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Maxwell I. Gold

@cybergodwrites.bsky.social

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Servant to the Cyber Gods | Bram Stoker Award Nominated Prose Poet | Author of Oblivion in Flux | Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums | anOther Mythology https://linktr.ee/cybergodwrites

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Nov 13

Re-introducing myself here for those who are new to bluesky!

I’m a queer & Jewish multi-award nominated author.

My 2023 release, a cosmic horror themed poetry collection, Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. 🌈🌈

Write on, friends. Long live poetry.

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats ToC mate!! :)

Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 4d

I have a lot of promotion to catch up on. I’m very excited to announce I have a prose poem in the forthcoming anthology “Witches and Witchcraft” from Hippocampus Press. My poem is titled “The Witch of the Pit (Our Lady Endor)” a different take on the esoteric biblical figure, the Witch of Endor.

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Honored to be included in @raforall.bsky.social’s 31 Days of Horror!! :)

Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 4d

31 Days of Horror: Day 11-- Why I Love Horror by Poet @cybergodwrites.bsky.social

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31 Days of Horror: Day 11-- Why I Love Horror by Poet Maxwell I Gold

Yesterday and today I am doing a mini series within a series by featuring Horror poets and their Why I Love Horror essays. Before we get t...

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 9d

Yer pals at Bad Hand Books say: Don’t wait for life to give you lemons. Cultivate them. This lemon tree grows in the Bad Hand office.

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 10d

I am pleased to share the ToC for the HWA Poetry Showcase Volume XII!

It has been an honor to curate this volume for the last 2 years and read the incredible poetry in our horror community.

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Explore the Haunting HWA Poetry Showcase Volume XII Table of Contents

Explore the haunting verses in HWA Poetry Showcase Volume XII! Discover top horror-themed poetry curated by esteemed judges.

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 12d

I’m back at The Lineup this month talking about dark poetry! 🙂

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Classic Dark Poetry Recs for October

Dive into all that dark poetry has to offer, from Edgar Allan Poe to Walt Whitman, and you'll find much to love in the shadows.

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 18d

Even Otto loves his copy of “Why I Love Horror” edited by Becky Spratford. 🙂
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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 26d

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social for the amazing conversation. My latest poetry collection is out now from Hippocampus Press. I had a blast talking about Dante and epic poetry with you!

Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations to @cybergodwrites.bsky.social on the release of Songs of Enough An Inferno All My Own! We had a great discussion on Instagram live. Here are photographs of the many faces we made while discussing epic poetry, Allen Ginsberg, Dante & more!

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 26d

Tonight I’ll be live on Instagram with Cynthia Pelayo talking about my new poetry book “Songs of Enough.”

8:30 pm EST

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 26d

Proud of @cybergodwrites.bsky.social for penning I WAS A TEENAGE ANTIFASCIST. It’s the kind of work we all need.

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I Was a Teenage Anti-Fascist: A Yiddishkeit Poetry Rock Album by Maxwell I. Gold — Bad Hand Books

Acclaimed poet Maxwell Ian Gold joins the Bad Hand Books lineup in 2026 with an exciting new collection of poetry. With titles like "I (Don’t) Need Concentration," " The Ghetto is Agitated, Then and ...

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 29d

Save the date: Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll be on Vox Vomitus talking about “Songs of Enough: An Inferno All My Own” with Allison Hubbard and Jennifer Anne Gordon!

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 29d

Want to learn more about Gold's collection, catch him and @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social in conversation on INstagram this Friday at 8:30 PM EST

Slide advertising a live event. Text reads-- Maxwell I Gold; Live in COnversation with Cynthia Pelayo. Where: Instagram. When: Friday, September 19th, 8:30 PM EST. Slide has headshots in circles on the left of both authors and the book cover of Gold's new poetry collection-- Songs of Enough on the right.

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you so much @raforall.bsky.social !! Today is the day! “Songs of Enough” is available now. 😊

Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 29d

And last but definitely not least, happy release day to @cybergodwrites.bsky.social for the poetry collection SONGS OF ENOUGH: AN INFERNO ALL MY OWN:

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Songs of Enough: An Inferno All My Own

Songs of Enough: An Inferno All My Own [Gold, Maxwell I, Sauer, Daniel V] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Songs of Enough: An Inferno All My Own

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · Sep 15

Increasingly relevant in ways I wish it wasn't: I WAS A TEENAGE ANTIFASCIST by @cybergodwrites.bsky.social, a new collection of antifascist poetry rooted in the NOW.

With cover art by @hagcult.bsky.social.

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I Was a Teenage Anti-Fascist: A Yiddishkeit Poetry Rock Album by Maxwell I. Gold — Bad Hand Books

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Sep 14

Hey look at that! Songs of Enough is climbing the ranks in Epic Poetry and LGBTQ+ Poetry! Official release date is in TWO DAYS!! You preorder through the publisher or Amazon.

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Any support is appreciated 🙂.

Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Sep 13

Songs of Enough: An Inferno All My Own (Hippocampus Press) releases on September 16th.

Thank you Tim Waggoner for the words of support! Preorders are still open here.

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

And here it is! Mark your calendars, September 19th at 8:30 pm EST I’ll be in conversation with Cynthia Pelayo as we chat about poetry and my new book “Songs of Enough: An Inferno All My Own”!

The event will take place live on Instagram! I’m so excited.

Preorders are available! (See other comment)

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

Exciting event update for “Songs of Enough” coming later today! Stay tuned!

Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Sep 7

You’ll probably hear me talk about my upcoming poetry collection “Songs of Enough: An Inferno All My Own” a lot more as we lead up to pub day September 16th!

Please preorder! (See link below)

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’m really without words except to call them for what they are: fascists and thugs. Note the dates in both images. The Department of State’s post was September 5th. The Nuremberg Laws were passed September 15th.

Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Sep 5

My latest column for The Lineup will be out in October with a focus on dark poetry! :)

Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Sep 1

In two weeks my poetry collection SONGS OF ENOUGH will release officially from Hippocampus Press!!

Events are planned with more are in the works.

And I’ll be going on Vox Vomitus September 17th! More details for that soon.

Preorders are appreciated. 🙂

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Aug 31

Really happy to finally get this hung up in the office last night. A piece of marketing material from my grandfather’s company, The Klarin Company. He even had a trademarked color called ‘Klarin blue.’ 🙂