Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin

Joined September 2023

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Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.

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The Baker's Curse
On this date in September 1666, a spark from a humble Baker's oven in Pudding Lane, London. What was an ordinary fire swallowed homes, churches and other buildings in the very heart of the city.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Poets
The Whispering Husk
It's World Coconut Day, so we give credence to a fruit that is the lifeblood of the tropics. The juice within is refreshing-- but tempting to a grieving heart.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Fiction
Midway with Augustus
We give a nod to Cesar Augustus on the last day of this month--and its namesake. Whose image is beautifully captured in Mikeydred's prompt.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Poets
Marvin
We give tribute to one of the greatest horror writers of her time--Mary Shelley, and her creation, Frankenstein in honour of Frankenstein Day this 30 August 2025.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Fiction
The Street Between Shadows
Choices are made, and we must walk their tough streets. 🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️🛣️
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Fiction
Herbal Senryus
"Where kitchen herbs whisper good health." 🌿🌱🍃🌿🍀🌿🍃🌱🌿🌿🌱🍃🌿🍀🌿🍃🌱🌿🌿🌱🍃🌿🍀🌿🍃🌱🌿 Coriander leaves Seasoning with flavoured care
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Poets
Lanterns and Remembrance
Prologue Each August, Taoists and Buddhists mark the Hungry Ghost Festival---a nod to their ancestors, with offerings of food, incense and paper money.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Fiction
Sips and Sin
Every sip tastes of desire...and loss. 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Wine bottle labels. Pieces of white paper, gracing hour-glass-shaped green glass. Marcy's life.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Fiction
The Lantern of Change
A lone lantern, held by a keeper, flickers on Paris' cobblestoned streets. It is an insignificant spark, but one that cannot be ignored. It wasn't--and that made wartime France what it is today.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Poets
Private Lives, Total Cost
Total privacy comes at a price. 📷📸📹📷📸📹📷📸📹📷📷📸📹📷📸📹📷📸📹📷 May Long and David Sim were the IT couple—awash with glitz, drowned in glamour, and flooded by paparazzi camera lights.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Fiction
Cinnamon or Sugar
The smell of coffee on the New Moon signals choices--though small, they make--or break--a day. Familiar spaces, old routines--new chaos.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Poets
Saved by A Bark: A Little Noir Fiction
Every story has a heartbeat of its own..mine often start with paws on the floor, demanding their breakfast. Greedy as they are, they also leave unexpected lessons in their wake. We are sometimes saved by nothing more than a bark.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 months ago in Fiction