TDiB S1E8: "The Woman Under the Stairs", by Jordan Krom
The Wicked Library
9th Story Studios LLC
4.6 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
When it's finally time for her to strike out on her own, Lucy finds what she believes to be her perfect new space - comfy, if a little small. As she's getting settled, though, it becomes clear that her home is not safe and that something wants her gone...
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Executive Producers: Nico Vettese, Scarlett R. Algee, Jeanette Andromeda
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| 0:00.0 | 9th Story Studios, giving story a voice. |
| 0:10.7 | This is the Wicked Library. |
| 0:15.0 | Hello, this is Daniel Foytack, and this is The Darkness in Between, our interseasonal entertainment entertainment as we're hard at work on season 11 of the Wicked Library. |
| 0:24.0 | If you enjoy the show and you'd like to be a part of keeping the episodes coming, you can support us on Patreon at patreon.com forward slash wicked library. |
| 0:32.4 | Today's story, The Woman Under the Stairs, is written by Crom, and told by Cynthia Loman. |
| 0:41.9 | The Woman Under the Stairs by Jordan Crom. |
| 0:47.8 | It's not that I'm kicking you out, Lucy. |
| 0:51.7 | My mom felt the need to repeat for what must have been the tenth time that day. |
| 0:57.4 | It's just, you know, since I'm downsizing to the apartment, there wouldn't be quite enough room. |
| 1:05.7 | I hefted a box of dishes onto my tiny new kitchen counter with a sigh. |
| 1:12.2 | Mom, it's fine, I get it. |
| 1:16.0 | I'm 24 anyway. Time to fly on out of the nest. |
| 1:21.0 | Though privately I did suspect there was some kind of kicking out intention. |
| 1:26.5 | I couldn't really blame her, though. I, for one, was excited |
| 1:30.6 | to have my own place to call home, even if it was more of a studio shoebox than a studio apartment. |
| 1:37.7 | When I saw rent that I could afford, while also keeping on top of the rest of my bills, however, |
| 1:44.0 | it was a no-brainer. |
| 1:46.5 | The apartment was on the first floor of an old farmhouse that had been renovated into four different apartments. |
| 1:53.4 | My place happened to be next to the stairs that led to the second floor, |
| 1:57.5 | across from what must have been a storage closet under the staircase. |
| 2:03.2 | Really, disregarding the fact that the shower was in the kitchen, it wasn't bad at all. Cozy would be my positive word of choice. |
| 2:11.5 | Once my mom had gifted me with a six-pack and a pizza, she left me to my own unpacking devices. Over the course of the next month, |
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