
Horrorstor
a novel
$26.70
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2014
Summary
Horrorstor: Flatpack Frights
Something sinister is assembling at Orsk, the Cleveland furniture superstore. Each morning unveils a scene of retail wreckage: Kjerring bookshelves splintered, Glans water goblets shattered, and Liripip wardrobes demolished. Sales are plummeting, security footage is blank, and management is in despair.
To solve the mystery, three brave employees volunteer for a dusk-till-dawn shift. They’ll patrol the silent showroom, investigate the strange phen…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9781594745263 |
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ISBN-10: | 1594745269 |
Author: | Grady Hendrix |
Publisher: | Quirk Books |
Imprint: | Quirk Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 240 |
Release Date: | 30 September 2014 |
Weight: | 488g |
Dimensions: | 221mm x 187mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“Horrorstör delivers a crisp terror-tale…[and] Hendrix strikes a nice balance between comedy and horror.”—TheWashington Post“Disarming.”—The Wall Street Journal“Wildly inventive…Hendrix delivers both a palm-sweating horror story and a laugh-out-loud satire of retail.”—Esquire “Highly giftable.”—Buzzfeed“Hendrix conjures up some wonderfully gruesome imagery.”—Nerdist“An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale.”—Bustle“Hendrix’s one-of-a-kind novel is an innovative hybrid of ghost story and satire, at once clever, gruesome, and hilarious.”—Amazon Book Review “If you’ve ever been frustrated trying to put together furniture from IKEA, you’ll get a laugh out of Hendrix’s spoof mystery.”—New York Post“Hendrix is an engaging writer.”—Santa Fe New Mexican“A clever little horror story…[and] a treat for fans of The Evil Dead or Zombieland, complete with affordable solutions for better living.”—Kirkus Reviews“A fun horror novel.”—Library Journal “A very clever ghost story.”—Booklist“The book’s packaging as a catalog—complete with illustrations of increasingly sinister-looking furniture with faux Scandinavian names—gives it a charmingly oddball allure.”—Publishers Weekly More praise for Grady Hendrix:“National treasure Grady Hendrix follows his classic account of a haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor (2014), with a nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friend’s Exorcism.”—The Wall Street Journal, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism“Pure, demented delight.”—The New York Times Book Review, on Paperbacks from Hell“Terrific… Sharply written… [My Best Friend’s Exorcism] makes a convincing case for [Hendrix’s] powers as a sharp observer of human behavior.”—The A.V. Club, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism“Hendrix’s darkest novel yet will leave readers begging for an encore.”—Booklist, starred review, on We Sold Our Souls“A true appreciation of the genre.”—Los Angeles Times, on Paperbacks from Hell“Campy. Heartfelt. Horrifying.”—Minnesota Public Radio, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism“Clever, heartfelt, and get-under-your-skin unnerving.”—Fangoria, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism“A good, creepy, music-tinged thriller.”—CNET, on We Sold Our Souls
About The Author
Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of several New York Times best sellers including How to Sell a Haunted House, The Final Girl Support Group, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, and many more. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and sold over two million copies. He also writes nonfiction, and his history of the horror paperback boom of the seventies and eighties, Paperbacks from Hell, won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction.
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