Twister 1002

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He steps out of the shower and she’s vanished. Nothing left behind. And he vows again to change the shower stall so it’s not so transparent.

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Twister 1001

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It wasn’t a forest, it was a relic of one. And that meant that the world could watch them. And be entertained. Or repulsed. By him at least.

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Twister 1000

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

At the airport he sees the thin veneer of civilization scraped away by a man, his family lost to the candy counter as their flight is called

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Twister 999

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They enter the mutliplex holding hands, a couple in love. Three hours later they go their separate ways. I hate European movies, he sneers.

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Twister 998

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They were an old money family. They sat around on rattan chairs drowning in nostalgia. Their skin sagged awkwardly. The lawn needed cutting.

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Twister 997

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The cop knocked on the door and asked to use the bathroom. Joe had some weed on the kitchen table. The cop said please. And then he lost it.

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Twister 996

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a very large man and he spoke in an accent that suggested Yiddish as a mother tongue. But it wasn’t. He’d been raised on Vaudeville.

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Twister 995

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Inside the house toward the back, under the stairs that leads to the basement. I peed there once. I pierced a nipple there. And I hid things

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Twister 994

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He woke up and shaved. Then he went to the store and bought milk. Then he saw a bus run over a man. And then he went home and drank the milk

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Twister 993

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

After twenty-one years of marriage, there were many things Linda understood about Jim. And some she didn’t. Mostly to do with his underwear.

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