The Pool (Art + Story)
Despite often going on short walks with him, until this day he had barely spent an hour out of sight of the house, with its red, curving roof and stone chimneys poking above the stand of gnarled maples which guarded it like a garrison of sentries.
06 - Observations
Only the young, foolish, or mad would willingly go into its gnarled tree line and blue shield wondered if it was a good thing that his fear had settled like a stone in his guts.
Breaking the mold - Ch 1
Again and again he pummelled the desk with the chair, not stopping until all he held in his hands was a gnarled stump of a chair leg. he panted, his initial burst of anger sated, replaced by a deep seated loathing of the room.
True Blue
Yet he moved unimpeded, with his eyes passing among gaps in the gnarled, ancient trees. a cool breeze ruffled the canopy overhead with a gentle ebbing sigh. much like the ocean some of the adventurers he had played tour-guide for described.
Sheer Turmoil Utter Peace Chapter 4
As day turned to night, shadows came to life and stretched out with gnarled hands taking back what the sun had stolen with its light to be returned to the shadows.
Aberration, Part 2 - Effectively The Beginning
A small grove of trees, twisted and gnarled; most of them dead. but a handful of them have managed to survive, and even flourish, as well as anything on this planet can flourish.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 35
The big tree with the gnarled braches wasn't coming any closer, no matter how many steps james took, but he kept walking anyway, knowing it would have no choice but to come closer, as long as he didn't give up.
Strangers and Rumors (Story)
As i told you," she wagged her finger this time with her other hand resting on a gnarled walking stick, "he'd about as interesting as drying paint." "i don't know," deliah protested, "he struck me as aloof."
It's Your Vacation
Luckily for him, he could see a large, ancient tree with grey, gnarled bark. lager wondered just how old it was; probably older than any place he'd ever known or lived. he stared up into the dark treetops with awe.
"The Thin Line," Part SS
I had stripped down my gear to the essentials, when a gnarled paw gripped my shoulder. i turned to face auld tom. "tha an' lady mouse shan't be 'lone."
the house of dar-sek
It was a humble building with one floor and was surrounded on all sides by trees most looked gnarl like hands which at any moment could snare the building and drag it into the earth.
Song of the Summer King: Chapter 3
Birch trees gave way to a ring of skeletal rowan, gnarled and dark. in autumn, their berries blazed like forest fires all over the islands, but now they only added to shard's tension, for they offered shelter to enemies.