guys :') #i've been working on my new years resolution of developing film that i've just tossed into my cabinet #these were all taken last summer! there's a mix of kodak gold and superia 400 #i was scared to send these in because last summer was really bad for me BUT #i'm always happy to be out with my camera so none of that poisoned my rolls :) <3

[edith-is-a-cat]

There is a storm coming and ima little scared since we are being released early bcuz of it so why not write idia drabble! This is silly stupid and self indulgent TY AUBBIE FOR SWEET SHROUD SUMMER <333 srry for any error im writing this on my phone n im real shakey

Tldr: Idia scared of storm :(((

Word count: 483

Reader is implied to be a little scared of storms

✦ Idia knows to handle storms on his own, he has been on an island basically all his life so he’s bound to have been hit by bad storms. He just hides with his laptop, his headphones, a rechargeable battery, and all the physical media he could get into his closet. But sometimes he doesn't get the convince of a hideout...

✦ You, Azul, and Idia were having a late night in the board game club. (Maybe bcuz there was a new board game that y'all wanted to demo..) You all just thought it was rain. Azul was fine, but Idia was on edge thinking about all the ways it could get bad. But, you and azul had just set up a new game and one last round couldn't hurt

✦ Just a little over half way through the game there was a crack of thunder that almost made idia jump out of his seat and definitely startled you. Azul just continued counting his resources like he heard nothing, calling for Idia to take his turn.

✦ Then the storm continued terrorizing you all, with a thundering clap the lights cut out. Idia dove under the table, you covered you head with your arms, and Azul just turned on his phone's flashlight after making sure he had enough battery.

✦ He scanned the scene, then promptly got up saying that he was going to go figure out how to turn on a generator. Leaving you in the dark, well no not really Idia's tablet was glowing from under the table.

✦ The dark was starting to give you the heebie-jeebies after a point so you decided being on the floor with some light would be better than being in a chair with no light. You crawl under the table with Idia offering a soft hi while he shaked like a nervous chihuahua.

✦ after a long bit of awkward silence (just as he was going to say something too) a clap of thunder scared the life out of him again, making him jump.. and in addition hit his head on the table.

✦ He just stared at you, steeping in embarrassment and the buzzing pain on the top of his head until another crash of thunder made him instinctively hug you. He held on like the storm was going to take him away, though that did not last long as he realized what he was doing and scrambled away. A soft sorry left him as he looked away brewing in his embrassment tea.

✦ "It's okay, you're afraid. It's okay that you are afraid" you softly whisper like you were coaxing a cat out of a cage

✦ He nods, then jumping again when the lights turn on. Azul had a prideful smile as he turned on the light, but it had changed to one of confusion as he looked at you both under the table.

lol srry if bad im not rlly a writer

@fryofthefrench

#silly little bear tries to write :] #sweet shroud summer 2024 #PLZ IM KINDA SCARED TO POST THIS!!! #twst #twisted wonderland #idia twst #idia shroud #idia shroud x reader

[maybe-a-dinosaur]

seijoh 4 as summer camp employees

hanamaki takahiro is BUILT for this he has fun hair he’s weird he’s engaging his he’s colorful his water bottle is covered in stickers he has sandals on toes Out he is shameless he’s kinda unhinged it so works. he’s a counselor but almost never has a cabin to himself he’s more like a sub if someone else has gets sick or whatever but when he shows up it’s like a celebrity sighting a monumentous occasion. if he’s not needed anywhere else he’s helping out with arts and crafts his favorite artworks are the ones where you can’t tell what the fuck it’s supposed to be. he has lots of string friendship bracelets he knows how to make them but lies whenever someone asks he just gives them one he gatekeeps cuz he thinks it’s funny and teaching is too much work. he tells the most Outrageous ghost stories and is the reason only half of the kids will go in the lake he talks about bigfoot and campers who went missing and the town’s curse he is carrying on legacies he is SO fun.

iwaizumi hajime is the Coolest fucking counselor ever. bandana around his head sleeves cut off of the uniform tshirt (muscle tee now) he has friendship bracelets a beat up watch one anklet his water bottle is on its last leg he has a dinosaur keychain on his backpack he like epitomizes cool guy the kids idolize him. his cabin wins every single camp-wide competition every time like he’s peak athleticism and he’s just like so awesome or whatever it’s contagious. he picks kids up and throws them in the lake and pool if a frisbee gets stuck in a tree he gets it every time he caught a snake once and took it back to the woods everyone wants to sit next to him in the mess hall he can’t build a fire and is mad about it he sleeps like a fucking Rock and snores like a lawnmower and eats enough for 3 people at every meal.

oikawa tooru is a lifeguard. at the pool at the lake he’s always around the water somehow and Everyone has a crush on him. up on his lifeguard chair sunglasses on his skin is all golden whistle around his neck or spinning on his finger his hair somehow always looks good he wears a headband one day and someone literally faints. he teaches swimming and canoeing lessons and is really good at it he almost Never has to save anyone for someone who works by the water you’d think they’d swim a little more. he’s pretty quiet when he’s on duty he takes the job seriously but he’s a fucking motormouth when he’s off that chair he will Not shut up. he sits w the boys at meals running that fucking mouth pisses them off So Bad he blatantly flirts/fights with iwaizumi when the kids aren’t around and Refuses to get into a canoe with him bc it always ends up getting flipped. he’s really good with the younger kids they’re his favorite to work with but he is generally well liked throughout the camp he’s like everyone’s counselor crush and he always eats raisin bran for breakfast.

matsukawa issei is the camp cryptid he works with the older kids who like go backpacking and spend all their time in the woods he emerges looking like he’s been there all his life. he kinda just appears sometimes doing odd jobs taking things to the lost and found feeding the chickens fishing things out of the lake general camp maintenance he materializes out of the trees with a fire extinguisher a neon yellow backpack and a missing camper. he’s often accompanied by the camp dog so there are theories (encouraged by takahiro) that he’s actually a werewolf and that’s why he’s everywhere some people think he is the camp dog issei thinks this is very funny. the only place he’s consistently found is the mess hall at meals otherwise when not wandering or in the forest he can be found hanging out with hiro coming up with new ghost stories playing some sort of sport with hajime or pouring water on tooru’s head wherever he happens to be. issei is the best campfire builder on the property and some of the kids are scared of him he never has his phone can only be contacted by walkie-talkie he is the jack of all trades.

#iwaoi grew up going to camp together their dynamic has Not changed #anytime he’s asked a question issei answers very vaguely he’s not giving anything away like ‘where do you sleep?’ ‘the woods.’ #oikawa lifeguard i Know you can picture it he reapplied sunscreen every 2 hours mr ‘walk please!’ like its him #hanamaki flirts with issei whenever he appears they make spooky noises outside cabins to scare the unruly kids #iwaizumi sports KING like you name it he can play it he can beat you at it he set the campwide record for the climbing wall on his first da #this may only hit with a very specific audience i hope it finds you if not just trust me #seijoh 4 #haikyuu #summer camp au #hanamaki takahiro #matsukawa issei #oikawa tooru #iwaizumi hajime #matsuhana #iwaoi

[victor-the-vampire]

Oh would ya look at that the marvel Fandom Is also polyphobic too...shocker... weird as shit that you can be so against polyamory and yet your sitting there reading X-Men the glorified polycule and then complain when some of them actually become a polycule. *this* close to being the most obnoxious Scott Jean Logan polycule fan to piss ppl off. Oooh scaryyyy non monogamy and queer under tones

#scott summers #logan howlett #marvel #marvel comics #jean grey #scogan #jogan #scott x jean x logan #polyamory #polyamorous ships #poly ships #marvel fans scare me #marvel fans #x men #x men cyclops #x men wolverine #x men comics #xmen #xmen comics