The Thing in the Basement
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A man discovers a monster living in a secret room in the basement of is newly bought house. At first, afraid of the beast, he is soon intrigued about it and finally decide to make the best
of their relationship.
Dany Dagenais
Dany Dagenais is a canadian artist. Writing, altough is first love, Dany create on other media canvas. As a graphic designer, he work for some major industries, including L'Oréal.As a movie director, he directed the videoclip for the first single; "Yes, I believe" for Friday's Heroes and the Horror Short "Fresh Meat".
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The Thing in the Basement - Dany Dagenais
The Thing in the Basement
By Dany Dagenais
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The Thing in the Basement
I discovered the thing’s existence a few days after my wife’s departure.
She concluded that the many hours spent I in the office, outweighing the ones spent by her side, undoubtedly proved that she wasn’t part of my priorities. No ultimatums, nothing at all. Apparently, I didn’t catch the signals she was sending me; I should have been more in tuned to her needs. She should have understood, what she was blaming me for was the very proof that I wanted to provide to her needs, making sure she wouldn’t lack of anything. One night I came home from work and she was gone.
She had taken her half of the closet’s contents, emptied the drawers, took the things or the furniture she wanted and left a simple and concise note on the kitchen table:
I am leaving you.
I will call you.
Julie.
She indeed called the following week, on a Saturday afternoon. I was in the basement, doing some repairs on our new house when the phone rang. The of the conversation went from calm into