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A review by poisoned_icecream
Escalators to Hell: Shopping Mall Horrors by Jennifer Jeanne McArdle, Michael W. Phillips
5.0
I had a good time with this anthology, as someone who used to enjoy going to the mall as a teen. The stories in this anthology explore themes such as gentrification, capitalism, consumerism, and the nostalgia of shopping malls. My favorite stories are "Hard to Be a Mall God" by Connor Boyle, "Posers" by Liam Burke, "The Silver Sneakers" by Pines Callahan, "Closing Time" by Lor Gislason, "Cherry Cola Lips" by J.A.W. McCarthy, "You Must Drop Buy" by Anjum N. Choudhury, "The Intercessor" by Eirik Gumeny, "This Place Belongs to Us" by Wendy Dalrymple, "How My Self Finds Me" by Avra Margariti, and "The Temple of All" by Cryus Amelia Fisher. 10/10 shopping malls :)