Seen through the flames, Main Street was a wavering mirage.

No one appeared in the street outside, only wavering mirages of heat, shimmering up from the asphalt.

As his daughter had said, it had been no vague, wavering mirage-he'dseen impossible details, spires and battlements and glittering courtyards.

Taking courage, her eyes still stinging with Dumbo', she advanced on the wavering mirage, Motherfucker raised in case the thing tried any funny business.

The Sun scorches the cracked earth, a wavering mirage confuses the eye, and dry air and dust suck the moisture from your mouth and eyes.