The Storm

A detailed Summary of 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

Approximate Word count = 794
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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