The Nest Act 3 - Isabel
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
Luke Kondor
4.4 • 851 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
No school. No parents. No way out.
The disappearance of four single parents leads to an investigation by the children they leave behind. The youngsters are convinced that a sinister supernatural force is responsible.
ACT 3 - ISABEL
After her new look sparks yet another argument with her mum, Isabel is planning on sneaking out for the evening. When the power suddenly goes out, the fight with her mum quickly becomes the least of her worries.
Written by Andy Conduit-Turner
Narrated by Jasmine Arch
Edited by Karl Hughes
Theme music by Timo Henderson
Featuring music by Adneonlux
And music and sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com and Freesound.org
The Nest artwork was created by Luke Spooner at Carrion House
Purchase the book adaptation of The Nest on Amazon today!
And if you’re enjoying The Nest, we’d love to hear your thoughts over social media or via a review of the podcast on your favourite podcast app.
Check out more of our podcasting work over at www.HawkandCleaver.com/podcasts
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | ROTSEN SULLIV! |
| 0:02.0 | WONDG! |
| 0:03.0 | WONDG! |
| 0:04.0 | WOND |
| 0:07.0 | WERE! The Nest |
| 0:30.6 | Act 3. Isabel I can't believe you do that to your beautiful hair. |
| 0:50.3 | Variations of this phrase were all Isabel's mother had managed to utter since the grand |
| 0:56.6 | reveal of her daughter's new look, when Isabel stepped into the kitchen for dinner. |
| 1:01.2 | In an attempt to delay the brewing argument, Isabel didn't respond. |
| 1:05.9 | Silently scuring another forkful of meatloaf from her plate, she turned to watch the rain outside. |
| 1:13.6 | The backyard was more swamped than garden, the swing and rear fence at the edge of their property completely obscured by the gloom and relentless sheets of water running down the glass. |
| 1:34.0 | The weather had been getting steadily worse all week, so much so that school had been cancelled today. Aside from the bus drivers refusing to make the rounds in the growing storm, the old |
| 1:40.4 | building's roof had so many leaks that many of the classrooms were utterly unusable. |
| 1:45.0 | It's still really coming down out there. |
| 1:49.0 | Isabel sighed as she continued to stare out of the window, half expecting no reply as she began to wonder how she'd make it out tonight without ruining her hair. |
| 1:59.0 | Sadly for Isabel, her mother had no intention of letting her daughter's choices |
| 2:03.2 | go unchallenged. She bulldozed straight ahead through the vague attempt at small talk. |
| 2:09.2 | Slamming her palms on the table with a force that made each plate and piece of cutlery jolt and rattle, |
| 2:14.7 | she began the lecture she'd clearly been working herself up to for several minutes now. |
| 2:19.3 | Don't change the subject, young lady. |
| 2:22.3 | Really, what do you expect me or anyone for that matter to think? |
| 2:27.3 | Forcing your hair to stand up straight like that is one thing. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Luke Kondor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Luke Kondor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.