T.J. Prendergast

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2023

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Razor Robinson” by T.J. Prendergast

Submitted to Contest #256

Enjoy the fight.The doorman rips my ticket stub in half without making eye contact, swiftly moving onto the next person in line. I mutter a thanks but my eyes have already moved on too, my vision locked to the corridor that leads to the auditorium. It's barely lit save for a couple of emergency exit lamps, but the light emitting from the opposite end is brilliant and shimmering, and it creates jagged shadows on the walls and ceiling that dance to a distant thumping. After I pull away from the bustle of the crowd at the door and enter, the no...

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“The Cult of the Toaster” by T.J. Prendergast

Submitted to Contest #239

Jackie didn’t sign up for absurdity when she joined the police. She hadn’t signed up for it in the 12 years following either, as far as she can remember. Of the hundreds upon thousands of documents she had scanned, signed or discarded over that time she’d never seen a single section that declared the nature job would slip into the nonsensical. Not in Watherford.  Jackie, or Chief Constable Moore as was her title, but was never called by the populace, had been born and raised in the village, leaving only (and reluctantly) for a three-y...

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“The Furnace” by T.J. Prendergast

The diner was exceptionally quiet, but the heat coursing through me was deafening. The lack of patrons was understandable, as it was less than an hour until close, and the night had swept in fast, herding weary folk into their houses like some great shepherd upon its flock. The kind of people that remained after dark could be best described as stragglers. There were those here for a pick-me-up before their night shift began, or those that wanted to avoid whatever awaited them at home and eked out every drop of solace this place could offer...

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Author bio

Flinging words at the proverbial wall in the hope that something sticks. (All criticism welcomed)