Lina Lau
@linalau.bsky.social
writer—mostly flash. mother. owner of too many notebooks.
Flash reader at Hippocampus Literary Magazine
Flash reader at Hippocampus Literary Magazine
Reposted by Lina Lau
"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
Wonderful sense of the collective narrator here from @linalau.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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/
gooseberry-pie.com/we-forge/
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...
gooseberry-pie.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"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
Wonderful sense of the collective narrator here from @linalau.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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/
gooseberry-pie.com/we-forge/
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...
gooseberry-pie.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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/
gooseberry-pie.com/we-forge/
Reposted by Lina Lau
billionaires landing
on the red planet at last
leaving us in peace
#SciFaikuSaturday (peace) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
on the red planet at last
leaving us in peace
#SciFaikuSaturday (peace) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
March 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
billionaires landing
on the red planet at last
leaving us in peace
#SciFaikuSaturday (peace) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
on the red planet at last
leaving us in peace
#SciFaikuSaturday (peace) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
ICYMI: Our "We Love Short Shorts Contest for Creative Nonfiction" is open for subs 'til Feb. 28! Grand prize $250 + pub. 250 words. No theme. Get full details here:
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/01/we-love-short-shorts-contest-for-flash-creative-nonfiction-2025/
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/01/we-love-short-shorts-contest-for-flash-creative-nonfiction-2025/
We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction 2025 – Open for Subs Feb. 1-28 | Hippocampus Magazine
The 2025 We Love Short Shorts Contest for Flash Creative Nonfiction is looking for stories up to 250 words. Prize: $250 + pub. Send us your best flash CNF!
hippocampusmagazine.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
For fellow flash writers!
Hey, Ontarians! If SmokeLong were to come to Toronto on April 25/26, would you come out to meet us? RT to your flash fiction writers in Toronto and nearby.
February 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For fellow flash writers!
Reposted by Lina Lau
I was not prepared for this child, a burst of movement and thoughts. —"Recharged" by @linalau.bsky.social in case you missed it
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/recharged
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/recharged
January 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I was not prepared for this child, a burst of movement and thoughts. —"Recharged" by @linalau.bsky.social in case you missed it
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/recharged
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/recharged
Passing on some writing advice from my then five-year-old in case it's helpful to anyone in this new year
January 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Passing on some writing advice from my then five-year-old in case it's helpful to anyone in this new year
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?!!!
December 7, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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?!!!
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...
www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...
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.
www.fiveminutelit.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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...
www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...
Can't begin to describe my excitement about making the long list! Congratulations to all.
We couldn't be more thrilled to share our long list for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Congratulations to the writers of these 42 micros--out of 1,170. You are all stars.
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 20, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Can't begin to describe my excitement about making the long list! Congratulations to all.
It's delightful scrolling here amid so much writing brilliance.
November 18, 2024 at 5:59 PM
It's delightful scrolling here amid so much writing brilliance.
Get your micros in!
Seven hours now! That's so much time! But also not so much. Get your micros in before midnight NYC!
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
a cartoon drawing of the number 7 with a surprised look on his face
ALT: a cartoon drawing of the number 7 with a surprised look on his face
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Get your micros in!
It's like a breath of fresh air over here.
November 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM
It's like a breath of fresh air over here.
Grateful to @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social for re-publishing my first ever flash cnf piece, when I wrote about my husband's emergency brain surgery.
January 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Grateful to @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social for re-publishing my first ever flash cnf piece, when I wrote about my husband's emergency brain surgery.
Reposted by Lina Lau
December 6, 2023 at 8:17 PM