Throughout the centuries, angels have never ceased to serve as a source of inspiration to writers. As figures of the supernatural and mysterious, angels have adapted to many different interpretations. The following are some of the more remarkable contributions to the body of angelic literature.
Issac Asimov, "The Last Trump," 1955.
Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, 1976.
Bruce Boston, "Curse of the Angel's Wife," 1993.
Ray Bradbury, "The Fire Balloons," 1951.
Pat Cadigan, "Angel," 1987.
John Cheever, "The Angel of the Bridge," 1961.
Philip K. Dick, "Upon the Dull Eart," 1954.
E.M. Forster, "Mr. Andrews," 1928.
Esther M. Freisner, "All Vows," 1992.
Paul Gallico, "The Small Miracle," 1950.
Willieam Hoffman, "The Question of Rain," 1978.
Franz Kafka, "The City Coat of Arms," 1946.
Par Lagerkvist, "The Marriage Feast," 1945.
Arthur Machen, "The Bowmen," 1914.
Bernard Malamud, "Angel Levine," 1955.
Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Doctor Fausuts, 1604.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," 1971.
Bruce McAllister, "Angels," 1990.
Robert Nathan, The Bishop's Wife, 1928.
Flannery O'Conner, "Revelation," 1964.
Edgar Allen Poe, "The Angel of the Odd," n.d.
Robert Sampson, "A Plethora of Angels," 1969.
Robert Silverberg, "Basileus," 1983.
Issac Bashevis Singer, "Satan in Goray," 1955.
______________, Short Friday, 1964.
Wilbur Daniel Steele, "The Man Who Saw through Heaven," 1925.
John Steinbeck, "Saint Katy and the Virgin," 1938.
Robert Louis Stevenson, "Markheim," n.d.
Leo Tolstoy, "The Three Hermits," n.d.
Mark Twain, "The Story of the Good Little Boy," n.d.
Philip Van Doren Stern, "The Greatest Gift," 1943.
Eudora Welty, "A Still Moment," 1942.
Jane Yolen, "Angelica," 1979.
Marguerite Young, Angel in the Forest, 1945.
Roger Zelazny, "The Man Who Loved the Failoli," 1967.
Many of these titles can be found in the excellent collection Angels and Awakenings(1980), edited by M. Cameron Grey.
