Beardsleys

This starts him on a boxcar odyssey through surreal landscapes where savage creatures called Beardsleys attack the train.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

The Beardsleys were vibrating with impatience to be gone, but Jamie stood still, looking at me, and I felt him touch me, without words or movement.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

I suppressed an involuntary smile at the image of the Beardsleys, bent side by side over a grindstone, their lean, dark faces set in identical scowls of vengeance, but the momentary flash of humor faded.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

May milk spring from your breasts like water from the rock and may you rest secure in the arms of your--he coughed briefly, glancing at the Beardsleys--husband.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

"We" was herself and the two Beardsleys, who bowed and nodded, murmuring apologies for the lateness of the hour.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

The Beardsleys crowded closer, with the evident intention of forcing him into the wood.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

In the wavering glow of the candlelight, she could see that the Beardsleys were dressed with unaccustomed neatness, their hair combed and firmly plaited, each with a clean shirt and a leather vest; they didn't own coats.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

I dived for the open window, spat into the herb bed beneath and went on spitting, to the accompaniment of giggles and snorts from the Beardsleys, who were most diverted at the unexpected entertainment.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

It was one of the Beardsleys, face pinched and white in the gray light.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

Mama says the Beardsleys follow her around like dogs, but they don't.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005