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Arjun Basu's favored(26717)bio: Author, writer, editor, Shorty Award winner (though I'm not that short), foodie, husband, dad. Creating Twisters, 140-character short stories.(Agent: @mzmaggz)
They stumbled around the darkness without the stars to guide them. They came upon a rise and someone said "poop." And no one found it funny.
It was during the walk in the forest that she realized the philosopher's words had no deeper meaning and that he was, in fact, full of shit.
He cuts his tongue licking an envelope. Then bites it chewing gum. And burns it drinking coffee. That night his girlfriend calls him useless
He rolls off her and they listen to each other breathing; the aftermath of intimacy. That confirmed it, she says. I'm going to become a nun.
They emerged from the bedroom finally, coughing, grasping for air, and they were famished. I want a burger that tastes like you, he told her
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.
Her mother warned her it was true. And after the hamster's eyes popped out, the daughter learned it was possible to love something to death.
She picked his trumpet off the floor and said, You don't play this anymore. He threw off the sheets and repeated what she'd said. Mockingly.
They stopped the car and tore off their clothes and ran into the lake and were quickly eaten by a mythical creature that no one believed in.
They staggered out of the car and found themselves in a swamp, knee deep in mud. If I hear banjos, I'm going to shit my pants, he announced.
There is drinking and flirting and then they're up in his hotel room and she rips off his shirt and he says, Man, I really liked that shirt.
She sees him across the dance floor and makes her way to him. You really feel the music, she says. My underwear's all bunched up, he replies
She's a shy girl, but she gets up on stage and sings country songs with the kind of voice that detroys mens' hearts. Plus she has big boobs.
He watched her cut the onions and when she cried he wanted to comfort her. But he was allergic to onions. And to open displays of affection.
They watch the planes take off, the poetry of it, and he leans into her and gives her a kiss. I wish you were on that plane, she tells him.
You are bad for me, she says. You're like sugary breakfast cereal. And he wonders where this is going. I'm magically delicious, he suggests.
Once upon a time, an adult male poured ketchup all over his slice of pepperoni pizza and the Earth was swallowed up by a black hole, the end
And at the birth of their child he called her a hero but then decided he could never look at her sexually again. You pooped it out, he said.
He drank too much and threw up and then he wasn't drunk anymore and he slumped in a corner. I just want to be the best at something, he said
