She returns upon realizing that she is the others' only hope of escape, and that running away would mean quitting, which would prove Worth correct in his assessment of her failings.īack in the store, Amy discovers that the land occupied by the ORSK store had previously been the site of a prison that was closed, due to Worth's cruel treatments. Amy frees Trinity, only for her to run off in fear, and makes it successfully out of the building. Amy nearly succumbs to the temptation to continue Worth's treatments, as his earlier treatment had nearly convinced her that her life is worthless, but she fights off the urge after seeing Trinity put through a similar torture treatment. The two are separated after a group of Worth's inmates (all of whom are ghosts) attack Basil and drag him off. Everyone is abducted and subjected to various cruel 'treatments' except for Basil, who manages to find and rescue Amy. The group decides to search for him and in the process find a door leading to an old asylum that no longer exists. Basil returns and is horrified by the amount of blood, then observes that Carl's body is missing. During the séance they make contact with Warden Worth, who possesses Carl and informs everyone that he will take them into his 'Beehive' and cure them of their mental illnesses. Trinity convinces the others, minus Basil (as he has gone outside to wait for the police), to hold a séance. Although the group decides against calling the police, Amy reveals that she called them earlier over some minor strange occurrences earlier in the night. During a patrol of the store, Amy and Ruth Anne come across fellow employees Trinity and Matt, who have snuck into the store to record paranormal phenomena and Carl, a homeless man who has been sleeping in the store without anyone knowing. The book particularly focuses on Amy, who is unhappy because she views her work at ORSK as an unfulfilling dead-end job. The novel follows a group of people-store manager Basil, and employees Amy and Ruth Anne-who stay overnight at ORSK to investigate strange acts of vandalism. Television rights to the series were optioned in 2015 by the Jackal Group, but fell through and as of 2020, the film rights have been optioned by New Republic Pictures.

The book's events take place largely over the course of one night in ORSK and the story is accompanied by illustrations of ORSK products, which grow more sinister as the book progresses. The audiobook release was narrated by Tai Sammons and Bronson Pinchot. The novel was released in paperback on Septemthrough Quirk Books and is set in ORSK, an IKEA-esque store that has been experiencing supernatural phenomena. Horrorstör is a 2014 horror comedy novel that was written by Grady Hendrix and illustrated by Michael Rogalski. 2014 horror comedy novel by Grady Hendrix Horrorstör

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix