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Ipsy

July 14, 2024 Keith McLachlan Fantasy, General Fiction

The first time Tim saw Ipsy was when he was a young boy. Down by the river that ran past his stepfather’s house, he had looked up from trying to tickle fish in the cool water, and Ipsy had been standing there with his wild hair sticking out at all[…]

Long Road

September 14, 2017 Keith McLachlan Fantasy, General Fiction, Romance

The old car did not have a radio in it. Its growling engine was so loud that he was not sure he would have been able to hear any music anyway. Instead, he leaned back in his cracking leather chair and watched the world slide by, tree after tree. Outside[…]

Court of the Sunflower King

July 12, 2017 Keith McLachlan Fantasy, Horror & Dark Fiction, Romance

The Sunflower King sat on his cold throne of petals brooding. The shadows in his Court were growing long and the Sun was nearly set. Everyone was gone. They were always gone. He thought he could smell the kitchens firing and hear the clink of glasses being set out in[…]

Heart Graffiti

July 7, 2017 Keith McLachlan Romance

When she was fifteen, a boy in her class kissed her. He had brown hair. They snuck around the bottom of the sports fields and kissed. The boy smelt like the cafeteria pie that he had eaten earlier, but she did not mind. It was naughty, and she liked it.[…]