Tagged: Home (473)

Twister 3031

She walked into the room, past the gadgetry and books, the empty coffee mugs and knitting. Our relationship’s all about stuff, she told him.

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Twister 3158

The new neighbors made too much noise. When he complained they told him he was just really unhappy with his own marriage. He didn’t disagree

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Twister 3416

The bear came inside and growled, and the family sat at the kitchen table, mouths agape, and the bear said, I’m not a morning person either.

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Twister 3513

Then he ripped off her necklace and she said, You’ve been a bad boy, and he said, I need punishment, and that’s why he had to do the dishes.

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Twister 451

There were discussions. Group huddles. Negotiations. Pleas. And then finally decisions were made. And Billy was allowed to borrow dad’s car.

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Twister 628

Stein watches the squirrels digging up his backyard. Supper’s done but his wife is late. On the radio, an endless parade of disquieting news

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Twister 754

Atop the rise, the old house stands silhouetted by the evening’s last light. Inside, desperate men await on dusty couches, clutching c-notes

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Twister 990

When he received the silent treatment at home, he figured he’d done something wrong. But as usual he couldn’t think what that something was.

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Twister 1324

The pebbles against the window startled the chickens and woke everyone in the house. We take this fresh thing way too far, he told his wife.

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Twister 1465

She came downstairs and said “oh” and he took a pull of his beer and said “yup” and then the thing happened that changed their lives forever

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