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The Rite
My Story "The Rite" Will Be Featured In The Upcoming Travel Horror Anthology: No Exit By Timber Ghost Press.
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The Sound The Ocean Makes
I'm Happy To Announce My Story "The Sound The Ocean Makes" Has Been Selected By Whisper House Press For Their Upcoming Anthology: Dread Mondays.
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About the author
I’m David McLachlan, a writer from Northern California, a place that inspires much of my fiction. I tend to write in the darker genres: horror, gothic, noir, psychological thriller. I also write poetry and plays.
When I'm not writing, I enjoy hiking and kayaking and taking road trips with my family.
Black Stars
As K. T. Booker
To my loving Husband,
I will make this short. God knows it will be a lot for you to read. But I will not bury the lede: Erik, I have been having an affair. …
Westhaven By The Sea
David McLachlan
It’s just the outside that is bruised, my grandfather would say, the fruit inside is still fresh.
My grandfather’s fingers were as gnarled as the apple trees that covered his yard. He’d stand at the counter in his overalls …
You'd Die From The Beauty of It
As K. T. Booker
It was at the full brunt of midday heat when Jack got his first glimpse of the old man. Far out in the distance, just a black stain along the hazy sea of baked red clay…
