Twister 872

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He lay there breathless, a beatific smile on his face. What was that? he asked. He was kind of deep so she said, Buddhist. But it was Cosmo.

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Twister 871

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She thought perhaps they were speaking Hungarian but she didn’t know the language. But she’d heard stories and the women were naked. It fit.

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Twister 870

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And at the end of the endless day, Jones danced on his father’s mahogany desk and, with the contract in hand, he squatted and did his thing.

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Twister 869

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They argued throughout breakfast. And she took his beer and threw it off the balcony. He jumped after it. I don’t know how I feel, she said.

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Twister 868

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Despite the rain they went to the parade anyway which became an unfortunate decision when the lead float lost control on the rain-slick road

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Twister 867

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

When he slept with his kid’s soccer coach he knew he’d crossed a line. Because now he’d have to lie to his wife and son. And his other lover

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Twister 866

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Nothing but shitty music on the radio. It ruins the mood. No matter what the mood should be. You rock, he says. Not right now, no, she says.

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Twister 865

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I love how the Irish call sausages “bangers,” he says. Please just grow up, she says. I’m trying to, he says. I think I’m growing right now.

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Twister 864

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It had taken them a long time to get to this moment. There had been hesitation. Shyness. But the passion overtook them. And then she queefed

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Twister 863

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He took all his papers out to the backyard and threw some wood on the pile and lit it. Then he set up a video camera to document his failure

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