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The guidance and fates that had been woven into the night sky often went unseen—or worse, were misinterpreted by their simple mortal minds, leading to chaos, uncertainty, and suffering. 
Child of Zaun
Ian St. Martin
I tighten my metal fingers around his collar and nod to his accomplice, slung over my shoulder. “If I were you, I’d take a hint from your friend here.” 
Sisterhood of War Part II: The Unquiet Dead
Ian St. Martin
Postures stiffened, reflexes had them twitching at the slightest sound, and all three had their weapons drawn, clutched in white-knuckle grips. 
The Uninvited Guest
I stand at the very eye of the two armies, seemingly inviting the cold embrace of death from all sides. But unlike all those who are now taking wary steps toward me, their sword hands trembling, I know why I fight.
The Lure
Dan Abnett
“You—”
Still kneeling, Kayn cast the lance. An underarm throw with his right arm. No wind-up, just a straight pitch, hurling the lance along the angle it was already pointing in.
City of Iron and Glass
Graham McNeill
Wyn remembered that night well, watching in disbelief as his brother threw back shot after shot of kouaxi, a potent spirit the Shuriman had said was made from fermented goat’s milk.
The Host
Amanda Jeffrey
“Hey, I’m s-s-sorry I don’t know your real—”
Breaker rises, splashing and stumbling, his chemtech implants casting wild shadows. He charges toward me—I squeeze my eyes shut, awaiting the impact.
Suddenly I feel a hand, hot and enormous, on my head.
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Twin Dawns
In a vast stretch of desert, I feel the twinge of familiar magic emanating from the seat of the premiere civilization amongst these savages.
The Dream Thief
Matt Dunn
She is a goddess. She is struggling to press the sun down below the horizon.
The fiery black orb fights back, trying to rise again.
With Hell Before Them
Jared Rosen
For monsters are drawn to such power, changed by it, made into a force that in time will burn the continent and everything in it to dust. 
The Garden of Forgetting
Rayla Heide
Ahri let out a breath, her nine tails twitching as her head cleared.
Ahri startled as a woman with wisps of gray-white hair stood before her, shears in hand.
An Intimate Evening at Oyster Bill’s
Jared Rosen
Each strike of her blade connects with the force of a towering ocean wave, yet the dancing water is sharp as polished stone. 
For Those Who Have Fallen
The ringing rises up into a full battlecry, as the Ra’Horak unleash their might. Yet, as steel fills the sky, a blast of magic tears through the spears’ path, carving a swath of destruction through the ruins. 
Fieram
Rayla Heide
“I like to ride the Rising Howl at dusk to catch the last of the day’s golden rays,” Orianna said. “From the very top you can see the harbor beyond the sea-gates, and the endless glistening ocean.
Right On Time
Dana Luery Shaw
“Without question.” Elodat’s fingers twitch excitedly. “Is this my next project?”
“It is.” She pauses.
A Quiet Night
The fire crackled in a ring of stones, burning with cerulean flames, thanks to the pinch of her custom powder she’d sprinkled on the kindling to get it started.
The Girl Who Came Back
Michael McCarthy
Eerie pulses of light filter into the sky, as the construct-creatures heave themselves up into the Shuriman night, screeching and drooling. 
Engineering the Nightmare
Finished by integrating the augmentation with the alchemical chamber. Observed a slight twitch in the smallest digit. Moved subject, and reinforced his restraints. 
Aurelion Sol
The appearance of a comet in the night sky is often said to portend upheaval and unrest. Under the auspices of such fiery harbingers, new empires rise, old cultures fall, and even the stars themselves may vanish from the heavens…
The truth is, perhaps, more unsettling.
Anivia
When she burst from her giant egg of ice, tiny pieces of it were hurled into the sky, and it has fallen as snow ever since. And, according to the sagas of the Mourncrow tribe, the frigid winds that scour the Freljord originate from the first beats of her wings.