Chapter 5: Pitchfork Parade
Gothetta cackles and dives downward, skimming past the tops of trees until finally descending to a few feet above the barren earth and gliding to the front door of the cabin. the riders dismount and take their belongings in hand.
Through A Glass Darkly - 3
When they reached the hollow, whiffletree was pleased to see that it was a curve of steep, barren earth with just enough space for the three of them and their fire beside the stream.
The Goddess Heart (1 of 4)
All of nigh drowned in despair and when it seemed that things couldn't possibly get any worse the sentries atop the walls saw the wolf banners waving in the snow speckled wind and the thousands of armored figures marching across the barren earth.
Predhistoric
The ground was barren earth, green carpets of grass only barely clinging to the shores of the shallow pools that dotted the landscape. the ancient made reality. the lost continent.
Sinner's Culling [for Sigil-Prince]
The tall stone cliffs cast their shadows over the barren earth, like dark fingers moving in the red light of the evening sun.
Bahamut's Light: Chapter 6
As he took note of all the destruction and patches of barren earth, it chilled his soul to know things would never be the same. folks that had their homes and lands taken and destroyed, would find returning impossible.
Emma - The Cost of Freedom
He swept it in a broad arc, turning grass, tents, and those unlucky enough to be standing in front of him into charred powder, turning the suddenly barren earth into jagged, volcanic glass as it melted and reformed.
Silver Nights - Chapter 8
It might be ravaged with large marauder and bandit groups, with the only organized "army" being the black viper mercenaries, but it has a lot of natural resources beneath the barren earth. like gold. and most importantly, one twilight ore mine.
Dragonpet-Dragonriders:CH1 The Road to Damsk
The tree cut off, leaving them rushing over rocky, barren earth on the steep mountainside before they suddenly turned down to the ground. ailmer was unable to yell before the sky was suddenly cut off as they dove into a winding cave.
Zisanth and Breidar
His paws had turned into cloven hooves, sure to clack against tile, but against the barren earth floor, he simply pressed his own hooves downward. and of course his tail flicked with a spark of fire, igniting without fanfare.
Chronomancer Chronicles: Bloodfyre - 3.0
Verdant forests and green grass replaced the barren earth. a blue sky washed away the restless clouds and dark eclipse. harm breathed the fresh air of incendius again and reached for _timekeeper_ which lay embedded in the soil in front of him.
Boy Meets Gill(s) - (Illustrated by DMA, Angel27 and WhiteMantis)
Putting a hand over the front of his snout, slyth pressed on, warily crossing the unnaturally barren earth that surrounded orinoco's lair on all sides, like a muddy moat, a menacing, moody moor, mired with malicious, malodorous miasma.