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Lina Lau

@linalau.bsky.social
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writer—mostly flash. mother. owner of too many notebooks. Flash reader at Hippocampus Literary Magazine

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
"In the ravine after school, we chain smoke and practice puckering our lips and blowing rings, the dank soil dampening our thin shorts" Wonderful sense of the collective narrator here from @linalau.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Thrilled to have a piece in Gooseberry Pie (@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social) this issue! A little bit of nostalgia for simpler times. gooseberry-pie.com/we-forge/
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We Forge - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Alireza heidarpour on Unsplash by Lina Lau We forge our parents’ signatures and place fistfuls of change on the counter in exchange for Du Maurier Lights, and the storeowner raises an eyebrow...
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Hege A. J. Lepri @hegelincanada.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
billionaires landing on the red planet at last leaving us in peace #SciFaikuSaturday (peace) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Short short contest at @hippocampusmag.bsky.social! 250 words of CNF. Submit!
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
For fellow flash writers!
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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I was not prepared for this child, a burst of movement and thoughts. —"Recharged" by @linalau.bsky.social in case you missed it www.fiveminutelit.com/recharged
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Passing on some writing advice from my then five-year-old in case it's helpful to anyone in this new year
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Received feedback on a flash piece this morning with comments that it is close, and suggestions to clarify and tighten, and WHY CAN'T I SEE THIS IN MY OWN WORK?!!!
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Happy to share my newest micro memoir at Five Minutes. Full of questions my kid asks. Seriously. How DO birds sit on eggs without cracking them? www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...
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Recharged by Lina Lau — Five Minutes
My four-year-old daughter flits around the bedroom, darting, and I’m panicked she will collide with a sharp corner.
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Can't begin to describe my excitement about making the long list! Congratulations to all.
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
It's delightful scrolling here amid so much writing brilliance.
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Get your micros in!
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
It's like a breath of fresh air over here.
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 20/01/2024
Grateful to @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social for re-publishing my first ever flash cnf piece, when I wrote about my husband's emergency brain surgery.
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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 17/12/2023
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Lina Lau @linalau.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Writing struggles? Here's how a DIY Writing Retreat can help brevity.wordpress.com/2023/12/06/w...
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