Burner Lullaby
The breeze whistled through the barren trees gently, the soft caress stroking through the fur of the dog that was perched upon the rocky shore, his knees drawn to his chest while the waves lapped at the beach before him in a longing attempt to reach his toes
Chapter One
The husky had halted suddenly at a barren tree that stood starkly from the forests edge. he held up his arm to bring the column to a halt, and walked up to the tree, comfortable, as if greeting an old ally.
Spartan 0-6, Ch.1
He just wanted to scratch a living out of this barren landscape, and live his life undisturbed. a cold wind came howling in from the north and the old man wrapped his cloak tighter around his body.
The Duck in the Bath
Apart from that, it was barren and lifeless. there were always shouts and loud chatter from all the dormitories and every step or creak of the floorboards was reverberated loudly by the cold stone--the perfect distraction to ensure i never did any work.
A Walk Above the Tombstones
barren trees, standing like so many randomly placed posts, obscured my field of vision. this really got my hackles up, since i've spooked my fair share of deer in the underbrush.
Red's Tales: The Lost Child PT1
Cover by: warriorsfight on deviantart red is a daedalian, a jackal like alien living on caligula a harsh and barren planet.
Changing Larvesta
The sun beats down, turning the barren wasteland into a fertile field, ripe and ready to grow. and grow it does, right along with the slumbering larvesta, twitching and changing inside their temporary homes.
Raiyev Part 18
"i'm...pretty sure, yeah," raiyev hesitated a moment before finding a patch of barren, broken bushes. "aha!" he claimed, a bit louder than he should have, in retrospect. "i recognize this area," he said in his quieter voice. "you do?"
The Morica - Prologue: The dawn of time.
There were no living things, and the lands were empty and barren. and skal said, let me create the first of nature, the living breathing creatures that shall inhabit the land and make it whole.
5) The Gildergreen
The path led over a bridge, with an impressive waterfall cascading down from one side, the river flowing towards the large, barren area that i knew the eldergleam was hiding.
Ch. 10 -- Sister Shotgun
--- sister shotgun a fifty kilometer walk across barren wastes in near freezing temperatures was not the worst thing shannon had ever had to do, but she began to question her decision to do so before she reached the halfway mark.
Tragic Endings
With the arch-angel's guidance, she tapped into to cube and into the very fabrics of space and time around the tiny forest turned barren, that they were in. she would open a rip and cast the devil into it.