Dig six feet to Hell

It was night time by the time he had enough courage to burst down the door and walk into the living room, where those same, death birthing family lay gloomed on the couch, faces planted to the blaring television.

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A Lesson in League

Fortunately he was able to hide his character in a seldom-visited corner of the map he knew like the feathers on his moobs (the backs of his hands were often lost in the gloom of his bedroom) while he fished the wireless rodent out of the canyon he now discovered

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The Madness of Mrs. Frank

In the gloom, it was hard to see, but i could make out a bubbling mist, thin at first and gradually growing, spreading miasma like across the floor. it was freezing, and encompassed me. i shivered, grateful for my fur and the heavy fabric of my clothes.

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Desolation Peak

Somewhere in the rearing gloom, a deer coughed, stirring up vegetation with its cloven hooves. insects buzzed and whirred like minute flying machines, passengers locked on to their next target, preparing to drop painted missiles on a cowering enemy.

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Serengeti Snow: Chapter One: Reflections

She sighed, standing and padding back to the den, looking in through the gloom at the other three adult lions, and the multitude of cubs. with a sigh she padded over to her daughter, paka, and curled around her. the cub yawned and opened her eyes.

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Out in the country

There were trails through the forest on the north end of the property, i didn't venture too deeply, i was sure i'd get lost in the gloom.

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Rukhgert Stern, the griffin. (Chapter 2)

'congratulations, evor,' the dragon's beautiful, deep voice sounded in the gloom, 'it worked out. although not the same way as before', the winged gracefully bowed its head on a long neck.

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The Madness of Mrs. Frank

In the gloom, it was hard to see, but i could make out a bubbling mist, thin at first and gradually growing, spreading miasma like across the floor. it was freezing, and encompassed me.

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Chapter 3: The Labors of Lily Marks—Part 2 (WIP)

._ intrigued, lily set off into the gloom, following her ears. it was fairly straightforward, if slow going, but for a while the sound of crying didn't seem to get closer.

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The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 27

The hazy gloom contrasted the fierceness of the fire, the natural brightness of the day. and again she thought about the dual nature of the light and dark and she said once more that simple word, "contrast."

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Dodekatheon Pantheon

Their moods shift on a dime from doom and gloom to hopeful and humorous (though it's often the black humor of the gallows).

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The Forgotten God

This too had been decorated with detailed carvings, although in the gloom of the stone tunnel, it was difficult to tell what they depicted. there were also more inscriptions, but he didn't see any that used the word 'god.'

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