Ty Warmbrodt

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2023

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“The Wind in the Willows” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #248

Growing up on a secluded, nonworking plantation in Virginia, I didn’t have many playmates growing up. My only friend was a black boy by the name of Virgil who used to sneak over to the algae covered alcove off the lake that bordered the back half of our property by way of a path through the forest that led to their family’s shanty. On the banks of that alcove rested an old willow tree whose branches nearly scraped the ground. We met there every mid-morning. The willow tree formed a dome, which reminded me of a house. I would bring with me my...

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“Paradise Lost” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #248

With eyes full of tears and a heart filled with agony I embraced my baby brother for the last time. After being in the orphanage for only a month, a family decided to adopt him. As the social workers separated us, I looked at his cherry red face and told him for the first time that I loved him. We had lost everything in our lives over the course of a few months, but through it all we had each other. Letting go was like giving up a part of myself before I even knew who I was. Things will feel strange for Jerry at first, but he will be surroun...

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“Educating Anne” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #247

Under the cloak of darkness, Anne sneaks from her father’s house and follows the Wharfe River upstream heading into town. The moon is full and bright, lighting her way. The sounds of frogs singing and crickets chirping keep her company as her bare feet squish along the wet ground. Anne is on her way to do something while she still has time to do it. She turns eighteen next year and her father has been doubling his efforts to find her a husband. What she is about to do goes against society as a whole in 15th century England. She doesn’t know ...

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“Exploring Caroline” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #247

Trigger Warning: This story contains sexual imagery.Look at her with those legs. Can those jean shorts get any shorter? Definitely cannot get any tighter. Who is she? Look at that hair. What color is that? It’s like a light red with shimmers of gold. Her profile is perfect. I wish I could see her straight on. The young woman who is unknowingly being watched, being only five-one, stretches on her tiptoes to put back the get-well card she was reading. Her crop top rises a little too high.She definitely isn’t wearing a bra. God she’s hot! I wan...

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“The Things We Did for Fun” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #246

War. Such a despicable cause of death and suffering. Yet every boy emulated it in his play. We had chosen our sides. The battlefield was drawn. Ten young boys were ready to battle for the ultimate prize – bragging rights. The rules were simple, if you were hit, you were out. The team with the last man standing won. We gathered our bags of ammo and headed to the field. Large round hay bales provided cover when needed. We dashed, we dodged, we fired. We worked up a sweat as one by one people were out. Then the game came to an abrupt halt. D.J....

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“A New Normal” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #246

Morrison Middle School’s playground is a little outdated. They still have the heat conducting metal slide that you stick to as it sears off skin layer by layer. The see-saws are a million splinters held together by chewing gum, so you’re bound to get a shard of wood stuck somewhere before you’re done creaking your way towards the sound barrier. Speaking of creaking, there are the black, rubber, butt pinching swings that hang from the bent A-frame. There’s a basketball court of busted, uneven pavement with grass growing up through the cracks....

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“Waiting for the Midnight Sun” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #245

Zac and Derrick are two bros chillin in a field. They’re waiting for The Midnight Sun, a meteorite two miles in diameter that will pass by Earth at a distance of roughly one hundred fifty thousand miles. That’s closer than the moon.Zac pulls a bag of weed from his pocket and says, “What do you say? You want to burn one?”“Hell yeah! Let’s do it.”Zac flips on the dome light and starts rolling a joint. “What do you think, D? Some people are saying this meteor is a sign of a new era, like the beginning of a spiritual awakening or something.”“Z, ...

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“When the Stars Align” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #245

Apr 1, 2024 - Apr 7, 2024 - Spring is in full bloom, but you might feel like you’re in the deep freeze when Mercury goes into retrograde in your expansion zone on Monday. Over the next few weeks, you’ll have time to reexamine your beliefs and morals, and this could lead to some eye-opening discoveries, for better or worse. However, love can be a daring adventure when Venus enters Aries and your expansion zone on Thursday. Your passion knows no bounds, Leo, so don’t be afraid to put yourself out there. You might find someone who understa...

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“The Star of Hope” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #245

“Grandfather, why is it such a special occasion when the moon covers the sun and there is darkness throughout the land?”“Your father never told you this story?”“No this is my first darkening.”“Well, when the world was young the gods created Sun and Moon. Sun ruled over the day, providing a powerful light so that all that lived on the Earth could see. Moon governed the night, providing a soft light so that the creatures of the Earth could sleep. But every now and again, in their longing for each other, Sun and Moon are drawn together, giving ...

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“Shelby” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #244

Feeling nostalgic, Melissa decided to go through the old shoe box of pictures from when she was a teen that was sitting in the top of her closet. It had been years, decades, since she opened that box. It’s an old Eastland’s shoe box, wrapped in purple construction paper and bejeweled with fake gems and glitter – very nineties.She popped open the lid and sitting on top was a ticket stub to the movie ‘Titanic’ that her and her friends went to see six times at the theater. She laughed at the memory of them crying their eyes out in the theater a...

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“Status Update” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #244

Rain pours down on the freeway. Even with the wipers on high, seeing is problematic. Kyle and Amy just got off work. They’re heading to their neighborhood bar and grill for happy hour and then dinner before heading home. Traffic has slowed, not to a standstill, but to the point that everyone is being cautious. They pull off at their exit when their phones sound a loud warning tone. Amy checks her phone to see what the warning concerns, hoping there isn’t a tornado in the area.Emergency AlertOak Grove police department has activated an amber ...

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“Along the Smoky Mountains” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #244

“Come on, sweetie, get in here. I want to get this view in the background,” Sarah calls out to Michael who is standing at the edge of the cliff behind her, enjoying the view.Michael squeezes his new bride tightly. Smiling naturally, Sarah snaps the picture. She giggles and gives her husband a smooch on the lips before suggesting they head back to the cabin. Sarah has been snapping pictures to share on social media all day. It’s their honeymoon, opting for fall foliage over summer sand. Although overcast, the weather has been very cooperative...

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“The Water Farmer” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #243

Strolling through the field, I kicked at the dirt and watched the dry dust fly up. Should I even call it a field anymore? Years ago, that soil was fertile from spring floods every season. It would produce a crop of corn a mile wide and stretch five miles down the road, green as green can be. I picked up an old, yellow stalk and watched as it crumbled in my hand like ash, falling into the cracks of eroded soil beneath my feet. I walked over the levee and down to the river. The old Missouri was just trickling along down its center. I could tel...

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“Meet the Millers” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #243

For his entire life Rick Donaldson has been Rick Donaldson, a thirty-one-year-old bachelor and EMT. He loves his job as a paramedic, the intensity, the responsibility, the adrenaline, but he dreads his downtime. He never knows what to do with it other than eat, drink, and watch ball games. He lives in a small, untidy apartment in the city but spends most of his time at McAllister’s Pub where he occasionally runs into friends or acquaintances. It’s all better than nothing but leaves him feeling rather unfulfilled.Rick finished his twenty-four...

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“Trapped” by Ty Warmbrodt

Submitted to Contest #242

Screaming, screeching, banging, shattering, pain. Rolling, discombobulation, darkness.Fog without air. Light without sun. Depersonalized.“Hello?”“Hello, hello, hello, hello,” I hear in return.I walk. The fog gives way to Greek architecture and marble floors. High ceilings and roped off exhibits.The first exhibit that comes into sight is a statue. It’s of my mother breast feeding me. I’m swaddled tightly, held delicately. She looks at me adoringly. Her hair is long, and her face is young. Not how I normally envision my mother, but that is her...

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