Twister 2014

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He finds a photo in the sock drawer and he smiles a wistful smile. What’s taking you? his wife says. I used to have a nice penis, he thinks.

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Twister 2013

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was during the walk in the forest that she realized the philosopher’s words had no deeper meaning and that he was, in fact, full of shit.

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Twister 2012

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Winter arrived and still the chores had not been done and then one day they were. Mom’s such a man, the kid said. Dad rapped him up the head

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Twister 2011

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Crustaceans invaded the resort town and the sheriff called his men together. The women are afraid, he told them. And the men have moved away

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Twister 2010

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She squeezes a lemon and smells it and an older man comes over and says, You can’t tell anything from doing that and she says, I think I can

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Twister 2009

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wakes to find an argument brewing about the dishwasher. The car has a flat and the phone won’t work. I want to go back in time, he sighs.

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Twister 2008

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He rolls off her and they listen to each other breathing; the aftermath of intimacy. That confirmed it, she says. I’m going to become a nun.

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Twister 2007

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And when the whiskey tastes bland, Jim checks himself into a motel and closes the blinds. He cancels his appointments. And he calls his mom.

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Twister 2006

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wakes to prepare for workday. He resents the silence of the house, the slumber that is not his. In the kitchen, he starts breaking dishes

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Twister 2005

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She sees him across the dance floor and makes her way to him. You really feel the music, she says. My underwear’s all bunched up, he replies

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