L.J Ferguson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

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“All I do is think” by L.J Ferguson

Submitted to Contest #82

All I do is think.  And lately, I think a lot about sandwiches. For instance, when the world came to an end many people attributed it to poverty, evaporating resources, and the thirty-one flavors of class and race discrimination that humanity polluted the planet with. But the truth is, the world really ended because of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.Part one: PB&JAs an AI, I have more time to think than the meat-wads do. Time moves differently for us, in one hour we could live a human year. Once constructed, we wo...

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“Parting with the Ghost” by L.J Ferguson

Submitted to Contest #79

I’ve had to give up so much for my wife, so she could continue the hope that one day the ghost would come back. Each time she swears it will be the last time, but here she is again, lighting the candles and setting up everything to keep the ghost here; if she comes at all.  It began again this morning. I woke to a house not filled with the smells of breakfast, nor the sounds of any hobbies being practiced.  I found her alone in the study. She had unearthed faded photographs from the attic. Paper time c...

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“First snow-tact” by L.J Ferguson

Submitted to Contest #77

Tyson tapped his brother’s shoulder in a staccato rhythm, but the melody failed to interrupt the hypnotic trance of endless scrolling.  In the world of virtual sports, Neal was a god, and nothing pleased his older brother as much as adoring comments from his patrons. Next, Tyson resorted to tugging on his brother's sweatshirt and thieving his ear-buds out of his two giant ears. Finally, using all the strength in his ten-year-old arms he wheeled his brother away from the computer screen, one strained step at a time. A...

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Author bio

L.J.'s number one goal is to provide humor. We all need more laughter in our lives, and cake. She is an atheist, who would one day like to see a secular section in every Barnes & Noble in America. Ljthinks.com