perfect paperback
Published Sept. 1, 2015 by Knaur HC.
Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking.
To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a nine-hour dusk-till-dawn shift. In the dead of the night, they’ll patrol the empty showroom floor, investigate strange sights and sounds, and encounter horrors that defy the imagination.
A traditional haunted house story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, Horrorstör comes packaged in the form of a glossy mail order catalog, complete with product illustrations, a home delivery order form, and a map of Orsk’s labyrinthine showroom. It’s “a treat for fans of The Evil Dead or Zombieland, complete with affordable solutions for better living.”—Kirkus Reviews.
Like a b horror film, this book appears to have few ambitions other than a fun slashfest, so it is a real surprise to be reading a great character story about real people with real problems. These are relatable characters in extraordinary moments who rise to the challenge. It's fun, a lot of fun, comedy even, but there is terror here too.
One of the most clever horror novels I have read - and therefore I don't want to give away too much. Amy, an employee in an Ikea-like chain of furniture stores has to run a night-shift, something she is not much looking forward to. She hates her job and most of her co-workers and just agrees because she is offered a relocation. But strange things are going on in the dark...
The whole concept of Horrorstör manages to be both hilarious and actually really spooky. A book that becomes not only gradually more creepy because of the story but because of the book design. The idea is clever, well executed and smoothly written. I finished it in two sittings and hope we will get a movie version!
