Booklist has weighed in on GOING TO SUMMERTIME by Kaaron Warren—and this one is definitely worth a look. Out on October 27, 2026, four women from a beauty Salon do a team-building exercise at a haunted cul-de-sac. What could possibly go wrong?
The prolific Warren is back with a short, eerie tale…at once an ode to the horror genre and a frighteningly realistic look at the ugly nature of greed.
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Going to Summertime
Every suburban street holds secrets and ghosts, but Summerland Place holds more than most. The team from The Red Mullet Hair Salon head to Summerland Place to explore the abandoned houses there, on a prepaid, enter at own risk, explore every nook and cranny team building exercise. They are welcomed by the charismatic Milton, who runs the tours through the cul-de-sac he grew up in. They find houses filled with malevolent ghosts and tragic ones, with memories of family trauma and family meals. All come out changed by what they see, and what it triggers in them. Some will be lost in Summertime, a euphoric state of mind. Georgia, owner of the Salon, thinks she is stronger than any of it. She has no past trauma, no secrets; some would say no heart. She didn’t expect to fall in love. Every instinct tells her not to. And yet she is drawn into the disturbing world of Milton and his mother, as she feels the seductive draw of Summertime ever stronger.
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