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My Silent Friend

December 30, 2016 Keith McLachlan General Fiction

Sometimes the world gets so loud. I work in an open-plan office, which is another word for hyper-extroverted socially-engineered hell. Open-plan offices are always full with prying strangers buzzing around you, incessant small talk and constant social pressure with waves of noise. I walk outside sometimes, but the office is right in[…]

The Smellgasm

August 9, 2016 Keith McLachlan General Fiction

“Look, he’s going to do it.” “He is! He is!” “Oh god! He’s doing it! He’s doing it!” And exploding through his nose was a million scents, smells and fragrances. Every single one of them was simultaneously exploding in his head. There was cut grass and metallic oil mixing with baking[…]