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Twister 2636

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jones has a beautiful wife and three children of varying abilities. Sometimes he likes to drive into the woods to a quiet place. And scream

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Twister 2810

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She heard him fumble with the keys at the front door and she sat on the kitchen counter as he entered. She smiled. Dinner’s ready, she said.

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Twister 3063

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The birds will not leave our tree. I have to wear a raincoat just to pick up the mail. My kids are frightened. Of birds. Nature’s a stinker.

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Twister 3292

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And so after the long and sleepless night he shuffled into the kitchen and stared into the fridge and she said, Everything you do annoys me.

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Twister 3465

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And as he sat complaining about the latest thing, a basketball came crashing through the kitchen window. His wife sighed. While he rejoiced.

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Twister 3572

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids run around the house. Screaming. She drains pasta in the sink and burns her finger. He opens a beer. When did this happen? he asks.

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Twister 508

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The bucolic lawn. Gin tonics on the patio. A koi pond. Ethnic bbq. Polo shirts and floral print dresses. The men dreaming of wife swapping.

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Twister 674

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The children ran underfoot, hither and yon. There were six of them and they were all his. He went to his wife finally and said, I hate kids.

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Twister 860

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The thieves only took stuff worth more than $1,000. Except for his prized collection of fossilized mammoth penises. They didn’t touch those.

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Twister 1168

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He pulls the knife out of the meat. The sound coming from the den is killing him. He rushes over, knife in hand. And he stabs the television

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