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The reason the stag has a near-black stomach is because the entire length of the rut, they pee on themselves.

A Gold Medal Stag 2009

The reason the stag has a near-black stomach is because the entire length of the rut, they pee on themselves.

A Gold Medal Stag 2009

It was twilight, the sky was near-black and streaked red, and I wanted a punk porno bimbo tonight, one I might tie to the bed, and get lost in her wetness, her odor, her screams—or cry as she took me and made me drink urine, and ate me alive in midair.

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

His open flesh gleams near-black, although there are varying degrees of the darkness indicating different organs.

The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

His open flesh gleams near-black, although there are varying degrees of the darkness indicating different organs.

The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

His open flesh gleams near-black, although there are varying degrees of the darkness indicating different organs.

The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

His open flesh gleams near-black, although there are varying degrees of the darkness indicating different organs.

The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

Why else had he traded his trademark white suit for near-black pinstripes?

Alex Pasternack: Steve Martin on Banjo at the Rubin: "My Hit Single 'King Tut' Was Not a Fluke" 2009

 The two of them, elbow-deep in the rich soil of the vegetable patch when along came Red, a squirrel hanging limp between his teeth, or slicked near-black with the blood of some chicken or field rodent, bits of feather or flecks of entrails stuck in the fur of his forelegs.

Red 2009

Look at the way he spears figures with sunlight, picks them out against near-black backgrounds.

Appoggiatura Hal Duncan 2007