The Storm
In McKnight Malmar's frightening story "The Storm" she weaves a violent storm and murder together to heighten the horrific fear that engulfs Janet Willsom. The storm is a combination of mother nature, Janet's emotions and her The story begins with Janet Willsom coming home from a vacation seeing her sister who is very ill. She has come back a week early hoping her husband, Ben, would be home so she could surprise him but he's not. There is a very strong storm unfolding outside and Janet gets concerned with Ben's whereabouts. She wonders if he is still in the city working late. There is a letter addressed to Ben on the table but she destroys it because she knows that this letter is probably no different from the others that have been sent to Throughout this suspenseful tale she is lonely in the isolated home far away from the busy urban city. As the storm got worse, she started to hear footsteps and she thought she saw a face at the window in the living room. Was this ghostly face in the window her husband? Realizing that maybe it was her imagination, she went t
there is a storm outside but there also a storm going basement stairs, locked the door and reinforced it with a she saw the same diamond ring on her husband's finger that in her body she runs up the basement stairs, ignoring Ben shattering from the cellar window and ran into the living
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Approximate Word count = 794
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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