Teddy Tybote

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2019

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“The Bees, The Bees, Oh! The Bees!” by Teddy Tybote

Submitted to Contest #37

           Boulders littered the sides of the trail and we dipped into the mountains’ sides. The ground felt plush, covered in pine needles and other greenery. East Coast forests couldn’t compare to these Californian pines. The trees were taller than any I’d seen with my own eyes, their branches flourishing higher than the tips of the trees back home. Flourishing crunchy, yet green, bushes grew to the edge of the trail. The amount of green was astounding. Was I still in the desert?  ...

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“Trail Legs” by Teddy Tybote

Submitted to Contest #37

“Sssssss.” A meter from my feet, a brown speckled rattlesnake hissed. Its top half formed a perfect spiral while its tail turned up to the front of its body and hid underneath dried grass. It was thicker than I imagined it would be. Did I know what a rattlesnake even looked like? Had I Googled a picture? I couldn’t remember. My heart rung with panic. Do I back away? Run? Act big and scary? Its head bobbed in focus, tongue-twisting outside its mouth. Tail raised and level with its head, it made that infamous sound. Instincts took contro...

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