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The Widowmaker (Horror) 400 word story

  Synopsis : After falling through a floor and discovering an underground chamber, a badly injured woman is horrified to realise her seemingly cheap and shoddy boss, Marcus, is in fact the sinister serial killer known as “The Widowmaker.” The terrifying confrontation leaves her fate in his hands ***Trigger warning. This is a horror story. If you are uncomfortable with themes of threat, violence, or murder, please don’t read.**** “Fucccccck,” she screamed, falling through the floorboards. ‘Ow.’ Rubbing her head, she grabbed at her leg ; she could barely feel it. The room was as black as the ace of spades. The air was immediately thick with choking plaster dust, and the silence that followed the crash felt heavy, suffocating. Thanking god she lived in 2025, she used the torch on her smartphone to take in the scene. First, her leg—it was bad, blood was pouring out of the wound—but she struggled to her feet. Then, shining the phone at the hole she had crumpled through. “Cheapskate,” sh...

Oh, Sandy. Well, you came and you wrote a blog, that I am reviewing today, Oh, Sandy

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 A Blog about a blog, are you crazy? Firstly, welcome to my blog, I hope you will enjoy reading my (hopefully unique take) on various things. In this first blog post, I will be looking at  and reviewing the blog of Sandy Millin, who currently works freelance in the world of TEFL/TESOL.  Sandy has been active in the world of ELT since 2007, whence she completed her CELTA at Durham University.   To note- my review system will be a Nik-knack rating out of 5, with 5 Nik-knacks being a perfect score Upon first clicking on Sandy's blog, it has the unfortunate habit of 'auto scrolling' down the page, which is a somewhat of putting experience, regardless of the content. This happened on both mine, and a peer's laptops so does seem to be an issue with the blog sadly, anyhooo on with the review Organisation and Layout Following the initial hiccup, I looked at the organisation and the layout of the blog, with a colourful splash across the page and below Sandy's name, what ...