Tagged: Work (581)

Twister 119

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a talk show host on cable access. He was famous at the diner. The waitress never charged him for the milkshake. She called him honey.

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Twister 217

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Jones studied the mess and threw up his hands. I’ll need a beer to deal with this, he sighed. But he had no beer. And that was unacceptable.

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Twister 388

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He returned from the meeting ashen-faced. I’ve been demoted, he said. Impossible, she said. What’s the opposite of I love my life? he asked.

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Twister 497

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She grew up on a farm. She moved to the city and taught math. But the smell of manure stayed with her. And made for some very dirty fetishes

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Twister 639

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was a farmer so didn’t mind when he stepped into the cow patty. That’s disgusting, his cousin said. Only if you taste it, the farmer said

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Twister 738

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He is an acclaimed chef. His food makes women want to bear his offspring. But after they’ve met him he goes home to make omelettes for one.

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Twister 870

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And at the end of the endless day, Jones danced on his father’s mahogany desk and, with the contract in hand, he squatted and did his thing.

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Twister 1028

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The photographer’s assistant is a photoshop wiz who makes every shot something surreal. And so suffers the disappointment of the real world.

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Twister 1196

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He says, Look, I hate myself. He says, I’m worthless. He says, I question everything I do. And because the company’s smart, he gets the job.

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Twister 1368

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They tolerated the ennui of their jobs, bought off by promises of spectacular riches sometime in the future. At retirement, they bought guns

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