Twister 662

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Failing’s not so bad, he says. Don’t listen to him, she says. It builds character, he says. Tell your father he’s not getting any, she says.

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Twister 661

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The tall grass bends gently in the breeze. The music swells. They run towards each other. And then he stops. Your dreams suck, he tells her.

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Twister 660

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

After his parents’ death, he went up to the attic to sort through their affairs and found so many used sex toys that he threw up for a week.

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Twister 659

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Their plan was doable, they understood this. Work hard. Save money. Travel the world. Now they just had to get over their fear of foreigners

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Twister 658

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He’d drunk enough to feel unbalanced and sing songs in fake languages. So he peed on his wife’s flowers and said, I kind of meant to do that

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Twister 657

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was the spaghetti and an incident with a bread knife and the end result was a sleepless night and a marriage proposal. But she said no

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Twister 656

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wakes up and seizes the day. He eats his Corn Pops with purpose. He turns on the TV with authority. He orders take out as if he means it.

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Twister 655

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Judge Ellis giggled at words like “ash.” He’d been daydreaming on the bench and decided on a vacation. Touring the world’s active volcanoes.

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Twister 654

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was the giver of powerful hugs. This made him popular in college dorms and fast food parking lots. Until he decided to master the ukulele

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Twister 653

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She came home and he said, You smell like grandma’s cooking, and this made her cry and he felt guilty and said, But fried onions are sexy!

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