stories with teeth, she writes books involving mind games, dark humor, general murder and mayhem, and most importantly, finding the hope in the dark.
When not reading or writing, she can usually be found dabbling in art, scheming up her next trip, or making constant expeditions to the library. Born in Florida, raised in France, and having left footprints all over the globe, Pliego is settled in the Pacific Northwest, USA, with her craftsman husband and little son.
Her debut novel is You Are Fatally Invited.
At Electric Lit the author tagged seven thrilling books set in a world where every move could be your last. One title on the list:
Horrorstör by Grady HendrixRead about another entry on the list.
Game: hide and seek… ish
This delightfully dark little book brings such a smile to my face. As someone who grew up playing hide-and-seek in and out of wardrobes in IKEA, it’s a sheer delight to read about employees camping out overnight in a sentient IKEA—‘scuse me, ORSK—to try and figure out who (what) is trashing the store every night, leading them on a slightly… different type of hide-and-seek than the one I grew up playing. The book is also peppered with drawings of the furniture, complete with how-to-build instructions that become more and more sinister as the book goes on. Few people can wed horror and humor together like Grady Hendrix; IKEA veterans will nod knowingly at the pivotal (ha) use of a variant of the all-hallowed IKEA Allen wrench. It’s definitely not the darkest/goriest of Hendrix’s books, but it’s not for the (very) faint of heart.
Horrorstör is among Arianna Reiche's seven books with a dark playfulness and Tiffany Gibert's eight scary stories for the Halloween season.
--Marshal Zeringue