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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Untethered Vessel
I’ve always wanted to ride in a hot air balloon. It represents liberty, freedom from worry. A fulfilment of one’s desire to explore.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
The Door. Second Place in Spooky Micro Challenge.
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. I can’t remember how the hex took force. At first, I was just wood and metal, attached to a frame like other doors. Then, I became attuned to myself—aware of my hinges, the damages on my surface, and the echoes that seemed to stream through my edges.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Horror
Freedom in the Skies
Prologue The things in the sky are many, and are worth celebrating. This one that I’m pondering over is a symbol of freedom and beauty. It’s also something we’d find in open areas, like the beach.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Fate’s Road
This is for Poppy’s #10 prompt and Mikeydred’s Octerberon Challenge. “We are the masters of our fates and the captains of our souls…” Not all the time, it seems.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Voicemail
For Kenny Penn's Frighten Me Challenge The apartment was old, decrepit; but busy lawyer Sandra had fallen in love with its rustic doors and cozy, small bedrooms. There was only one problem-constant voicemails.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Fiction
Our Drought
This is for Poppy's #10 Prompt and Mikeydred's Octoberon Challenge. The human condition explains the questionable state of many things - climate change, war, and even ourselves.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Mushroom Mystery
Prologue This is for Mikeydred’s Octoberon Challenge. Do join the fun here! Mushrooms. Fungi of shade. The dark shade that covers the secret fears we have. But hope always illuminates our paths.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Guardians' Fears
Prologue This is for Mikeydred's Octoberon challenge. The anxieties of parents are many- keeping children safe, ensuring their studies are up to par, and that their needs are met.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
The Splinter
Prologue This is for Poppy’s #10 prompt, and Mikeydred’s Octoberon challenge. Join in the fun here! Everyone has anxieties, figments of the imagination, like annoying splinters. How we respond to them makes the difference.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Hollow Harvest
Prologue This is for Poppy’s Prompt #10 and Mikeydred’s Octoberon Challenge. We all thrive on compassion, like these pumpkins do, don’t we?
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Of Ghouls and Arrows!
Prologue Ghouls teach us about unity, and even they have bonds of friendship. For Mikeydred's Octoberon and Poppy's Prompt #10 (subbed the dart for an arrow).
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Keys to the Soul. Top Story - October 2024.
This is for Poppy’s prompt #10 and Mikeydred’s Octoberon prompt. Do join in the fun! Keys are tools of discovery. They unlock doors to the self, soul, and one’s desires.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets