Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 713

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a fast runner but only if he ate salmon. And it had to be grilled. With lemon and tarragon. But fish don’t have legs, his mother said

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Twister 771

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He thought that if he took the kid fishing, and had The Talk then, it would be easier. But the kid got obsessed with the worms. In a bad way

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Twister 870

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And at the end of the endless day, Jones danced on his father’s mahogany desk and, with the contract in hand, he squatted and did his thing.

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Twister 951

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The ground rumbled. Jim stood immobile as the children raced past him. He closed his eyes in fear and prayed. The ice cream truck drove away

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Twister 1072

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

At the park he saw a girl and a boy doing the things his mom told him not to do. They were having fun. And so he never trusted his mom again

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Twister 1252

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He spent his day at the mall with his wife and kids. Lost amid the incessant shopping, the gluttony of need, he imagined doing awful things.

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Twister 1323

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He found his mother’s toys in a box under her bed. He showed them to his babysitter and she said, oh wow. So she put him to bed. And played.

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Twister 1416

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She’s a stunner, at least he thinks so. And Jim would try and pick her up except his kid’s with him and the kid tells his mother everything.

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Twister 1485

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

This is the day he decided to walk away and forget the world. His family didn’t understand. That figures, he said. You who eat all my cereal

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Twister 1616

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She adjusts his tie and fixes his cufflinks and steps back and takes him in. You still don’t look good, she sighs. She knows. He never will.

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