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This paper explores many facets of a pandemic-caused apocalypse using the prism of two very seminal works, Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven and Cormac McCarthy's The Road. These literary works become the gateway to explore the human psyche and give a path to unravel the tussle between fear and uncertainty that dominates a pandemic world. These collected works present the true reflection of the human conditions amidst the collapse of a civilization and how it psychologically damages the victims who are surviving with a constant fear of death. Through these works the true reflection of human existence and behavior will be portrayed. The study involves a comparative and qualitative analysis to understand the themes, narratives, dynamics of human existence, and the psychology of the human mind. The paper aims to understand how fear breathes within the human mind when they get exposed to such catastrophic events and survive in the tragic world. The study also draws a parallel with the COVID-19 pandemic and attempts to understand the conditions of people when COVID-19 knocked into our lives.