Twister 2696

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was a small cut but he was bleeding and she sucked the blood with a tenderness he’d never really felt, and then he said, You’re so gross.

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Twister 2695

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The difference between life and death is like the difference between cupcakes and muffins, he says. And she ponders this. And then hits him.

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Twister 2694

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There were not enough mangoes in the smoothie and this problem reverberated to the point of a messy divorce. Luckily they didn’t have kids.

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Twister 2693

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He had to stop. He sat on the bench and closed his eyes tightly. Then she asked what was wrong and he said, Summer’s bad for my foot fetish.

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Twister 2692

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

No one found him funny. This was the crux of it. People threw things at him. But he entertained himself. And that’s all that mattered to him

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Twister 2691

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The doctor smiled then and they were much relieved, a gloomy weight lifted. Just tell him to use a smaller bottle next time, the doctor said

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Twister 2690

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There were deer on the lawn. Birdsong filled the air. He took a cup of coffee out onto the new patio. I really hate the suburbs, he thought

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Twister 2689

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They had been a couple for years. Long enough that one day she could say, You need more fibre. And though he did, he lamented the suggestion

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Twister 2688

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He dreamed that he was buried in pasta with a rosé sauce, and he woke up and saw her with her head in the fridge. Please come back, he said.

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Twister 2687

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The family wore matching green cardigans to the mall. A kid in the food court laughed at them. So Daddy took out his rifle and shot the kid.

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