The Angel Azrael Battles a Dead God Among the Heretics
Novelette 15,023 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"The angel Azrael rode the dead horse across the empty lifeless land for what seemed like an eternity, not encountering another living soul until he crossed paths with a mutilated preacher, who erupted from the a great rent in the earth as though Hell itself had spat her out."
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body-horrorgoreviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.