One of the strangest versions of the Apocalypse from one of the strangest authors of the early twentieth century. Virtually unknown to Russian readers and almost forgotten in the West, at one time Shane Leslie was a very important character in the cultural life of Europe. His story “The Irreverence of God,” written for John Gawsworth and Arthur Machen’s anthology “Full Score,” tells of Unknown Soldiers and famous Emperors rising from their graves, the end of the world and the Last Judgment, the horrors of existence and the irreverence of God. Translation: Efim Berenstein.