Behold!
An excerpt from
REDUXODUS
Chapter 4, Verses 1-21
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The Ten Plagues were an exciting time.
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I remember the initial wingstorming session I held with Gabriel, Raphael,Michael and Uriel.
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“Angels,” I said unto them, “Let us create a list of the ten most superior
ways to afict the Egyptians; one that not only unleashes a catalog of
despair upon them, but does so in a mirthful way that keeps the paceup.
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And let us endeavor earnestly to nail this: For if it works out, I may haveanother such list-of-ten writing gig lined up for us in the near future.”
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The ideas percolated; the energy overowed; Gabriel would offer an idea
for a possible plague, which would trigger a pestilential suggestionfrom Raphael, which in turn would spark the basis of an unutterable
horror from Uriel; I could feel the synergy.
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All ve of us had the same initial instinct: Animals.
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Herds of elephants; packs of wolves; unkindnesses of ravens; killer pup
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pies; millions of land-lobsters scuttling across the desert like unto a gi
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ant terror-bisque; believe me, if it was a living organism characterized by voluntary movement, someone suggested terrorizing Egypt with it.
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Truly, we could have made all ten plagues animal-related, and it would
have made for a grievous and amusing spectacle; but in the end we lim
-ited it to four: In order of appearance, frogs (icky), gnats (bitey), wild beasts (really bitey), and locusts (faminey).
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Then Raphael had the idea of killing their pre-existing livestock with dis-
ease; a cute twist on the animal concept, I thought; we went with it.
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Then Gabriel said, “I would bounce this off of thee: After killing the live-stock, what if we sicken their owners with visible signs of their owniniquity?”
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And that moment, right there, was the inspiration . . . for boils.
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We placed it right after cattle disease; in the center slots, ve and six; thecows got dead, then the people got scaly; a great one-two punch.
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Of course, there were many potential atmospheric and meteorological
cataclysms that came to our minds; but in the end we chose only two,hail and darkness;
REDUXODUS 1, 13
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