With my father's visit last week, and being sick for a few days, I have not been on my blog in a long time. I've barely written anything, and my muse feels battered, bruised, and broken. Long story short, I hate having OCD. But this blog isn't about my anxiety disorder, so you can breath a sigh of relief ; ) I will find my way back, it's just that being sick magnifies everything and the last few months have been hard. Why? No fucking clue. I have been focusing on my Buddhism more, which has helped. I meditate daily now (until I got sick), and I am way more conscious of the bullshit in my head. Of course, monks use much nicer language. Here is a video of one talking about how he and his friends used to sneak out of the temple to see movies. Whatever faith you are, this is adorable:
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My Stories
- 1. "Beyond the Garden" in Macabre Cadaver (issue2)
- 2. "Fish Balls and Mushrooms" Tainted anthology
- 3. "Losing Face in Kwai Chung" Necrotic Tissue (issue 3)
- 4. "Memory Lane" HELP anthology
- 5. "Miss Molly's Scarecrow" Necrotic Tissue (issue 4)
- 6. "The Extra" Tales from the Moonlit Path (issue 11)
- 7. "The Nayju" in Northern Haunts
- 8. "The Roses" in The Monsters Next Door (issue 4) and FOR THE LOVE OF MONSTERS anthology
- 9. "The Second Cousin of the Monkey King" in Expanded Horizons (issue 3)
- 10. "Truly" Strange, Weird, And Wonderful (issue 1)
- 11. "Under the Bed" in Shroud Magazine (issue 6)
- 12. "Run" in The Monsters Next Door (issue 4.5)
- 13. "Then and Gone" in Necrotic Tissue (issue 6)
- 14. "Bad Meat" Fifty-Two Stitches
- 15. "Black Cats and Hungry Ghosts" in Tales from the Zombie War (Dec. 2008)
- 16. "Relentless Sodomy: The Musical!" in The Monsters Next Door (issue 7)
- 17. "Proteomic Peril" - Zombology II anthology (Library of Horror Press)
- 18. "The Bleeding Android" issue 17 of Night to Dawn
- 19. "Hunger in Tsuen Wan" in The Devil's Food anthology
- 20. "One Too Many" Expanded Horizons (issue 7)
- 21. "The Boy Band" October, Reflection's Edge (October, 2009)
- 22. "Across Causeway Bay" Yellow Mama (October, 2009)
- 23. "Trouble by the Yard" Horrology (Library of Horror Press)
- 24. "The Hoarder" in Necrotic Tissue (issue 8)
- 25. "Butterscotch" future Ladies of Horror anthology (Library of Horror Press)
- 26. "Hunger Pains" in Ruthless Peoples Magazine (issue 6)
- 27. "Acceleration" in House of Horror - issue 3 and "Best of 2009" anthology
- 28. "Donor" in Twisted Legends: Urbanized and Unauthorized (Pill Hill Press)
- 29. "Medicine Soup" The New Bedlam Project (issue 4)
- 30. "Food Porn" in Baconology
- 31. "The Good Friend" - Ante Mortem anthology (Belfire Press)
- 32. "Stranger in the Woods" Unspeakable Anthology (Blood Bound Books)
- 33. "The Souvenir" in October 2010 issue of The New Bedlam Project
- 34. "Osaka's Fallen Son" in Rock 'N' Roll is Dead (Blood Bound Books)
- 35. "Dominant Male" August 2010 issue of Sounds of the Night
- 36. "Death and Decay" in Malicious Deviance
- 38. "Predation" issue 3 of The Red Penny Papers
- 39. "Second-Hand Goods" Steamy Screams: Erotic Horror anthology
- 40. "Runaway" and "New Human" in the Old School anthology (Belfire Press)
- 41. "Monster" future issue of The New Bedlam Project
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8 comments:
Good to see you back on the up and up, Nat.
Very amusing. I know so little about Buddhism but it seems a very calming religion.
I could do with a dollop of calm. Take care.
I'm glad to hear you're feeling better. I have an aunt who's a Buddhist and she's a pretty calm person (although she was probably pretty calm to start with).
Glad you are alive.
I'm glad you have found some solace in meditation.
(I have to sneak out of my temple, too)
Glad to hear that your Buddhiism has helped. Hope your muse feels better soon. That was a great interview. Funny what passes as 'bad behaviour' in some cultures.
I'd love to pick your brain about the OCD one day, Nat.
Take care, Nat. :) I really need to get my lazy arse back into meditation properly. Calm is good.
The little monks who lived next door to us in Kathmandu used to sneak over and steal my friends' underpants when she hung them out to dry. It was hilarious.
But yeah. I'm there. Big time. Mad, mad sympathy.
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