The Heladian Sun: Conflicted Attractions (Prologue)
It felt as though someone had released a swarm of locusts into his chest, and they were eating him alive from the inside out.
Acceptable Hazard Chapter 3
A swarm of forest green sky ships blocked the dawning sun, engulfing the outskirts of the district like a plague of giant locusts.
Alone
To be alone with the locusts and rattlesnakes the only creatures to keep him company. he listened for their warning rattle as he descended into the rocks.
The Eternal Lover Chapter 3
He was acting like he was both drunk and 'medicated' on the fumes of a burning locust leaf.
Shredding Velvet
We sit on opposite ends of her room, a lamp on and the locusts waxing outside. i tell her i’ll support whatever she does in the class she teaches.
EP6 - Gaining control has its perks
Twelve minutes later i could ease my thirst and i found a tree with african locust beans next by the water. i knew from the books i got, that it wasn't toxic for humans so i could ease my hunger too.
Sleepwalker
The vixen froze in her tracks, and despair clouded in like locusts on a crop of sweet summer corn. hopeless fear clutched her heart. here it was. she had avoided it all day, but it had finally come - the last, most awful punishment was due.
Blood In My Face
A few dozen thousand years would do that to a locust. he stood, throwing his empty bottle of booze as it crashed against the wall with a violent shatter.
"BLEU" - Thingy
An insect the size of the largest grasshoppers i caught, longer than my longest fingers... big enough to cause bleeding scratches with its claws, and leave deep cuts in fingers through its bites, like giant locusts or wasps.
Studs at Work
The tiger and zebra fell on them like locusts, matthias growling with sheer pleasure as he tipped his head back, getting half of the water over his face and down his chin, fur slickening down to his skin.
And the Chunnering Wyrm Doth Chide
You're thinkin bout' clearin' brush, bout sweepin' locusts outa the tomata patch, bout what you're gon' do if the well goes dry afore you can git the windmill fixed, and next thing you know it's been forty days'n forty nights and everybody's forgot johnny
Bringing it Home
Chris shook off the feelings that now swarmed him like a plague of locust, and brought his wandering mind back to earth, "want something to eat?" he said motioning toward the kitchen with a thumb over his shoulder.