Neveah Bennett

Hi I’m a fairly new writer and I would really appreciate it if you left some constructive criticism on my writings!

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Neveah Bennett

Hi I’m a fairly new writer and I would really appreciate it if you left some constructive criticism on my writings!

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The Suns Getting Bigger

Neveah Bennett

1 min read

My skin is hot and it’s the end of the world. I stand between my parents in this haze of orange and red that consumes all that it touches. Puddles of boiling black tar nip away at our feet, the life we knew melting like an Edvard Munch painting, and I scream, because I’m afraid if no noise comes from me then I must be dead. Long gone is an existence of blue skies, long gone is existence.

I cling...

YA fiction

Southern Hospitality

Neveah Bennett

4 min read

Y’know people were real scared when they first met me. I mean a wizard? In 2045? Heck, I’d be terrified too, if there was some loony who could take out the entire State of Virginia at the whim of a sneeze, if I was so pleased.

To be frank, I don’t make a habit of hurting people, quite the opposite actually. Having been born in the South, a lot of folks didn't take kindly to my “special abili...

YA fiction

Thriller

Ode Of A Playboy Bunny

Neveah Bennett

1 min read

Halloween stranger

Held me so close

Told me I was beautiful

If only you knew

Lips pressed together

The first of many

Many a moon

But only one with you

Tall, handsome stranger

That’s what you are

Thank you for proving

To me, myself, and I

That I am desirable

That my eyes deceive me

That I can be kissed

That I am beautiful

It’s so silly really

That this is what I think

When I th...

Poetry

Checkers Vs Chess

Neveah Bennett

3 min read

“Wake up.” A raspy voice scratched Gilda’s left ear. Fluorescent lighting blinded her squinting eyes as she attempted to put together the groggy picture before her. Metal walls and cement floorings told her she was in some kind of ware house. She wasn’t alone. A presence accompanied her, looming over her like an old oak. She lifted her head, eyes coming face to face with yellow, rotting teeth.

“...

Bliss

Neveah Bennett

1 min read

Slow...

Tired...

A step in one direction, a bow, a dip

Every movement perfectly paced

Water elegantly keeping a ship afloat

Until the storm hits

A drum gains a steady heart beat

As the thunder starts to crash

The waves lift, and twirl, and slam

Causing a rise of tension

Spinning out of control

With a captain who’s seen it all

As they navigate the waters

Feet slamming against the deck

En...

Cowardice

Neveah Bennett

2 min read

A flood of memories greet me at Lengton Middle School’s rusted gates. It had been some years now, more than I could count on my fingers, but it hits all the same. The creaking sound of the gate swinging open takes me back to my first day of school here, when a big kid pushed me into the door, gifting me a sizable bruise on my right hip. I can still see the look on my moms face when I came home wit...

Just Like Mama

Neveah Bennett

1 min read

It had always just been daddy, mommy, Maya, and me.

Then it was just daddy, maya, and me.

We’ve talked an awful lot about death. Maya and I. We never thought we would get the opportunity to experience it together. The click of the motel lock as daddy laughed with his new lady friend kept fading in and out of my memory. The gap between my eyebrows disappeared just thinking about it, and I could ...

Wolves Don’t Live In Cities

Neveah Bennett

2 min read

“My what big teeth you have” I whimpered, backing away from the bed.

The stranger gave a spine chilling grin, and pulled the covers off of their torso.

“The better to eat you with my dear!” The air from my lungs left my body as the furry figure leaped at me with their black jaw opened wide. My screams echoed down their throat as they gobbled me up. The air lifted my cloak above my head bracing...

Fantasy

The Finer Things

Neveah Bennett

3 min read

“One non-lethal item huh?” Kirette muttered to herself, scanning over the instructions. This was the first hunger games that allowed tributes to take in a second item. Even so, the note may have said non-lethal, but she knew what they were implying.

‘Get creative and find a way to make it deadly.’

The more shocking the kill is, the more entertaining for the capital snobs. Kirette put the note ...

Maybe Next Time

Neveah Bennett

2 min read

Three months, seven days, and twelve hours. That’s how long I kept up the act. I always thought I was smarter than this, that I never needed to stoop to the level of some dumb, Disney channel character who pretends to be something they’re not.

Clearly, I was wrong.

Unfortunately, I’m currently knee deep in fountain water trying to scrape the bird poop out of my frizzed hair, so I learned the ...