The Orsk furniture store is an Ikea rip-off in Cleveland, Ohio. It has a gigantic showroom, full of furniture with unpronounceable names arranged in a maze that will trap you for hours. Also it's haunted.
The first thing to know about this book is that the physical copy is stunning.
Hendrix was so committed to the knockoff Ikea concept that the book perfectly mimics an Ikea catalog. With a slightly disturbing furniture arrangement on its glossy cover, it's the exact dimensions of the real thing. The book opens to a map of the Orsk showroom and includes illustrations of relevant furniture pieces at the beginning of each chapter.
This is another story that toes the line between comedy and horror. The odd occurrences happening in the Orsk showroom after dark are classic haunted house moves, but they're combined with the horror that is working a retail job. The main character faces not only vengeful ghosts, but also coworkers who are either over-eager career employees or too burnt to be bothered. I suspect current or former retail workers will get the biggest kick out of this book.
The story itself is average, and it's pretty much what you'd expect from a haunted house transposed into a retail environment. But with the dedication to the concept and design, the book is really impressive.