Years ago Quote by Esther Friesner

“The eyes were the same color, darker than mine, to the point that they didn’t seem to have a pupil as they regarded me…

— Karen Chance

“This man was truly like a scorpion, a poisonous sting when one least expected it.”

— Anne Stuart

“He was horrible and fascinating all at once, like a scorpion prepared to strike, all angles and sharp lines and menace.”

— Kelly Creagh

“That scorpion is turning me into a human! Quick, stop him! Before the transformation is complete!”

— Vernon D. Burns

“Hold your venom Do you recognise the instinct in me, fellow scorpion?”

— Kiera Woodhull

“I stared so long that I got to seeing them as being dark, ugly sins in my body, smelling and dirty, but my touch…

— Ian Cross

“He felt a chill on the back of his neck. It was self-doubt, the black beetle that had pursued him all his life, pinching…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“He ran from her suddenly, swift and quiet like a mountain cat among the high peeks of Eld mountain. She watched him dive in…

— Patricia A. McKillip

“The Scorpion? The Grasshopper? Which way will she go?”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“He was looking at Mr. Nancy, an old black man with a pencil moustache, in his check sports jacket and his lemon yellow gloves,…

— Neil Gaiman

“His green eyes sparkled. 'I think you're the first girl I've ever met who would rather slay a twelve foot snake than face one…

— K.D. Jones

“His skin was dark, his face tanned, little crinkles at the corners of his eyes. Sun lines, not laugh lines, she was sure. She…

— Kat Martin