Tag: October

Ghost

A wee blog

It’s October already, and, I’ve been saying this for a few years now and will echo again—time is a slippery beast, and it’s quickening intensely.

I wonder if it, too, is the ‘season’, like my elongated season of being sick. As a mother of young, fast-developing, high-energy, curious kids, the daily pace is rapid, and I always feel like I’m spinning too many plates. My bones hurt from it. I don’t have someone to comfortably hand a few plates to—their breaking is a certainty. And I’d flail myself for being stupid enough to trust while I pick up the shattered pieces and keep the others spinning. I’m tired. They get heavier or I’m weakening.

Perhaps it’s both.

Folks keep talking to me about the past and sharing old ‘memories’ oftentimes, those memories aren’t theirs. They’re selected by technology. I am bored of the nostalgic mindset. I’m fed up with many things that feel like they’re haemorrhaging time (life). It’s so finite. There are so many breaths filled with too many greedy, empty words. For children, for folks we love and spend time with (when we can squeeze that in this fast-paced race to death), being present is of far more value than daydreaming of yesterday. I’m glad yesterday is over. There’s more pain there than anything else. And all the pictures are imprinted in my non-digital head. My heart beats differently because of some of them. I wish folks would be present more. Have their feet on this ground and not prancing in yesterday’s dust. Be present today and grow for better, happier, stronger tomorrows. Nostalgia is a waste of today unless you’re a ghost.

Insignia Stories — Horror Matsuri

October is a bustling month on the calendar with an abundance of projects for artists and writers to get involved in (though we do tend to have those wheels well in motion long in advance.) I have learned this very quickly this year actively subbing.
I wanted to highlight some cool, free short fiction that Insignia Stories will be featuring, as well as hosting a Blog Tour of other writers throughout October! All features are Asian inspired work from drabbles, poetry, flash and short fiction.
One for writers and readers to check out! Information on how to get involved in the tour, as well as the publishing schedule, can be found over on Insignia Stories; https://insigniastories.com/horror-matsuri-2020/
I am delighted to be sharing some work as part of this tour on 17th October, with my dark fantasy piece, ‘Goddess in Motion,’ inspired by Javanese mythology.

You don’t have to wait until October though! There is plenty of free fiction published already, not to mention this month’s imminent release of South-East Asian Fantasy Drabbles publishing on 24th September! Link for that on my ‘Books’ tab.