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Twister 196

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

His favorite word was “ancillary”. He got beat up by the boys and some of the girls and he didn’t play football. Even his teacher hated him.

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Twister 229

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was tired of the enforced civility, of exchanges without meaning. He bought flowers for a pretty stranger. I hate you, he told her. A lot

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Twister 355

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He had the bath done right. Bubbles. Roses. Champagne on ice. And then she canceled. He got in the bath. The dog too. And then she showed up

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Twister 286

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

That’s what I thought, he says. I’m not a math genius, no, he says. But I’m, like, uber-multilingual, he says, pulling up his pants, smiling

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Twister 314

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Oh that guy, he’s, like, such a total asshole. You know why? I say so. Ok? Like he won’t pay for my death ray. Because he says it’s stupid.

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Twister 348

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was sun and it cast its light on the mess. A yard of empty bottles and upturned chairs and bikini tops. From inside, the smell of eggs

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Twister 380

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The guy at the next stall lets rip a loud, protracted fart as if I’m not even standing here. He must know my wife. Not too intimitely I hope

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Twister 6

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The table was covered with stale candies and bread. Out of the TV, the white noise of MTV. She hadn’t been gone that long. But long enough.

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Twister 483

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The doctor said, that’s not a basketball score, that’s your blood pressure. What does that have to do with my prema, um, my problem, I asked

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Twister 515

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He ran sprints in high school and then he got a dead end job and let himself go. My life has gone pear shaped in more ways than one, he said

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