stygian

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A subtle reference to Serra’s father, a pipe fitter at a shipyard near San Francisco, it also puts us in mind of Charon’s ferry, shuttling souls across Stygian waters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

They are the occupants of the outsize bunk bed at the center of Sabine Dargent’s set, shrouded in Stygian shadows by Mark Galione’s lighting.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2019

There, Levi conjured a Stygian exoplanet of glissandos and microtones and processed percussive sounds, evoking the truly alien better than the most lavish special effects ever could have done.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 23, 2017

For the next 90 minutes, we traveled the Stygian depths separately, our frantic text messages to each other getting through only when our trains briefly surfaced over the East River.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2016

The only light came from the dim purple glow of a dark sword, its Stygian iron blade set against one side of the container.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan