Horrorstör
by Grady Hendrix · first published 2014
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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 thorough
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This just reminded me of the Horrorstör book I've had on my reading list for a while now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594745269
on “IKEA to discontinue its annual catalog, ending a 70-year run” ↗I dunno, I've read a novel that was set in a store that was very clearly meant to be IKEA (https://www.amazon.com/Horrorstor-Grady-Hendrix/dp/159474526...) but was also very clearly not officially IKEA. Where do you draw the line?
on “IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]” ↗Kind of reminds me of the book Horrorstor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrorst%C3%B6r
on “IKEA asks horror game to change so people stop comparing it to IKEA [update]” ↗You can read the novel Horrorstör [1]. As of 2020, the film rights have been optioned by New Republic Pictures. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrorst%C3%B6r
on “Westfield’s San Francisco Centre Mall Lost 46% of Its Stores Since 2020” ↗