Thursday, January 15, 2015

Horrorstor

"Horrorstor" by Grady Hendrix was a fun sort of horror book. Set in an IKEA type furniture store called Orsk, employees are noticing that merchandise is getting damaged in the night, the morning crew is finding things ruined. Manager Basil asks Amy and Ruth Anne to work with him overnight to see if they can catch the culprit. While Ruth Anne and Basil buy into the store's retail culture, Amy just wants out, hating the job, but since she needs the money she agrees to stay. It turns out the store was built on the grounds of a prison that was flooded a century before, and none of the inmates bodies were ever found. It was rumored that the inmates were tortured by the warden, and sure enough, once the store goes dark the Warden comes out to collect his latest penitents. It was pretty cheesy but I liked the setting.

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