They worked by the glimmering of torches, listening to the forlorn cries of owls and other creatures drawn by the unnatural activity.

Philosophical debates are mixed with comedy, epic adventure and creatures drawn from the strangest medieval bestiaries.

He stared at this terrifying and beautiful creature, powerfully drawn to it in some way he could not understand.

His illuminated books, parables of earthly life, were peopled with fanciful creatures drawn from an elaborate invented mythology.

Riker quickly moved the phaser to a lethal setting as the creature, drawn by Stephy's cries, turned and focused its attention on her.

Advanced concepts in the stories and poems are explained by a cast of insect and other small creatures drawn in the margins.

One example has a puzzling figure at its center: a four-legged creature, shakily drawn as if by a child.

Birds are not the only creatures drawn to the art.

Nor does scanning seem well suited to creating creatures and forms drawn directly from the imagination, he said.

"I saw such creatures drawn on the charts I brought for you," she agreed.