Mirthless Sunshine: Prologue
Just as the little girl fell asleep, the world outside of the apartment was reduced to the nothingness of darkness.
Moonlit Night
He let out a hair-raising howl as the heat erupted forth, reducing his skin to ash, leaving in his place a large gray wolf. it panted from exertion and shook itself off, dislodging leftover ash.
the garden
Amelia walked through what had been gorgeously cultivated flowerbeds and topiaries, now reduced to piles of weeds. she ran her hand over what used to be a bench, perhaps for lovers to sit on while enjoying the beauty of the garden.
A Light in a Sea of Dark
God, fear in his voice, the once divine, commanding decrees reduced to a stammer, said "what?" god's radiance lit tony's leering, grinning face as his head came into view. "i've been getting hungry." a light faded.
Family Journal Chapter 3
Jade had reduced to sniffles, as he held out his arm. "it's not bad buddy, just a little cut." archer placed the band-aid over the wound and kissed jade on the forehead. "all better." jade giggled as archer tickled him.
An Alternate History For Placodonts
Most similarly remained coastoal/freshwater taxa, but several took to life in the open seas, developing flippers and either reducing their carapace like leatherback sea turtles (as well as a few placochelyids) or by inversely expanding it into broad lift-generators
You and Them
You want to seek pleasure, you want to reduce pain, and you want it to be easy and simple. they grin, canines cracking through molars. "i want that too." they say. they morph, claws piercing through nails. they grow, and you look up at them.
Her Most Precious Treasure
Until the monkey suddenly grabbed its throat, coughed and gagged as its body rapidly swells up and then shrinks down, reducing it to a mere skinned skeleton as it falls dead on the ground.
To protect life - Chapter 1, A GHOSTLY BOY
I almost fall from my place when the ambulance reduces drastically the speed. the otter helps me to stay in my place, from where i am i can't see what the driver or the otter can...
3. Behold, the Magnificent City of Koris
In all likelihood, you won't be able to use it much for at least the next few weeks, but we'll know more once the swelling reduces.
Dead Trees
From her perspective, this put them in a similar situation to animals that had been reduced to near-extinction because of over-hunting.
Steel Wheels, Iron Horses Ch. 2
Did it reduce the pain?" "well, i guess it helped some, but after 10 or 15 of them on the same cheek it won't matter much. maybe we better forget the whole idea."