Lamia

Brawne Lamia is a self-sufficient and dangerous woman, although there does seem to be the suggestion that she is more muscle than brain.

Hyperion: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot « A Working Title 2009

Lycius's palace in Lamia, where (as here, in "Verses") a regal or at least aristocratic power and an elite removal from the common herd are designated -- "only princes" have access to such riches.

Commentary on "Verses" by L.E.L. 2000

The name Lamia is from Greek mythology, and she believes herself to be THE Lamia who once had twins with Zeus but was forced to give them up.

PegasusNews.com stories Carol M. Rice 2008

The worst trick this disability ever played upon Keats was to blind him to his magnificent opportunity in 'Lamia' -- an opportunity of which the missing is felt as positively cruel: but it betrayed him also into occasional lapses and ineptitudes which almost rival Leigh Hunt's --

From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

The Lamia is seen almost exclusively in shadow (with ominous extended arms in one scene that recalls Murnau’s “Nosferatu”) and Raimi makes good use (maybe a little over-use) of jarring sound effects.

“Drag Me to Hell” a hell of a lot of fun » Scene-Stealers 2009

Tge Detective’s Tale from Brawne Lamia is a noir tale of her job as a private eye with a client who is a cybrid: a cloned human with electronic implants controlled by the TechnoCore.

2010 February 15 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

Tge Detective’s Tale from Brawne Lamia is a noir tale of her job as a private eye with a client who is a cybrid: a cloned human with electronic implants controlled by the TechnoCore.

“Hyperion” by Dan Simmons (Doubleday, 1989) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

Ahead in an alley I saw a woman I'd played with, whom all the Young Kings called Lamia, who wore a black dress and a stripped-away smile, and she beckoned me into the alley.

All Of My Monsters And Beautiful Women In Dreams Robert Crisman 2011

The plot is pretty stupid, because it's pretty obvious that - if you really controlled an all-powerful satanic monster called the Lamia - you wouldn't need to go begging junior bank staff for a poxy few grand anyway.

Living For The Weekend juliette 2009

The plot is pretty stupid, because it's pretty obvious that - if you really controlled an all-powerful satanic monster called the Lamia - you wouldn't need to go begging junior bank staff for a poxy few grand anyway.

Archive 2009-06-01 juliette 2009