Here too was the terrifying fixed curve of the infinite, the creeping curve of logic which at least must become the final signpost at the edge of nothing. After that - the deluge. The great white light of annihilation. The bright flash of death... ("Mr. Arcularis")
Conrad Aiken, American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
annihilation, death, infinity, nothing