Twister 742

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He grew up an only child. When he became CEO in his forties, he demanded a crown. The board said no. And so he demanded unlimited ice cream.

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Twister 741

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jim surveys the lawn and swells with a primitive pride. He has tortured something pretty out of ugliness. Tamed the wild. Buried the bodies.

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Twister 740

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His wife called him a pig enough times that he believed it. He had an affair with his son’s grade three teacher. The son went kosher finally

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Twister 739

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The carnage of the breakfast table is belied by the silence of a sated couple who have locked their kids in the basement a few hours longer.

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Twister 738

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He is an acclaimed chef. His food makes women want to bear his offspring. But after they’ve met him he goes home to make omelettes for one.

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Twister 737

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She had the voice of sick duck. But he married the mind. The body. The money. The love was strong. Until the body became that of a sick duck

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Twister 736

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was boys weekend and the guys went out and smoked and drank and slam danced. Two ended up in the hospital. One got his longed for divorce

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Twister 735

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They ate breakfast in silence, still unsure, afraid even. He could barely look at her. Next time, you do some of the work, she said finally.

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Twister 734

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They held hands and blushed and decided to sit on a bench and stare into each other’s eyes. And then a kid came over and puked all over them

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Twister 733

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He liked the British girls because they always said “wanker.” He told this story a lot when he got home. Until his friends were bored of it.

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