Twister 712

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There had been some familial tensions but then the kid said booger during dinner and the dad put some pasta up his nose. The mom got napkins

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Twister 711

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The forest gave way to condos, concrete pillars on the land populated by the elderly and infirm. Then the meteor struck and nothing mattered

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Twister 710

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The ash fell on the village, ember as rain. The children rejoiced in the new dirt. The media showed up. Then they left. And the ash remained

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Twister 709

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He sensed her anger and asked her what he’d done. Don’t you ever put black bean sauce in Thai food and act as if nothing’s wrong! she hissed

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Twister 708

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The motel room smelled more than last time but their nostalgia could not be dampened. Shall we? he asked. Yes, she said. And she slapped him

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Twister 707

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Afterward the hordes descended on the house. He drowned under a wave of query. The endlessness of it. Don’t step on our flowers, he yelled.

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Twister 706

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He lost his job and didn’t tell anyone. He played the lottery and won a minor jackpot. But he blew it at craps. I’m so bad at this, he said.

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Twister 705

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The pool was unusually cold, like the ocean off the coast of Maine. The men refused to go in. The boys didn’t care; they had nothing to lose

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Twister 704

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a well respected defense attorney. A successful man. Someone who had long collected his toe nail clippings. In a vase of Murano glass

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Twister 703

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The day unfolds with the lethargy of a hangover. He calls his new girlfriend. He says I find myself thinking of you at inappropriate moments

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