Twister 2897

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He struggles up the stairs, weighed down by bags and bags full of whisky. And barbecue chips. And corn dogs. I’m such a small man, he sighs.

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Twister 2895

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The ship crashed on a shore of short people surrounded by auras of desperation. The sailors came ashore and found they were all teenage boys

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Twister 2894

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He noted the commotion from across the street and he looked at his daughter watching the scene and he told her, We’ll never win the lottery.

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Twister 2893

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They left the party, drunk on badly mixed cocktails. Giddy and horny. Immortal. But then she threw up. And he realized he wasn’t that drunk.

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Twister 2892

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He looked kind of average to her but that’s what she needed now. She nodded, and he smiled, and said something boring. And she kept smiling.

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Twister 2891

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They sat still until the danger passed. They’d shared something momentous. She knew it. But not him. Because he was thinking with his penis.

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Twister 2890

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She exits the limo and takes the private elevator. She enters the office; her tea and lemon still hot. She turns on her computer. And farts.

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Twister 2889

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His father giggles and says, I’m my biggest fan, and his son says, OK, and he walks to his mother and hugs her and his father stops giggling

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Twister 2888

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She returns his gaze and transmits disinterest. I’m not an old man, just a young vampire, he says. She laughs. But still feels sorry for him

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Twister 2887

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He uses the word fey and she says, Your use of that word makes you fey, and then he did something so fey she needed to go and grab a burger.

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