T 4981

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 20, 2011

The plane landed. Let the vacation begin! he said. Our vacation began when we left home, she said. Actually their vacation was already over.

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T 4980

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 20, 2011

He picked through his dad’s old clothes, awestruck. You’ve totally changed my life, he told him. And his dad looked at him and said, I’m gay.

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T 4979

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 20, 2011

He sits at his desk staring into his computer screen, picking his nose, diving deep, and when he finds something, it’s as if he’s found God.

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T 4978

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 20, 2011

Her career fades, she watches it vanish, mist-like, and she thinks, I’m not a guy, and she’s proud of that, she really is. Most of the time.

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T 4977

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 20, 2011

He read the email confirming the wedding date and reached for the whiskey. I saw that, she said from across the room. Ominously, he thought.

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T 4976

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 20, 2011

No one had ever come on to him before but this girl didn’t have any lips. I have minimal standards, he told his friend. Who wasn’t as picky.

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T 4975

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 20, 2011

He knew he had felt this before. I’m being overwhelmed by deja vu, he told her. And now? she asked coyly. That’s more like a rerun, he said.

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Kinda Neat To Be Grouped with Lynne Tillman and Ford Madox Ford

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 17, 2011

The audiobook for Squishy has been grouped in a Literary Fiction Collection with some really fantastic books. The more I think about this grouping, the more I feel like a bit of an imposter. Who invited me to this party?!?  

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I Want Some Senate Seats

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 15, 2011

Very shortly, the number of people following me on Twitter will surpass the population of the province of Prince Edward Island. At that time, I’d like to get their Senate seats. Surely, I can do some good for my fellow Canadians with not one but four seats. For those who don’t know anything about Canada’s […]

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Making the World A (More) Beautiful Place

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 6, 2011

Did Steve Jobs change the world? Of course he did. As a dedicated Mac user my entire adult life, he certainly changed my life. And as someone typing this on a MacBook Pro, with my iPhone and iPad close by, yes, “I’m a Mac.” But his transformation of the world is about more than just […]

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