Twister 1774

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Phil walks in, morose, disheveled. I’m alone again, he sighs. The bartender pours a generous bourbon. Drink this, and then get out, he says.

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Twister 1773

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The family fights between meals. The father asks, You want steak or beef? And the son smacks his own forehead. And the fighting starts anew.

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Twister 1772

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The chef hates to cook, it is the central irony of his life. At home he eats cereal, watching cooking shows while swearing at the television

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Twister 1771

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The neighbors’ dogs would not stop barking. They do this every time, he says. Try and ignore them, she says. How they do they know? he asks.

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Twister 1770

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The Misunderstood Man says, There’s a run in your stockings. And when he explains himself in court he thinks maybe he shouldn’t speak at all

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Twister 1769

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He practices magic and he keeps making potential girlfriends disappear. I’m not doing this right, he tells his mother. Wear gloves, she says

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Twister 1768

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jones wakes up hungover in a hotel room and realizes he didn’t even make it home last night. A woman shares the bed. Get a real job, he says

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Twister 1767

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They make eye contact in the library, and he edges his way to her. And asks her for help. She smiles. And he says, I don’t know how to read.

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Twister 1766

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He dreams of asteroids but he’s unschooled and a ball player and then he learns they aren’t talking about outer space and he gets in trouble

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Twister 1765

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She shows off her ring to her friends. Her mother calls it a boulder. But her father is skeptical. Does his car compensate as well? he asks.

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