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Twister 3146

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The baby entered the room. He wobbled over to his parents’ bed. He pulled the sheets back, startling his parents. Hot dog! he said, smiling.

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Twister 3399

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids ran roughshod over breakfast and he turned to his wife and said, I’ve decided, and she bit into her toast and he called the doctor.

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Twister 3512

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He washed the dishes, noting how long they had loved one another. She corrected him. He said he was sure he was right. And then they fought.

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Twister 454

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The dishwasher is loud. You can hear it in the backyard even. Meaning no one can hear him scream. When he suddenly realizes what he’s become

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Twister 582

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Inside the house, a tortured landscape of trendy childrens’ toys. In the back yard, the family, fighting. Out front, a bright and shiny car.

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Twister 741

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jim surveys the lawn and swells with a primitive pride. He has tortured something pretty out of ugliness. Tamed the wild. Buried the bodies.

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Twister 979

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The new neighbors had porn on night and day, at incredible volumes. Finally, he knocked on their door to complain. But they didn’t own a TV.

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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 1448

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And when he complained about their sex lives she said something about showering and he fought back and she said, That got a rise out of you.

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Twister 1553

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He came home and opened the door quietly and tiptoed in. And found his wife in bed with another man. I was doing something similar, he said.

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