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Twister 2207

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was sick enough to have his wife worry but not sick enough that he couldn’t keep eating four cheese pizza. The world is kind, he thought.

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Twister 2266

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It took Alan a while to realize he had become the kind of person he didn’t like. He celebrated with cake and bourbon. Because he hated cake.

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Twister 2325

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They were young boys on the verge of manhood, huddled in the bushes. Watching her. She’s going to lick the ice cream, one of them whispered.

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Twister 2357

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The expectations on him were always too big and he had finally succumbed to its weight. Sometimes, he sighed, I just want to shit my pants.

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Twister 2404

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The soup sits badly inside. He feels a churning. And bubbles. And then a beautiful girl walks up and asks him the time. For regret, he says.

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Twister 2448

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She was shy for a stripper, or so he thought. You don’t know anything, she said, picking up her clothes. He knew that. He’d heard it before.

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Twister 2504

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The bed is warm and he shifts and finds that perfect position. Not yet, he tells the kids. The world melts away. But not the morning glory.

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Twister 2566

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She gave birth to twins and a week later he bought a motorcycle. She called him irresponsible. I knew that, he said, looking at the children

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Twister 2635

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He’s distressed to learn you can’t water plants with vodka. He doesn’t see the point in pets. He will die blaming his mother for everything.

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Twister 2707

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jones sits at his desk picking his nose and dreaming about buying shoes in Milan. His assistant enters the office. And Jones shakes her hand

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