Jamal Hodge

A cosmic collaboration between Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Grand Master Linda D. Addison and visionary versifier Jamal Hodge, Everything Endless, sheds brilliant light in dark times. With themes of creation, cosmos, the macroscopic and the microscopic, this collection tells the story of life itself and expresses fervent hope for a more creative future. Working in conversation, with alternating poems, the authors blend their unique voices and styles into a symphony of startling images. Never forgetting their roots, these Black poets bring the rhythm of call and response alive across the page with the laser focus of 10,000 suns. Advance Praise"Through a gorgeous blend of science fiction and lyrical poetry, this collection delves into the deeper questions of reality, from the Big Bang's fiery birth to the quiet whispers of black hole blues."-Sheree Ren e Thomas, 3x World Fantasy Award winner and author Sleeping Under the Tree of Life"Everything you need to understand the depth, complexity, beauty, and terror of dark poetry "-Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of The Dragon in Winter"...so profound as to encompass all the questions you've ever experienced about existence, reality, time travel and the ultimate meaning of it all."-Marge Simon, multiple Bram Stoker Award winner The poets] "...wrestle with questions of cosmology, metaphysics, and our place in the universe. Their complementary views on black holes, matter, and mind glint like stars against a dark backdrop."-Mary Soon Lee, SFPA Grand Master, author of How to Navigate Our Universe"... an ambitious collaboration engaging big ideas with compact verses, sprawling from modest corners to the outermost regions we imagine today. Sometimes mathematical, sometimes whimsical, at times terrifying and profound..." -Bryan Thao Worra, author of American Laodyssey"I was utterly absorbed by this mind-blowing, mind-expanding, mind-altering world of all possibilities."-Kaaron Warren, author of The Underhistory"This is the kind of poetry collection that makes you wish you wrote poetry... Ethereal, otherworldly and mind-blowing " -Tananarive Due, L. A. Times Book Prize winner, The Reformatory"...a literary gravitational force, drawing readers into the heart of existence and holding them there. Their words are the songs of the universe, the pulses of birth and decay captured in stardust and ink."-Maurice Broaddus, afrofuturist author of the Astra Black Trilogy"...kinetic, a textual Betelgeuse as luminous as it is cautionary... Together, these gifted poets swallow us into the knowing/unknowing of an endless and ever-shifting cosmos."-Eugen Bacon, British Fantasy Award winner

A cosmic collaboration between Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Grand Master Linda D. Addison and visionary versifier Jamal Hodge, Everything Endless, sheds brilliant light in dark times. With themes of creation, cosmos, the macroscopic and the microscopic, this collection tells the story of life itself and expresses fervent hope for a more creative future. Working in conversation, with alternating poems, the authors blend their unique voices and styles into a symphony of startling images. Never forgetting their roots, these Black poets bring the rhythm of call and response alive across the page with the laser focus of 10,000 suns. "Through a gorgeous blend of science fiction and lyrical poetry, this collection delves into the deeper questions of reality, from the Big Bang's fiery birth to the quiet whispers of black hole blues."-Sheree Ren e Thomas, 3x World Fantasy Award winner and author Sleeping Under the Tree of Life"Everything you need to understand the depth, complexity, beauty, and terror of dark poetry "-Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of The Dragon in Winter"...so profound as to encompass all the questions you've ever experienced about existence, reality, time travel and the ultimate meaning of it all."-Marge Simon, multiple Bram Stoker Award winner The poets] "...wrestle with questions of cosmology, metaphysics, and our place in the universe. Their complementary views on black holes, matter, and mind glint like stars against a dark backdrop."-Mary Soon Lee, SFPA Grand Master, author of How to Navigate Our Universe"... an ambitious collaboration engaging big ideas with compact verses, sprawling from modest corners to the outermost regions we imagine today. Sometimes mathematical, sometimes whimsical, at times terrifying and profound..." -Bryan Thao Worra, author of American Laodyssey"I was utterly absorbed by this mind-blowing, mind-expanding, mind-altering world of all possibilities."-Kaaron Warren, author of The Underhistory"This is the kind of poetry collection that makes you wish you wrote poetry... Ethereal, otherworldly and mind-blowing " -Tananarive Due, L. A. Times Book Prize winner, The Reformatory"...a literary gravitational force, drawing readers into the heart of existence and holding them there. Their words are the songs of the universe, the pulses of birth and decay captured in stardust and ink."-Maurice Broaddus, afrofuturist author of the Astra Black Trilogy"...kinetic, a textual Betelgeuse as luminous as it is cautionary... Together, these gifted poets swallow us into the knowing/unknowing of an endless and ever-shifting cosmos." -Eugen Bacon, British Fantasy Award winner

The Dark Between the Twilight is a unique collection of memoir and speculative poems that takes the reader on an unforgettable exploration of the darkest and brightest fragments of a lonely but loving heart. It is an accounting of one man's soul through the power of the imagination. Through the redemption of his pain, Jamal Hodge invites us to turn from the shadows of the past and seek the light in our own lives. Darkness purifies, Loneliness empties, and in the light, all are made whole again." Jamal Hodge invites us to dive deep into our emotions to experience what it truly means to live. His latest collection The Dark Between the Twilight is an introspective look into the dichotomy of existence and existing. His words are raw, powerful, and unforgettable. They stay with you on this darkly haunting journey into the human condition."-Christina Sng, Bram Stoker Award winning author of A Collection of Nightmares"In The Dark Between the Twilight, Jamal Hodge opens his soul while pulling readers into the light, bleeding over his pages a blend of love, passion, and emotional truth."-Michael Bailey, Bram Stoker Award winning editor and Shirley Jackson Award nominated writer"Every now and then, the world is introduced to a work of art that transcends without end; that is not bound to time nor space but rather collective consciousness itself. With soul-wrenching poems such as 'The Dream of Worms' and 'Tomorrow, I'll Be Five', or the vulnerability of 'Goodbye', and the affecting 'Stay. Live.', Jamal's book, The Dark Between the Twilight, touches upon a reader's enigmatic soul with an introspective emotion that will inspire generations of artists to come."-Nzondi, Bram Stoker Award-winning AuthorProudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.