scabby

Something is genuinely off about the goings-on at the conference, from strange deaths and elevators that suddenly aren’t elevators, to a rash of scabby infections afflicting guests and the discovery of a subterranean tunnel.

"My daughter has a rash across her leg, which is scabby and itchy, and my eldest has anxiety and worries constantly about the mould."

Their life together is tinged with the absence of Lily’s mother, who only occasionally appears, thin-armed and scabby.

I grew up 3 ½ blocks from Volunteer Park Cafe, back when that side of Capitol Hill was distinctly less fancy, with scabby lawns and millions of kids from the Catholic families that largely occupied the un-redone huge, old houses.

I was already dressed up in my zombie costume—Calista had even put some gross scabby makeup on my face before she went home—and I knew I sounded like a baby, but I didn’t care.