"Eww! This is so sour!" she puckers her lips. "Which fruit did you eat?" She points at the lemons. "That is the wrong tree, Eve," he hisses. #vss365 #vss #fruit

"You look beautiful," he says as we dance. I'm amazed that he can't tell my dress is a hastily homemade creation and my shoes made of glass. #vss365 #vss #creation

"I'm Eve," she says. "Will you please lead me into temptation?" he clutches his chest. "Funny," she winces. "NOT. And no, I have a Samsung." #vss365 #vss #temptation

For months, I saw a chaplain and CNO arrive at other homes and heard the wails. Now that they're outside my house, I will not open the door. #vss365 #vss #arrive

He vowed to show her the coast one day when they could afford a vacation. All her life, she painted seascapes without ever seeing the ocean. #vss365 #vss #coast

She clings to stair railings and will never summit mountains. But she has fearlessly visited the top of the Burj Khalifa and the Taipei 101. #vss365 #vss #summit #autobiographical

My blind date doesn't hide his displeasure with my size. "Let's walk," he says, spitefully. We ascend a hill and I reach the top before him. #vss365 #vss #ascend

He knows a shortcut, he said. Now we are stuck on an isolated road with no phone signal. I want to divorce him right here on our honeymoon. #vss365 #vss #road

He sent emails. I sent money. I'm early in case they catch a tailwind. Long after learning that no such man had been on the flight, I wait. #vss365 #vss #tailwind

There's never enough hot water for everyone. When it's my turn to shower, I shiver and grit my teeth. Only ten more years until my release. #vss365 #vss #turn

We breach the door. Inside, a woman in a hijab, a tot balanced on her hip, scrambles away. Later, I realise that we're at the wrong address. #vss365 #vss #balance

I sprint outside as it cascades down, empty jar aloft. When my mom and I left our hot homeland, I'd promised to send my cousins a snowflake. #vss365 #vss #sprint

I'm more of a night owl, only gaining momentum way past noon. After oversleeping yet again, my farmer boss replaces me with another rooster. #vss365 #vss #momentum

They depart audibly. Tyres squeal. Tin cans, tied to the bumper, clatter. The bride wails as her groom drives off with the best man instead. #vss365 #vss #depart

They depart audibly. Tyres squeal. Tin cans, tied to the bumper, clatter. The bride wails as her groom drives off with the best man instead. #vss365 #vss #depart

I pace. It seems mindless, but in my head, I compose symphonies, write sagas, conquer kingdoms. Until they grab my arm and insert a needle. #vss365 #vss #conquer

A psychiatrist found me in the visitor’s lounge to discuss my son. After she left, a nurse said: "I hope that patient wasn't bothering you." #vss365 #vss #patient

“Other men have affairs, which is utterly selfish,” I explain to the nervous, rose-cheeked bride who’s about to become our next sister wife. #vss365 #vss #rose

His mask is emotionless. Mine, one of thin-lipped fury. There's no fissure revealing the violent grief underneath as we end our long affair. #vss365 #vss #revealing

He was bullied at school. The boys turned his bag upside down and tore up his sheet music. Now, the ladies swoon as he makes the keys dance. #vss365 #vss #swoon

Law abiding Ma never even broke the speed limit. After she died, I found posters hidden in her attic offering a reward for her apprehension. #vss365 #vss #apprehension

I've always wanted fame. As paparazzi circle me like they are vultures and I'm carrion, I realise one should be careful what one wishes for. #vss365 #vss #carrion

Dear Grimms. We work as miners all day, then Snow White still wants us to wait on her hand and foot. Rewrite! Yours, the disgruntled dwarfs. #vss365 #vss #disgruntle

The fleabag is more effective than candy in luring them to his van. Their eyes widen. First, as they're awed by the pup. Then, out of fear. #vss365 #vss #flea

People call men like him villains. But it's because he loves me so much and fears losing me that he's punching me for smiling at the waiter. #vss365 #vss #villain

Standing in the foam, the tide shifts the grains under my feet. I shut my eyes and pretend I'm back home and not exiled on a faraway beach. #vss365 #vss #grain

He's wearing Army fatigues, so she picks him up. When the radio news says the murderer could be in the military, he forces her to pull over. #vss365 #vss #pull

I don't believe in the paranormal. "Say something profound," I taunt. Beneath my hand, the planchette lurches across the Ouija board. B-O-O. #vss365 #vss #lurch

In what would've been a nice plot for the book I'm unable to write, the typewriter I defenestrate kills my ex-husband on the pavement below. #vss365 #vss #defenestrate

Handing me a putter, my caddie says that he'd once beaten Tiger. "Woods?" I'm incredulous. He nods and grins. "I was twenty and he was six." #vss365 #vss #putter