1. Introduction: Dreams of the 'ruined' future -- 2. 'God rains over everything': Two floods -- 3. 'Sudden departure': Rapture writing -- 4. 'In the beginning, there was chaos': Atwood, apocalypse, art -- 5. Empty roads: Walking after catastrophe -- 6. Keep watching: Spectacle, rebellion and apocalyptic rites of passage -- 7. Conclusion: 'Survival is insufficient.'