This Machine
They had her caught in a pincer strike, an expression that always made her think about hermit crabs.
Sages of the Hidden Lights: Chapters 4-6
"people say you're tough as nails and as sociable as a hermit crab. i can see why." i didn't reply. the air was filled with hundreds of conversing voices, but the air between us was dour and silent for a long moment.
Old Wounds
It was raining when he found him. He'd been out looking for the skunk for what felt like far too long, considering how little time he knew he had. Possibly also considering how long it had been, depending on just what he meant by that. But the longer...
Into The Abyss
'Let me hammer him today!' (Pink Floyd, The Trial) Mano's path led her back up out of the water and into a corridor that led her to a rowboat on a canal. Approaching the rowboat to sit down in it and pick up its oars, a chill went down her spine...
Invane: Saturance Insancity
Now fell over onto its side with a hermit crab snatching it from him instead. overetop were us; huzizu, haizyo, havlut, harkell and me at the apex of the pile. the dragons walked towards us, i had presumed.
In Love With A Fairytale
Boxy made a whining sound then, an array of maybe 20 legs formed under the toolbox looking thing and it scurried away towards purl's room, looking like a bizarre house millipede hermit crab hybrid.
Ripple Effect
"my eli \*was\* a hybrid," she added disgustedly, "she was as much of a reptile as she was a hermit crab. and \*she\* needed to breathe air!" mano shook her head angrily. "the nerve of him." "atlan called his new religion fishism," fugue explained.
Spheres of Influence
It was the octopus' half-turtle, half-hermit crab girlfriend, looking not a day older than when she'd died. "you saved me!"
Only In Dreams
Eli rolled off Mano, lying back in bed to grab and light a cigarette from the nightstand. "That was good," she said simply, drawing in and blowing out smoke as she spoke. The poet had always had a minimalistic streak to her. "I hope you liked that."...
Hurricane Kim Chapter 21
Like a hermit crab? isn't transforming once in some poor woman's life enough? why are you tormenting me so, ulysses? can you at least make sure that you have a handy seashell for me nearby?"
The Island Guardian 3 - Separated
Both mother and son looked to each other as they ducked underneath and rushed towards the hermit crab bots with brazen claws and rabid teeth.
We're Gonna Have A Bad Time 2 - Fibulous Activity
Shouted max bursting himself free from the darkness like a furry hermit crab. "i wanna have octeenite!" "make mine benniseken." "can we go stick it to those perps now sam?!"