T.J. Prendergast

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2023

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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.  ...

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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 thei...

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