The Bad Penny
Last time they lost every single coin." "every single coin?" and with that thought, bernard remembered the coin he had slipped into his pocket in the rush to finish. "then you better have this one."
The Casebook of Dr. Exeter, Chapter Three
R'kasha sat at his beloved piano, absentmindedly fingering a single key.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 138
Nilia raised her head, and a single tear rolled down her cheek. "i won't forgive you for this, dan. never."
Two Worlds: Riding Insanity (9)
_ being single was kevin's choice, "single is great!" was his motto throughout his days of grade five.
An Age Unbecoming Pt 1
It was a cozy hovel, harboring only the necessary room for a single inhabitant--a single bathroom, bedroom, and den--and tali insisted that she required little.
Against All Odds: Part 38 - Release
The same thing that refused to gift him even a single moment's peace. "why, alex?"
Harvesting the Seed
The plant began to stroke a single thin, slick tendril around the lip of the druid's sheath and then pushed its' way in, eliciting a surprised snarl from him.
Prologue: Creation
A single samurai could decimate a squadron of footmen with only minor scrapes and cuts afterward. while covered in battle and steeped in blood; the land of ippon was not without beauty.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 32
Just a simple step back and a single tug of the arm. wardo pulled the spear out of ander's body, and the whole world went red.
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 14
This was everything she could ever want, even if only for a single night. "i love you, too..."
Read Harry Potter, the Aenid of our times: Srsly (4 real!)
But broadly it's symptomatic of something else, which is people reading deeply into a single genre or author and assuming that by doing so they have not only discovered the best writing _evar_, but the single paragon whom to emulate.
Sulphira's War: Chapter 3
"zellamus could kill one of my men with a single thought!" "ah, he could kill one of them with a single thought, but not all of them and me combined," he prompted. "are you suggesting an alliance, demon?" the kree asked shadily.