i'm talking to you people who have been in the trenches. not you retail dilettantes who worked a summer job at a bookstore after college before you went off to your lucrative careers in whatever it is people have lucrative careers in nowadays. The audience that will get the most out of this is anyone who has ever worked for a significant period of time in a retail environment. This book is set up like an IKEA catalog, and walks that line between humor and horror without ever putting a ring on either one. 4, which was one of the funnier stories in that collection, and has one of the best opening scenes in the broader collection of 'stories ever written.' i didn't realize when i started this book that the author was guy who wrote yeti vs. it gets five stars for concept and design, and a solid 3.75 for execution. When he skips forward literal years into the future to display just how little control good Southern wives had over their husbands and in society I was fucking shocked.This book is a hoot. Then comparing that to The Southern Book Clubs Guide- with all the books in between- you can just see the trajectory of Hendrix refining his tone and craft! The story was so modern and different from anything I've read at the time it was released. I love books that have little extras for immersion purposes and the Ikea-like catalog products on every chapter getting Wilder and more fatigued every chapter was clever af.

His voice is just so singular and original in many of the same ways.įirstly, Horrorstör was AMAZING.

There's usually fucked up plot points or twists or moments that shock you (maybe not to the degree of Chuck's stuff lol). Plots and events going down that, while supernatural, seen like they could really happen. One of my favorite authors is the clever and snarky Chuck Palahniuk, and I feel like Grady Hendrix is soooooooo similar in technique! Hendrix is writing clever characters with witty dialogue. Other Subreddits that might interest you: Horror Award Nominees & Winners, 1975-2013 R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST NON-SUPERNATURAL HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME!!! R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST HORROR SHORT STORIES OF ALL TIME!!! R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME!!!! If you would like to mask a potential spoiler, use the following format: (/spoiler)Īll times in ET (EST/EDT) unless otherwise noted. Spoiler tags are left to user discretion. Some rule violations may result in a temporary or permanent ban on the first strike. We do ask that you help us keep a high level of discourse by avoiding image-only posts, blog spam, surveys, plugging your own unpublished or self-published fiction, and linking to fundraisers or items for sale.

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Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix