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starless

  • a word derived from star.

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The structure of “A Dark and Starless Forest” feels like a fairy tale, with its seven siblings and menacing father figure and the dark magical world.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021

In “The Starless Sea,” the protagonist, Zachary, is unnerved to discover a story from his own childhood in a mysterious book, and sets out on a quest to save an underground, literary realm.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2019

The story of Eunice and Bosco is the first of four narratives that make up “A Moonless, Starless Sky,” Alexis Okeowo’s carefully wrought account of individual Africans in four countries across the continent.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2017

King Crimson's progressive rock tune Starless is reinvented as a ghostly shimmer.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2011

Starless, moonless darkness showed through the low window, and the candle was burning dimly on the table.

From Vesty of the Basins by Greene, Sarah P. McLean