Louella Lester
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Louella Lester
@louellalester.bsky.social
Writer & Photographer
Flash/Micro/Poetry
- author of Glass Bricks https://atbaypress.com/books/detail/glass-bricks
- in Best Microfiction 2024 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
- contrb. editor @nffr.bsky.social
- http://louellalesterblog.wordpress.com
Late autumn in Winnipeg.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
House and fence near my place.
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Lights Along the River,” is my latest Through Camera & Pen blog post.
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Lights Along the River
Some of you might remember the city light photos and shaken camera light photos I posted in a couple of blogs last winter. Well, in early October I went out on my balcony one night, like I often do…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thanks for the nomination Rawhead Lit and congratulations to the other nominees.
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A windy day.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Still life made from things found along the sidewalk.
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Reposted by Louella Lester
Thanks to all the writers who entered our 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize. We have enjoyed reading your work and are assembling a longlist to send to our judge for this competition, @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social. Best of luck!

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Get Ready for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review
Our annual flash contest will be open for submissions September 15 to October 15. Grant Faulkner will judge this year's entries.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My latest Through Camera & Pen blog post is “Minimal in Fog.“ With photos from late September.

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Minimal in Fog
For some reason I have always loved stark minimal photos of buildings, even though I don’t necessarily want to live or hangout in those type of places. I just like the simplicity of those photos. O…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I have photos featured at the great Mad Swirl again.

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Mad Gallery
Mad Swirl is excited to welcome Louella Lester back to the Mad Gallery with more of her charming photographs. In her latest series, we find leaves and twigs arranged in unexpected corners of her home…
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November 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
More still life photos I made.
November 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Still life photos using things found along sidewalk.
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A plastic bag.
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Leaves on concrete.
October 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Across the river from my balcony in Winnipeg, Canada.
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Toronto Blue Jays are going to the World Series. It’s been 32 years. Playing the LA Dodgers.
October 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“Fog, Lights, and Bird,” is my latest Through Camera & Pen blog post.
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Fog, Lights, and Bird
One morning in late September it was very foggy in Winnipeg. Normally I would have been out the door, with my camera, rather quickly, but I had a one hour online meeting. By the time I got outside …
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October 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sparrow
October 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Leaves on branches.
October 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I have 2 pieces in Issue 47 of Bending Genres, today.
Here’s the other one.

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Overnight They Morph
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October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have 2 pieces in Issue 47 of Bending Genres, today.
Here’s one. bendinggenres.com/cool-heads/
Cool Heads
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October 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Along the sidewalk.
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Watering can on a foggy day.
October 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Clouds a few days ago.
October 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM