Laurel Lindström
@laurellindstrom.bsky.social
Writer of nonfiction (then) and fiction (now). Looking for readers and hopefully buyers of my book. So original. More here www.laurellindstrom.org Enjoy the read!
Another extract from The Ashes in the Boot, not of interest to #literaryagents, but entertaining for readers (thanks for the feedback). wp.me/pbzlXw-F3 ! #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #TheAshesintheBoot #booksky More at www.laurellindstrom.org Please subscribe!
A knock on the head (an extract from next novel, in need of placement. The Ashes in the Boot)
Brenda is pretending to be someone else, but going to the gym in borrowed lycra might be a step too far.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Another extract from The Ashes in the Boot, not of interest to #literaryagents, but entertaining for readers (thanks for the feedback). wp.me/pbzlXw-F3 ! #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #TheAshesintheBoot #booksky More at www.laurellindstrom.org Please subscribe!
Another extract from The Ashes in the Boot, not of interest to #literaryagents, but entertaining for readers (thanks for the feedback). wp.me/pbzlXw-F3 ! #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #TheAshesintheBoot #booksky More at www.laurellindstrom.org Please subscribe!
A knock on the head (an extract from next novel, in need of placement. The Ashes in the Boot)
Brenda is pretending to be someone else, but going to the gym in borrowed lycra might be a step too far.
wp.me
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Another extract from The Ashes in the Boot, not of interest to #literaryagents, but entertaining for readers (thanks for the feedback). wp.me/pbzlXw-F3 ! #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #TheAshesintheBoot #booksky More at www.laurellindstrom.org Please subscribe!
A glimpse at how some of us grew up in the sixties. Playing on building sites, learning to fend for ourselves, forever in wonder and mostly in danger. Asbestos Electric wp.me/pbzlXw-x6 #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #asbestos #electric shock #book
Asbestos electric a short story by Laurel Lindstrom
In the sixties prefab buildings laden with asbestos and put up after WWII were torn down. Women grasping at independence while children played in the ruins.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A glimpse at how some of us grew up in the sixties. Playing on building sites, learning to fend for ourselves, forever in wonder and mostly in danger. Asbestos Electric wp.me/pbzlXw-x6 #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #asbestos #electric shock #book
Writer’s block is not necessarily devastating. This short article includes ideas for writers to help overcome it. Readers will get some insight into how and why a writer writes. wp.me/pbzlXw-Ff #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #writersblock #booksky
Writer’s block and how to solve it
If you suffer from writer’s block this short article will help you get through it. Hints and tips proven to work.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Writer’s block is not necessarily devastating. This short article includes ideas for writers to help overcome it. Readers will get some insight into how and why a writer writes. wp.me/pbzlXw-Ff #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #writersblock #booksky
A snapshot of how easy it is for a middle aged woman to walk away. Her husband has no idea. Delete wp.me/sbzlXw-delete #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #booksky Please subscribe and get my community from 69 to 70 maybe? www.laurellindstrom.org
Delete
(published November 2021, in WriteTime Anthology Two Meredith March studies the wreck peering at her from the mirror and adds a touch more mascara to already overly mascara-ed eyes. She is always h…
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November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A snapshot of how easy it is for a middle aged woman to walk away. Her husband has no idea. Delete wp.me/sbzlXw-delete #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #booksky Please subscribe and get my community from 69 to 70 maybe? www.laurellindstrom.org
A prize winner of a story if ever there was one. It’s called Living (or morgue viventes docent) wp.me/pbzlXw-Fu Now all I have to do is enter it in a competition. Too lazy though. #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #booksky Please subscribe at www.laurellindstrom.org
Living
Lying trying to doze in light tenuous and dusty Penny was numb, exhausted from weeks of racing disease and recalcitrant death. The light filtering in through curtains long too worn out to be fully …
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November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A prize winner of a story if ever there was one. It’s called Living (or morgue viventes docent) wp.me/pbzlXw-Fu Now all I have to do is enter it in a competition. Too lazy though. #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #booksky Please subscribe at www.laurellindstrom.org
The I-405 not an obvious topic for a blog, but this piece might entertain you or at least give pause for thought. wp.me/pbzlXw-FI
#writingcommunity #readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky
#writingcommunity #readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky
405
Why is the 405 freeway important? It’s about all of us.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The I-405 not an obvious topic for a blog, but this piece might entertain you or at least give pause for thought. wp.me/pbzlXw-FI
#writingcommunity #readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky
#writingcommunity #readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky
A dialogue/story about parental emotional abuse, broken hearts and #mental health. wp.me/pbzlXw-R6 #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org where you can subscribe. Please, please do!
Whispered - a short story by internet non sensation Laurel Lindström.
A dialogue about parental emotional abuse, broken hearts and mental health, by Laurel Lindström.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A dialogue/story about parental emotional abuse, broken hearts and #mental health. wp.me/pbzlXw-R6 #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org where you can subscribe. Please, please do!
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: Autumn riding, falling off a horse, and in need of a new hip and eyes. Another short story by internet nonsensation Laurel Lindström. wp.me/pbzlXw-QB #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: A short story by internet sensation Laurel Lindström
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: Autumn riding, falling off a horse, and in need of a new hip and eyes. Another short story by internet sensation Laurel Lindström.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: Autumn riding, falling off a horse, and in need of a new hip and eyes. Another short story by internet nonsensation Laurel Lindström. wp.me/pbzlXw-QB #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org
A review by internet non sensation Laurel Lindström of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Noël Coward Theatre in London. wp.me/pbzlXw-Qd #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org Please subscribe and I’ll be your friend forever.
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Noël Coward Theatre in London – a review
A review by internet non sensation Laurel Lindström of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Noël Coward Theatre in London.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A review by internet non sensation Laurel Lindström of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Noël Coward Theatre in London. wp.me/pbzlXw-Qd #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org Please subscribe and I’ll be your friend forever.
How far should a literary agent go for their authors? As far as it takes to keep them at their work? Further? Sounding awful, but actually not. #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #shortstories #booksky wp.me/pbzlXw-Lw laurellindstrom.org/2025/03/27/c... #writesky #authorsky
Masters of megapixels
Underneath the taps and the slides, a slow picture was forming and reforming. The high resolution scanned image was slipping into and out of unintended shapes moving back and forth. It was looking …
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November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
How far should a literary agent go for their authors? As far as it takes to keep them at their work? Further? Sounding awful, but actually not. #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #shortstories #booksky wp.me/pbzlXw-Lw laurellindstrom.org/2025/03/27/c... #writesky #authorsky
First article I have been paid for as Laurel Lindström and not my alterego Laurel Brunner. Feels very different and very exciting. I hope you read this piece and enjoy it.
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Hydra – small island, big impressions
We’re on the island of Hydra once again. We never go anywhere else when we come to Greece and yet
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November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
First article I have been paid for as Laurel Lindström and not my alterego Laurel Brunner. Feels very different and very exciting. I hope you read this piece and enjoy it.
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theglobalvoyagers.com/destination-... #WritingCommmunity #booksky #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky
Loyal - another short story by Laurel Lindström featuring the woman with the trolley. About relationships and a bluebottle fly wp.me/pbzlXw-Os #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories #thewomanwiththetrolley Please subscribe to my blog. Easy peasy here www.laurellindstrom.org
Loyal - a short story by Laurel Lindström about domestic abuse and an inquisitive fly.
The woman with the trolley, is as yet unknown. This story by Laurel Lindström is a piece of the puzzle of who the woman is and how she came to be.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Loyal - another short story by Laurel Lindström featuring the woman with the trolley. About relationships and a bluebottle fly wp.me/pbzlXw-Os #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories #thewomanwiththetrolley Please subscribe to my blog. Easy peasy here www.laurellindstrom.org
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A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: Autumn riding, falling off a horse, and in need of a new hip and eyes. Another short story by internet nonsensation Laurel Lindström. wp.me/pbzlXw-QB #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org Please subscribe!
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: A short story by internet sensation Laurel Lindström
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: Autumn riding, falling off a horse, and in need of a new hip and eyes. Another short story by internet sensation Laurel Lindström.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: Autumn riding, falling off a horse, and in need of a new hip and eyes. Another short story by internet nonsensation Laurel Lindström. wp.me/pbzlXw-QB #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org Please subscribe!
A charming story of a country wedding as seen through the eyes of a horse and his companion sheep tinyurl.com/4wek9uzh The Sheep & the Grey Horse: It was a wedding – part 1 of 2 Please subscribe! Join the other 68 supporters so we can get it to 69! #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #booksky
Laurel Lindström, author
This is Laurel Lindström’s fiction site. Laurel is otherwise known as Laurel Brunner.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A charming story of a country wedding as seen through the eyes of a horse and his companion sheep tinyurl.com/4wek9uzh The Sheep & the Grey Horse: It was a wedding – part 1 of 2 Please subscribe! Join the other 68 supporters so we can get it to 69! #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #booksky
Chicken, worm or seagull? What do they have in common and which one are you? Maybe none or all of them? Laurel Lindström’s column here for you: wp.me/pbzlXw-zf #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky I’d love the MAGAs to work this one out. Subscribe at www.laurellindstrom.org
A chicken, a worm or a seagull?
Observations on differences between worms, chickens and seagulls.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Chicken, worm or seagull? What do they have in common and which one are you? Maybe none or all of them? Laurel Lindström’s column here for you: wp.me/pbzlXw-zf #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky I’d love the MAGAs to work this one out. Subscribe at www.laurellindstrom.org
Eddie, see you soon is a eulogy for Eddie Orf by Laurel Lindstrom. wp.me/pbzlXw-QQ #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky More stories at www.laurellindstrom.org where you can subscribe if you like.
Eddie, see you soon. A eulogy for Eddie Orf by Laurel Lindstrom.
Eddie, see you soon is a eulogy for Eddie Orf by Laurel Lindstrom.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Eddie, see you soon is a eulogy for Eddie Orf by Laurel Lindstrom. wp.me/pbzlXw-QQ #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky More stories at www.laurellindstrom.org where you can subscribe if you like.
Healthy career as author; no idea how broadly fortune smiled when first book was published. @sundaytimes best seller for two weeks and it wasn’t even my idea. More here on: The randomness of book publishing tinyurl.com/4rp78amt #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky
The randomness of book publishing
This is a quick summary of how my first book got published in 1997. It’s a story of great success and it’s a story of why I cannot get anywhere today. It began in 1996 at a time when I believed unw…
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October 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Healthy career as author; no idea how broadly fortune smiled when first book was published. @sundaytimes best seller for two weeks and it wasn’t even my idea. More here on: The randomness of book publishing tinyurl.com/4rp78amt #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky
Is it the final straw, shoe or bus that matters or is The Last But One what you should focus on? Enjoy the read! tinyurl.com/yc3a42kf #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky
The Last But One
Memory shows you the remote collapse of experiences that happened huge distances away in time or space. It rarely shows you the last but one times.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Is it the final straw, shoe or bus that matters or is The Last But One what you should focus on? Enjoy the read! tinyurl.com/yc3a42kf #WritingCommmunity #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #booksky
What went wrong on my wedding day? Read this short story to find out. tinyurl.com/4wek9uzh Enjoy the read! #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #booksky And please do see your way clear to subscribing!
The Sheep & the Grey Horse: It was a wedding – part 1 of 2
A perfectly planned wedding day. What could possibly go wrong… ? Part of a series of stories about a sheep called Hotpot and a retired racehorse called the Grey Horse.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What went wrong on my wedding day? Read this short story to find out. tinyurl.com/4wek9uzh Enjoy the read! #WritingCommmunity #Readers #shortstories #booksky And please do see your way clear to subscribing!
Loyal - another short story by Laurel Lindström featuring the woman with the trolley. It’s about relationships and a blue-bottle fly. wp.me/pbzlXw-Os #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories #thewomanwiththetrolley Subscribe at www.laurellindstrom.org I promise you’ll like it
Loyal - a short story by Laurel Lindström about domestic abuse and an inquisitive fly.
The woman with the trolley, is as yet unknown. This story by Laurel Lindström is a piece of the puzzle of who the woman is and how she came to be.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Loyal - another short story by Laurel Lindström featuring the woman with the trolley. It’s about relationships and a blue-bottle fly. wp.me/pbzlXw-Os #Readers #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories #thewomanwiththetrolley Subscribe at www.laurellindstrom.org I promise you’ll like it
This short story by Laurel Lindström is called What does it mean? It’s about teenagers and a snake. And it will make you laugh. wp.me/pbzlXw-OY #writesky #authorsky #shortstories subscribe at www.laurellindstrom.org for more. Thanks to all of you who’ve subscribed so far.
What does it mean? A funny short story by Laurel Lindström.
This short story by Laurel Lindström is called What does it mean? It’s about teenagers and a snake. And it will make you laugh.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This short story by Laurel Lindström is called What does it mean? It’s about teenagers and a snake. And it will make you laugh. wp.me/pbzlXw-OY #writesky #authorsky #shortstories subscribe at www.laurellindstrom.org for more. Thanks to all of you who’ve subscribed so far.
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: Autumn riding, falling off a horse, and in need of a new hip and eyes. Another short story by internet nonsensation Laurel Lindström. wp.me/pbzlXw-QB #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: A short story by internet sensation Laurel Lindström
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: Autumn riding, falling off a horse, and in need of a new hip and eyes. Another short story by internet sensation Laurel Lindström.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A Granny Hack That Could Have Gone Better: Autumn riding, falling off a horse, and in need of a new hip and eyes. Another short story by internet nonsensation Laurel Lindström. wp.me/pbzlXw-QB #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org
A review by internet non sensation Laurel Lindström of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Noël Coward Theatre in London. wp.me/pbzlXw-Qd #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Noël Coward Theatre in London – a review
A review by internet non sensation Laurel Lindström of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Noël Coward Theatre in London.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A review by internet non sensation Laurel Lindström of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the Noël Coward Theatre in London. wp.me/pbzlXw-Qd #scattyweeklycolumn #writesky #authorsky #shortstories More at www.laurellindstrom.org