Twister 2215

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They wandered through the park. He kept saying, I’m not so good at things, and she held him tight. But as evening fell, she agreed with him.

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Twister 2214

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The blind man says I can’t tell if that’s Adam West or Bill Shatner. And the reporter loses his cynicism for a moment and shuts the recorder

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Twister 2213

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He lands on the island finally and it seems deserted. On the horizon, the remnants of his useless boat. I wish I had my own flag, he thinks.

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Twister 2212

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He’d eaten breakfast too early. At his eleven o’clock he became irritable with hunger. And so he texted his son and said simply, I blame you

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Twister 2211

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He worked late. He picked up pizza on his way home. He crashed in front of the TV and woke up in the middle of the night. And he went to bed

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Twister 2210

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It started with a little lie, told to facilitate bedtime. And then the next lie was bigger. And then one day he told his son he was a woman.

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Twister 2209

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They were all worried about Little Stan. He was soiling his pants again. And yelling Winner winner chicken dinner! at inappropriate moments.

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Twister 2208

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

From the den, the ad man yells, Honey, I need another King of Beers! In the kitchen, his wife grits her teeth and says, Calgon, take me away

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Twister 2207

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was sick enough to have his wife worry but not sick enough that he couldn’t keep eating four cheese pizza. The world is kind, he thought.

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Twister 2206

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Sipping sherry, the intellectual went off on a diatribe about the “arrogance of love.” You’re totally not getting lucky, the hooker told him

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