Woodworm

by Layla Martinez · 2024

In a crumbling house that seems to breathe, a grandmother and her granddaughter are bound by generations of silence, anger, and whispered folklore. Built by a petty hustler to dominate his wife, the home now shelters ghosts, insect‑like angels, and saints that scorch the sheets with their halos. When a young boy vanishes, the two isolated women—branded as witches or merely furious—must join forces with the restless spirits that haunt their walls to claim a fractured justice. Layla Martínez’s debut weaves class‑conscious horror, rural myth, and a fierce feminine rage into a lyrical, unsettling tale of revenge and redemption.