Don't be scared. Be terrified.

Brian Vale is a family man carving out his piece of the American dream. The only thing he has lacked in fulfilling his dream was a plot of land to call his own. After years of saving and sacrifice, he's arrived. He's a homeowner. For the Vales, their new home is near perfect. Spacious. Affordable. Comfortable. The unexpected benefit of a nice, helpful neighbor, albeit a little annoying. Life is good.What the Vales are about to discover is the powerful lure of the mirage. When what is camouflaged as a blessing is revealed to be a curse, it threatens to take away not just their home but their sanity. When help arrives the only guarantee is that the Vales have a new home...and there's some...thing is in the basement. The Basement is the fourth story in The Dark Corner miniseries, a collection of supernatural and dark fantasy short stories, novelettes, and novellas. It is a supernatural horror novella. With five stories in all, by the end of the series, the reader will have a full novel. The other stories in the series, The Visitor, The Forest, and The Gift are available online for download.The Basement is an access point into Easton's Reality Imagination Universe. Easton Livingston is a published writer, having written articles for national magazine publications, newspapers, online websites, and graphic novels. His foray as a fiction author has him specializing in supernatural thrillers, suspense, urban fantasy, sci-fi, action-adventure, and fantasy, weaving different elements of those genres together. He describes his writing as The 4400 meets Stranger Things.

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New home. Ancient horror.