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I grew up in a small, single-story house on the outskirts of town.

Our house wasn't much, just a squat little

box of peeling white paint with a porch that sag slightly in the middle. I always thought

it looked like it was tired of holding itself up. I didn't care though. To me, it was home.

But what I remember most about that house wasn't the porch

or the yard or the tiny bedroom I shared with my younger brother. It was the crawl space.

It stretched under the entire house, a hollow black cavity, barely two feet high, covered by warp wooden slats nailed haphazardly across the entrance.

My dad always told me to stay away from it, said it was full of spiders and mould, sharp bits of rusted metal waiting to slice my hands open if I reached in.

My mum warned me too, though she was less dramatic about it, more exasperated than afraid.

But, I was a curious kid.

I'd kneel by the slats, peering through the gaps, trying to see But, I was a curious kid.

I'd kneel by the slats, peering through the gaps, trying to see what was inside.

Most of the time, it was just dirt or darkness.

Sometimes, if the angle was just right, I'd catch a glimpse of the wooden beams holding up the house, or maybe a flash of

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