Soul of Fire - Chapter 2

They slipped around like mercury on glass too fast to understand without thinking about. myrk caught only the odd word here and there. he heard the words "drake ignatus" and his color drained.

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Returning Home

Outside the bus window i saw the skeletons of construction, a massive sign on the chain link fence around the perimeter reading "blue mercury shopping complex".

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Plain-walker: Chapter 1

They cannot be killed by exposure to icy temperatures--no matter if the mercury freezes and busts through the bottom of the gauge; they're cursed with an innate control over the element of fire--ironic in my opinion; and they heed the call of the north whenever

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Coyote magic

The light of his magic flowed from his fingertips, gold and silver, running over the surface of the guidestone like mercury. as his magic lit, his guide appeared, an iguana that clung to his shoulder.

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Remember Me 9 - In Memory of Darkness

From the mercury silver he watched wheat stalks grow to an entire field vastly overwhelming his vision, a forest of maize that rose ever great above his head.

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The Life and Death of August Corcoran

Lance found himself drawn to the period of time in which august corcoran had been absorbed into biographies, finishing one after another those on freddie mercury, liberace, harvey milk, and michel foucault.

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Olivia

A ford expedition drove into view, silver sunlight rolling off its windshield like mercury. the truck stopped. its gearshift click-clacked into park.

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Joey & The Flying Machine Pt. III (2021)

He inched the mercury back very slowly, while vlado turned the plane to head north. joey could always hear rob's voice in his head reminding him that "if both engines run, you'll be alright, but if you lose an engine?

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Dottie (2022)

Releasing the brakes, alvin inched the mercury up and began to slowly roll. putting his feet into the pedals, alvin turned the plane, feeling it wobble just a bit on its narrow landing gear.

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U.C.O.D. Scorn of The Lost: Chapter 19

His skull was still the same silvery mercurial color, but his eyes were pulsating, like they were just windows into an aquarium of yellow sludge. and this dirge actually wore shoes! heavy, gunmetal-grey boots that thumped when he walked.

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Silver Lining (Chapter 8)

\>just a numb, tepid sort of terror that seeps through your veins like mercury. 52. 53. \>ten minutes. 54. \>if whitney's numbers are good, echo is somewhere at your 4:30, moving perpendicular. 55.

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In Darkness Reborn

, but she could _fight_, especially with a fresh quickening burning like a bonfire in her stomach, courtesy of her beloved blake - making her blood pump faster and her pupils dilate hugely, taking in every detail of the bloodied battlefield, while liquid mercury

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