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Twister 240

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jim fell hard to the sidewalk, lobotomized by drink. The bouncer said, I’m going to kick your ass. I don’t have the time, Jim said, smiling.

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Twister 275

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

In his mind he was right, which was rare, which is why the arguments didn’t stop. The grass is greener, he said. I know. I painted it myself

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Twister 100

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The frosting was colored with too much curacao. He knew this would cost him his job but the kids didn’t seem to mind. They called him uncle.

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Twister 331

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was a forest and then a farm and then a subdivision of pastel colored houses. And the men barbecued meat and hid their disappointments

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Twister 45

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Vanilla’s too sweet, she said. It is not, he said. You’re wrong. You’re 100 percent totally wrong. Right, she said. So this is over, right?

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Twister 416

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Joe was tongue tied and yelled “I’m going to give you a hysterectomy!” to the 8-year old boy. The tyke ran away and Joe crawled under a rock

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Twister 37

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The boy said, it’s freezing in here. The mother said, It’s colder outside. The father said, I have bills to pay. The boy said, I don’t care.

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Twister 499

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He struggled to get up and she ground her heel into his groin some more. Say it, she said. You have me confused with someone else, he cried.

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Twister 530

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

You’re a much bigger man than I, he says. But I’m a woman, she says. You know exactly what I mean, he says. This is about my legs, she says.

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Twister 564

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was last call in one of those cities that closed down early. The men went home to have another drink, eat peanuts and ignore their wives.

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