Twisters

T 5216

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

His mom called and said, I don’t like your girlfriend. He called his girlfriend and said, I love you more. Then she came over and killed him.

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T 5215

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The boring teenager with superpowers always wills a free refill on his soda. He wants to be an accountant when he grows up. An accurate one.

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T 5214

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

She had reached the end of the eulogy. His last words were ‘I love you to death,’ she said. And then she started laughing. And couldn’t stop.

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T 5213

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The house reeked of garlic. She figured this wouldn’t work out. I come from an uptight family, she told him. He put some sauce in her mouth.

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T 5212

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The echo that tells him he is not alone. The comfort of strangers. Exertion as purchase. Alone in the men’s room with the lights turned off.

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T 5211

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He reached deep inside and thought, I’d do anything to pick this booger, and the devil appeared and said, Anything? and he said, Not really.

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T 5210

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The pain can compare to being pierced by an arrowhead, he claimed. She took his hand and spoke tenderly. You know next to nothing, she said.

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T 5209

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The children woke up and rushed downstairs. Their father was sitting by the tree, a giant smile on his face. Blame your mom, he said proudly.

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T 5208

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

His mom calls from the bingo parlor and she says, I just got bingo! and she can barely breathe and he says, Mom, and then the line goes dead.

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T 5207

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

Night fell and the forest grew still. Ominous. The children huddled together. Adulthood lurked in the darkness. Until one of the boys farted.

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