REBROADCAST - Crawlspace
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
Luke Kondor
4.4 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
87.5 Crawlspace
Dennis' quiet evening of reading is interrupted by thumping music coming from his neighbour's house. Or at least he thinks that's where it's coming from.
Written by Kev Harrison (www.kevharrisonfiction.com
Narrated by Narrator and edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)
With music by Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmusic.com)
And Andrew kn (https://freesound.org/people/Andrewkn/)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
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And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.
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Kev Harrison is a British writer of horror and dark fiction living in Lisbon, Portugal. His novella, Below, is out now from Brigids Gate Press. Find more about him and his work at www.kevharrisonfiction.com
James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com
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| 0:00.0 | Do you have stories it's taking a well-earned summer break after nearly a decade of weekly weirdness? |
| 0:05.8 | While we regroup and recharge behind the scenes, we're rebroadcasting some of our favorite episodes. |
| 0:11.6 | And yes, in the words Varney, we'll be back. |
| 0:18.8 | These aren't the stories your mother told you. |
| 0:21.6 | No, these are the other stories. |
| 0:35.6 | Today's episode of The Other Stories is Crawl Space, written by Kev Harrison and narrated by James Barnett, aka Jimmy Horace. |
| 0:48.6 | Dennis eases into his armchair, scoops up his doggied paperback and omits a satisfied sigh. Friday night, |
| 0:56.6 | a tough week over, the missus napping upstairs, and the boy on a play date until at least eight. |
| 1:04.0 | Bliss. Finding his page, he's just about to discover how Lord Utrud gets out of his latest |
| 1:09.0 | scrape when it begins. |
| 1:15.4 | Next door on that bloody Europop again. |
| 1:21.4 | Dennis closes the book, listens to the twin sounds of the so-called music, and his blood boiling. |
| 1:22.8 | Still, not that loud. |
| 1:26.0 | As long as they don't wake the wife. |
| 1:28.3 | Can you hear that, Dennis? |
| 1:30.3 | Her voice from upstairs. |
| 1:32.3 | Now they've done it. |
| 1:34.3 | I'm going round. |
| 1:36.3 | Don't make a scene. |
| 1:37.3 | I'll be polite. |
| 1:39.3 | Dennis steps outside, slamming the front door behind him. |
| 1:42.3 | He crunches across the gravel driveway and |
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