TE Wetzel

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2024

Stories (6)

6 Stories

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“Business As Usual” by TE Wetzel

Submitted to Contest #250

“Come on in. Shut the door behind you, man. Thanks for coming by.”A bright and sunny day, the first one in a while, the glass and steel skyscrapers of downtown Chicago gleaming outside the windows of the corner office.“You see him yet?”Short pause.“Not today. If that’s what you’re asking.”Brow furrows.“You talk to him yet?”Longer pause.“What are you asking me, Ryan? I’m pretty busy just now. Last night I got home from the office around 1:30 in the morning. I’d like to make it home by midnight tonight.”Dead stare. People walking down on the s...

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“The Snowball Fight” by TE Wetzel

Submitted to Contest #249

`Brendan loved the snow. Having grown up just outside of San Diego he never saw it as a kid, never played in it, so when he moved into a small two-bedroom rental in the Boston suburbs after graduating from Northeastern University he purchased his very first snow shovel. That morning he had used it for the first time to clear his driveway and free his car from the foot and a half of snow that had fallen overnight in a surprise pre-Thanksgiving snowstorm that had closed schools and snarled traffic all over New England. Now, on his way to ...

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“Desperate Remedies” by TE Wetzel

Submitted to Contest #248

When the birds all started dying, that’s when it began. Of course we didn’t know that at the time, but looking back now it’s easy to see that was the first sign. We just didn’t know what we were looking at. What it meant. I remember getting the phone call on a Sunday morning when I was at home, sleeping in late.“Hey Jordan, have you been outside yet today? Just wondering if you are seeing what I’m seeing here. This is…pretty disturbing.”After a brief conversation I hung up the phone, put on my sneakers and went out for a jog. It was hard to ...

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“Outside” by TE Wetzel

Submitted to Contest #247

The man with the black tattoo lettering on each side of his neck reading 24731-JAM, known to his small circle of friends simply as “Jam”, awoke at the same time that he did every day. The clock on the wall read 06:00 but that was a purely arbitrary number that simply signified when the strobing fluorescent overhead lighting and the piercing audible alarm would simultaneously activate, ending his all-too-brief daily respite from the sweat and the toil and the tedium of his waking hours.He sat up, cleared his throat slightly, took a sip of bot...

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“God of War” by TE Wetzel

Submitted to Contest #245

Mars had gone rogue. At least that’s how all the scientists and the talking heads on TV were framing it. It started just over three years ago when something unexpected and still not fully understood by astronomical experts had happened on Jupiter. Metis was the first to fall and Adrastea was pulled in directly behind it, and since then at least seven more Jovian moons came crashing down into some unknown landscape of certain oblivion.Shortly after this all began professional sky-watchers quickly noted that Saturn’s orbit had gone off co...

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“Adrian” by TE Wetzel

Submitted to Contest #244

Kate stared at her phone. The time was 4:10 am but the ping of an incoming email had stirred her from her sleep and now that she had read the message sleep was no longer an option. She had been staring at the image on-screen for several minutes but still she continued to stare. She herself was there in the party photo, and she clearly remembered the night when it was taken just over a year ago - the various Halloween costumes, including Jacob ridiculously dressed up as Tekashi 69, rendered the mental recall process immediately simple - ...

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Author bio

Amateur writer of short fiction. No bona fides to speak of. Just working on the craft and trying to write some words that are worth reading. All feedback is appreciated.