Twister 1092

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

In the end they were judged not by the nature of their love, or by the silly clothes, but by the blood curdling noise they made every night.

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Twister 1091

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She drank some orange juice and swirled it in her mouth and spit it out. He looked up from the sports pages and laughed. So typical, he said

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Twister 1090

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They decided to fly as far as their money would take them. They wanted to savor exotic foods. The agent at the airport laughed her head off.

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Twister 1089

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The talk had been open, with hurt feelings. Shouting. They knew the relationship was done. She would never put ketchup on her hot dogs again

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Twister 1088

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The air was still. Not the slightest hint of a breeze. And so his fart just sat there, lingering, malevolent. And the tai chi class was over

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Twister 1087

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He hated living above an ice cream parlor because the sight of women enjoying ice cream drove him crazy and because he was an admitted idiot

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Twister 1086

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Move the car, baby, the cops says. I’m a biophysicist, don’t call me baby, she says. The cop makes a kissy noise. So she runs over his foot.

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Twister 1085

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He knew the contest was dumb but he entered anyway. So he stared into the sun until he was totally blind. And still didn’t win a free pizza.

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Twister 1084

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His nickname was The Scrod. He didn’t know why. His mom finally told him it had something to do with his breath. He felt suicidal after that

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Twister 1083

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Numbers made him nervous so he avoided most of Manhattan. Then he met the woman of his dreams. But she lived uptown. And her name was Seven.

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