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Arjun Basu

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in Montreal, Canada

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Literature & Fiction, Travel

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Carver, Ford, Conrad, Hempel

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I write. I do other stuff. My first book, Squishy, was published in 2008 and my first novel, Waiting for the Man, was published in 2014. I also write 140 character short stories on Twitter twitter.com/arjunbasu (@arjunbasu). You can also find a Writer page on Facebook. My website is www.arjunbasu.com.

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	Waiting for the Man 3.12 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Squishy: Short Stories 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Montreal Noir by Jacques Filippi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John McFetridge (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Rob Pobi 3.83 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Short Story Up at Joyland Magazine

A story inspired by a friend's tale of how her father stopped a neighbour's noisy shindig. Featuring stoned teens, Slayer, cat photos, beer pong, and lots of drinking.

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Published on August 10, 2016 17:25 • Tags: booze, cats, short-story

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Thursday (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:33PM

Description: An excerpt of a short story from my upcoming collection, Squishy (DC Books)

Waiting for the Man (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Feb 25, 2009 08:47AM

Description: An excerpt from my novel in progress (typos, editing problems and all!)

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Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars

by Lee Billings (Goodreads Author)

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Want Not

by Jonathan Miles (Goodreads Author)

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The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?

by Jan Zalasiewicz

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