Peter McAllister

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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“Silence in Court” by Peter McAllister

Submitted to Contest #32

“Hi” The voice was pleasant enough. “I am Scotty’s imaginary friend,” it continued, in as pleasant a voice as could be mustered by a middle aged, privileged, white imaginary man. The was nobody in the dock of the High Court, but there was a screen set up to disguise the identity of an imaginary person appearing at a trial via video link.“Scotty sort of conjured me into existence when he was about four years old. It was just after he had put a hammer though the aquarium his dad had.He needed someone to blame, so poof, I appeared as ...

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“Taking the Ordinary Out of Extraordinary” by Peter McAllister

Submitted to Contest #31

It was the last beep he had to hear for the day. The barrier arm for the carpark rose gracefully into the air, as of to salute him as he left the pissant swamp for the day. Emerging from the concrete tomb of a carpark, lit by the arrogant fluorescent lighting in a single strip on the roof, beating away the sunlight to achieve a Soviet era gulag vibe. Emerging from undercover transformed his car from an ugly caterpillar to a vibrant butterfly, ready for glory. A flick of the finger and the soothing whir of the window winding u...

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