The three trapped inside the circular chamber stared at the bricked-up walls, at each other, at the corpse of the old man, lying twisted and cold on the floor.

I looked along the rocks, down to the water-washed stones, half expecting to see there a small body lying twisted and broken.

Cigarette butts lie twisted and squashed in ashtrays charred from years of use.

Already she pictured Hyacinth lying twisted and dead on the ground, slain by arrows or knives, lying alone, left to rot.

Here also, right on the edge of a pile of broken guitars, a woman was lying twisted and grubby.

Lakutu was lying twisted among my blankets, her face drained of color.

A baby's crib made of rubber tinted the amber color of bone marrow lies twisted and flattened on the floor.

Nat lies twisted and wailing.

She thought of Bryce, who might be lying twisted and broken at the foot of the wall.

Some cyborgs were here too, their metal lying twisted and smoking; Stile saw one with its metal skull cracked open, the human brain exposed and shriveled.