The Grand Hotel

Welcome to the Grand Hotel where things are never as they seem. And as the Eagles said, “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” The horrors that happen every day here are not quite like others; they’re more twisted and incarnate, each with their own bizarre nature.

There’s the strange “person” in the bed who appears to have been dead for quite some time, but someone keeps paying his hotel bill, and a whole host of other long-staying residents. The desk clerk leads a group of visitors around, introducing them to these eccentric and at times terrifying guests, but one of the visitors is a little girl who seems to be something else the desk clerk can’t quite understand.

The Grand Hotel is a series of eleven stories linked together with a guided narration and tour via the desk clerk, who may in fact be the devil. The writing and style are a little jarring and unusual at first, forcing the reader to take a little while to adapt, but the deeper the reader gets into the book, the more interesting the stories get.