It was a soul-tenanted death-head that crooked gruesomely down on the shoulder and lifted its eyes to Driscoll's in greeting.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
The brows, and even the lashes, had turned as white as the thin strands of hair, and contrasted gruesomely against the yellow, mottled skin, which stretched like clouded parchment over the bony death's head.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
For a time she saw no one, and commenced to fear that the whole thing had been a gruesomely real, practical jest.
"Riders of the Silences"
Max Brand