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