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Thog’s Masterclass. Expressionist Dept. ‘Olli watched the disparate pieces of Idris’s face chase each other about as he tried to get his thoughts in order.’ (Adrian Tchaikovsky, Lords of Uncreation, 2023) [DL]

• Neat Tricks. ‘Just before performing his critical experiment, Professor Lidenbrock’s eyes were throwing sparks out through his glasses.’ (Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth" (1864; translated by William Butcher 1992) [CG]

• Eyeballs in the Sky. ‘She winced visibly when Jarvik pulled her eyes away.’ (David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy, 1982) [AR] ‘His eyes left the garish counter where a disinterested young girl was flipping through a magazine, sliding across the various tables until they came to rest on a mound of dark, curly hair popping over the top of a booth near the back of the shop.’ (Drew Hayes, Super Powereds: Year 3, 2015) [GS]

• Crawling Dept. ‘Thanasset’s eyebrows tried to crawl up over his jutting supraorbital ridges.’ (Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron, The Steel of Raithskar, 1981) [AR]

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