Twister 3147

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He peels a large orange. She’s so in love with him she watches him intently. Kiss my fingers, he whispers. And she reconsiders her feelings.

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Twister 3146

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The baby entered the room. He wobbled over to his parents’ bed. He pulled the sheets back, startling his parents. Hot dog! he said, smiling.

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Twister 3145

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The crowd didn’t laugh at the comedian’s jokes, letting out cries of “LOL” instead. Then he woke up. The future’s so going to suck, he said.

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Twister 3144

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kid comes home and utters a new word and the mother says, Where’d you learn that? and later that day she asks her husband what it means.

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Twister 3143

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She watched him sleeping and she knew he was still unsure. She kissed his chest and he opened his eyes. A guy does that differently, he said

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Twister 3142

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He drank and was grateful and returned the flask to her. It’s so hot, he said. It’s the desert, she replied. And then he had a dirty thought

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Twister 3141

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He recalls the days of big cars with a fondness bordering on lust. I’m so old, he says. His wife beckons from the tub. And turns on the jets

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Twister 3140

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

All the men wear vibrant ties. They waste away eating canapes. Dreaming of vodka sodas. Away from the prying eyes of dissatisfied mistresses

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Twister 3139

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She agreed he was gorgeous, as her friends put it, but after one night with him, she knew she would need therapy and it would be very expensive.

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Twister 3138

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She stood up and picked up her shirt and buttoned up and looked at him. He smiled. You make me hungrier, she said. But that was a bad thing.

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