There’s a reason why the phrase “be not afraid” is commonly spoken by angels in the Bible. Encounters with the divine are terrifying. Add onto that the bizarre and horrifying descriptions of the end times in Revelations, sung with husky conviction by Johnny Cash, and you’ve got “When the Man Comes Around.”
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, and I looked and behold, a pale horse, and the name which sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.
Eileen Maksym studied philosophy at Yale and theology at Boston College, and now uses both to write science fiction. Currently she is an academic nomad, following her astrophysicist husband around the world, two kids in tow. When not writing or kid wrangling, Eileen is a hopeless fangirl. She can be found on Twitter (@eileenmaksym) squeeing over her favorite shows, most of which involve famous detectives, dashing time travelers, and creatures that are never, ever referred to as zombies.
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