splattered

Updated: June 25, 2025

Then it began to smoke and burn under the overload. The plastic shell cracked and hot copper and silver splattered out of it. The kid screamed as the molten metal burned his hand. Mike the Angel put a hand against the kid's chest and shoved. As the boy toppled backward, Mike turned to face the other boy. Only it wasn't a boy.

Randall Garrett - Unwise Child

The little room was splattered from top to bottom with mud. His bunk was coated with slime; the walls dripped blue-gray goo. Across the room his wardrobe doors hung open as three muddy creatures rooted industriously in the leather case on the floor. Kielland let out a howl and threw himself across the room. His samples case! The Mud-pups scattered, squealing.

Alan Edward Nourse - The Native Soil