Episode 4: The Thing in the Crawlspace By Grace Antiedu The first time it said my name, I was brushing my teeth. Alone. Quiet. Then, from behind me -low, cracked and crawling with static - “Akwasi ....” I froze. The voice was mine, but broken. Like someone trying to copy it from memory. I turned. No one. Just the hallway, yawning open. And the crawlspace beneath the stairs, darker than ever. My brother started changing faster. He drew pictures in red crayon -of me, sleeping, with long black arms reaching from the ceiling. Of the crawlspace wide open, with people crawling inside. He didn’t call it Tomi anymore. He called it “Brother". “He says I was the replacement,” my brother said. “He says you forgot him. He’s coming to finish the trade". That night, I bolted the hallway door. Nailed it shut. Pushed furniture in front of it. Still, at 2:03 am, woke to find the door wide open. This time, I heard it crawling. Not just from beneath the stairs, but through the walls. Slow. We...