Compulsion

This is Day 3 of the A to Z Challenge. Using the letters of the alphabet as a starting point, bloggers are challenged to write a post everyday except Sunday. It's a good way to meet new authors and bloggers, learn about interesting books and topics and gain readership. If you stalk me (follow), I will stalk you!

My posts are based on emotions/mental drama and anguish while introducing you to some books bearing the same or closely related titles/themes. The letter for today boys and girls is C!

 

 C is for Compulsion

I have to count the corners of the table or the number of items on a shelf. I find myself sitting aimlessly counting the number of tiles on the floor or the number of pictures on a wall.  Sometimes I count the number of people in a picture. 

I know a square has four sides but you guessed it, I even count those! It is quite bizarre. This need, this compulsion to count. 

I don't remember when it started or why I am compelled to do it. But I cannot stop! Even as I write these words I occasionally stop to count the number of panels on the door or the number of doors on the built-in-wardrobe or the number of recessed lights in the ceiling. 

I am Gollum and counting is my precious! 

 

 

Compulsion On the Bookshelf

Compulsion

Jake's convinced the magic will be permanent after Saturday, the perfect day, when every prime has converged. Once the game is over, he won't have to rely on his sister to concoct excuses for his odd rituals. His dad will stop treating him like he is some freak. Maybe he'll even make a friend other than Luc.
But what if the magic doesn't stay?
What if the numbers never leave?
Acclaimed author Heidi Ayarbe has created an honest and riveting portrait of a teen struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder in this breathtaking and courageous novel. - Amazon

Compulsion

Sitting atop the town's water tower, pastor Vance Howard finds himself drawn deep into a coversation with a suicidal man named Jake. A man that brings to light the horrors of Vance's own past. Horrors that cause Vance to question his faith, sanity, and everything he thought he was capable of... Compulsion is the gripping short story that causes one to ask "is there a limit to forgiveness...?"

JJ Johnson is the author of many short stories that are laced with twist and turns that keep the reader guessing... You can follow him on twitter @jjjohnsonWriter or on his blog at www.daydreamingwriter.wordpress.com

What about you? 

What are some of your compulsions and do they drive you or inhibit your life?