# Horrorstör

By Grady Hendrix

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/horrorstor-b95fedf9/

Something is damaging the merchandise at a Cleveland furniture superstore after closing. Amy, Ruth Anne and their manager Basil agree to stay overnight to find the culprit. Their shift takes them beyond stockroom trouble into a violent haunting.

## What makes it funny?

Basil praises Amy as a loyal, reliable recruit for the overnight job. When she presses him, he admits that a succession of other employees turned him down, including one with an online auction to watch.

### The comedy at work

Basil uses corporate encouragement to sell an undesirable shift; Amy answers with sarcasm and practical demands. The satire extends to the store's controlled routes and repetitive work, which acquire a more sinister purpose as the night progresses.

### Try this if…

The appeal includes caustic exchanges between retail workers and the visual jokes of a book designed as a furniture catalog. Readers who enjoy workplace satire inside a ghost story get both on the page.

### Good to know

The illustrated products grow more threatening as the story develops. So does the violence: brutal punishment and self-inflicted death are part of the horror beyond the comic opening.

## What to expect

- Genre: Horror
- On the shelf: Ghost story
- Kind of humor: Banter · Dark comedy · Parody · Satire
- Format: Novel
- Length: 248 pages
- Published: 2014

## A few distinguishing details

- Furniture-catalog design becomes part of the haunting
- Corporate pep talks meet an employee's practical skepticism

## Sources & further reading

- Publisher: [Horrorstor | Quirk Books](https://www.quirkbooks.com/9781594745263/horrorstor)
- Review: [Kirkus review](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/grady-hendrix/horrorstor)
- Review: [Publishers Weekly review](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781594745263)
- Reading sample: [Book excerpt](https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/horrorstor/excerpt)
- Publisher: [Publisher](https://www.quirkbooks.com/9781594745263/horrorstor)