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Thog's Masterclass. Tedious Eyeballs in the Sky. 'His boring eyes fixed themselves in Jeremy's face. They deepened in color, became luminous, virulent, flaming again. And Jeremy, staggering from the force of them, reeled backward.' (Hugh B. Cave, 'Murgunstrumm', January 1933 Strange Tales) [BA]
• Ejaculatory Dept. '"The Automaton!" escaped involuntarily from all lips.' (The Master Mystery [Harry Houdini film novelization], Arthur B. Reeve & John W. Grey, 1919) [SC]
• As Opposed to the Noisy Kind: 'In Oland the dawn comes along the straight line of the horizon like a silent, dazzling light ...' (Johan Theorin, Echoes from the Dead, trans Marlaine Delargy 2008) [PB]
• Piercing Dept. 'The sound of Eddie's voice had been an injection through the ear.' (William McIlvanney, The Papers of Tony Veitch, 1983) [PB]
• Dept of Metaphor. 'She smiled, and Harkness's head turned a somersault. [...] Harkness decided it was an Amazon of a smile and he knew what he wanted to be: an explorer.' (Ibid)
• Reaction Shot. 'Calcified, he stood peering up, his heart collapsing inside him.' (Philip K. Dick, 'A Game of Unchance' July 1964 Amazing) [BA]
• Neat Tricks Dept. 'I had barely time to secrete myself before he turned. Luckily, the wall beside me was irregular with protuberances, and I was able to pack myself into one of them.' (Hugh B Cave, 'The Door of Doom', January 1932 Strange Tales) [BA]
• 'Masters hoisted his beef with two hands, took a bite, and looked at me through hunched shoulders as he chewed.' (Michael Harvey, The Chicago Way, 2007) [PB]
• 'She looked back at Marnes, saw him frowning at her beneath his moustache.' (Hugh Howey, Wool, 2011) [AK]