Twister 1323

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He found his mother’s toys in a box under her bed. He showed them to his babysitter and she said, oh wow. So she put him to bed. And played.

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Twister 1322

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She called him a pygmy, even though he wasn’t short and a day later the full force of that insult hit him. Hard. And he moved very far away.

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Twister 1321

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And if that weren’t enough he trashed the car. My shiny new car. And all this because he can cook? Mom says he’s a keeper. Of what exactly?

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Twister 1320

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I went out clubbing and found a beautiful girl and brought her back to my cabin in the woods and in the morning she was struck by lightning.

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Twister 1319

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They watched the sunset. She held his hand but they were clammy. They always were. She hated that. God, she hated so many things about him.

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Twister 1318

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He says, I committed a crime against humanity. She says, I have to go. He says, You might leave me. She loves him. So she squats right there

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Twister 1317

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His small town felt too small. So he went to the big city. And he found a lousy job. And a tiny apartment. And moved back to his small town.

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Twister 1316

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

After the kid found the Twinkies and ate everything and then said, There are people living inside me, Al knew the day’s good times were over

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Twister 1315

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He said I’m going to be a man, even though no one was questioning him on this. So he ate the whole steak. I don’t feel so hot, he said later

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Twister 1314

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There are so many gladiator sandals around, Al thinks he’s in ancient Rome. This is why I always failed history class, he says. That and pot

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