Know Thy Neighbor

Ellen’s new apartment in San Francisco’s gritty Tenderloin promises cheap rent and a respectable lobby, but the building’s narrow hallways hide a chorus of unsettling sounds and uneasy glances. From the dead cat on the fire escape to the mysterious “green monster” that appears in the incinerator chute, the everyday routine quickly turns into a series of inexplicable disturbances that make Ellen question who—or what—shares her walls.

As she navigates the noisy streets, the eccentric Mrs. Moffatt with her menagerie of pets and the stoic young man in 410 become the only familiar faces in a place that feels both ordinary and oddly threatening. When a scraping noise rattles the hallway one early morning, Ellen’s curiosity and anxiety collide, hinting that the true horror may be lurking just beyond the elevator doors. Listeners will be drawn into a tense, close‑up portrait of urban life where the ordinary and the uncanny intertwine.