The Angel of Death from The Terror novella Mug

"Even now I can hear the voice rolling far away, as if it came from the altar of a great church and I stood at the door. There are lights very far away in the hollow of a vast darkness, and one by one they are put out. I hear a voice chanting again with that endless modulation that climbs and aspires to the stars, and shines there, and rushes down to the dark depths of the earth, again to ascend; the word is Zain." - Arthur Machen, The Terror This is a scene from one of my favorite novellas of all time. The angel of death descends upon an isolated farmhouse, bearing the hebrew character Aleph on its back and accompanied by moths. The Hebrew character Tav rises from the ground like crosses to commemorate the dead within.