It’s been a nice start to the weekend. Signed a contract for a new poetry collection in 2027... 🩸 🌈 More news to come. Write on!

Excited to have a new short story “Someday, The Rules Were (Mostly) Clear” in the next issue of Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine! I will also have a short story in a brand new sword and sorcery anthology Tales of Steel and Sorcery by Oddity Prodigy Productions (more info forthcoming).

Very pleased to announce I’ll have a prose poem in the upcoming Van Helsing issue of Dracula Beyond Stoker.

New Book Spotlight mini-interview with @aijiang.bsky.social @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social and @cybergodwrites.bsky.social up on the blog today spacecowboybooks.com/new-book-spo...

Thank you, Cheryl Ntumy. These words for anOther Nemesis mean the world. 🙏 This stunning collection of dark speculative poetry by Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon & Maxwell I. Gold is out February 17th! https://smpl.is/agpkb #BookEndorsement #bookblurb #poetry

The HWA has released the Preliminary Ballot for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards. I’m honored to see my poetry collection “Songs of Enough: An Inferno All My Own” take a space alongside some of finest voices in dark poetry. Thank you Derrick Hussey & Hippocampus Press for giving this collection a home.

2026 is going to be a busy year full of poetry! February 17th - anOther Nemesis (Meerkat Press) @meerkatpress.bsky.social April 7th - Neurotica: Poems (Shortwave Publishing) @shortwavebooks.bsky.social Election Day 2026 - I Was A Teenage Anti-Fascist (Bad Hand Books) @badhandbooks.bsky.social

Finishing up my first article for the Line Up for 2026 and it's about Issac Bashevis Singer.

Congrats to all the Splatterpunk Award Nominees! Special shout out to Tom Deady and the Rack II which has been nominated for Best Anthology! Honored to be included in this book alongside so many brilliant and talented authors. So happy for all involved in this project!

Chag Hanukkah Sameach to all my friends and family celebrating this first night. In the same breath, my thoughts are with those in New South Wales Jewish community mourning the horrible attack at Bondi Beach, who gathered to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah.

Haven’t been posting lately as much as I should because I’m writing three new poetry collections in addition to a novella. Though, that being said I do have some books out there and more coming soon!

In some happy news this Sunday, I’m pleased to announce my prose poem “The Goodfellow at Dawn” will appear in the Winter Solstice issue of Eternal Haunted Summer! The theme is “The Good Neighbors” (fae, fair folk, fairies). Always happy to be back in the pages of EHS! : )

It’s really surreal seeing my upcoming poetry collection on Simon and Schuster’s website. Mark your calendars… the cover reveal is coming Monday. 😁 @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social

This is my first issue as poetry editor and it features poetry by Michael Butterworth, @andydibble.bsky.social, Robert Frazier, @bugthewriter.bsky.social, @cybergodwrites.bsky.social, @jennahanchey.bsky.social, Howard V. Hendrix, @aijiang.bsky.social, Lauren McBride, & John Reinhart + lots more

Settling into a relaxing weekend of writing and new projects!

My latest article is up on the The Lineup where I spotlight Jewish authors in the horror space! This is something I’ll be doing more often. @johnpalisano.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social @natcassidy.bsky.social @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social @mor1233.bsky.social the-line-up.com/jewish-horro...

Jewish Authors in the Horror Space

This list highlight a few of the many Jewish authors in the horror and dark literature spaces who are creating work today and telling stories in ways that have become meaningful to them and to their r

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Join me at 6:30 EST this afternoon as I chat about "Writing Horror Across Age Groups" along with @traceybaptiste.bsky.social, @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social, @cybergodwrites.bsky.social, and @michaelsolisauthor.bsky.social as part of this weekend's virtual Quasar lineup! events.sfwa.org/events/panel...

I got my physical ARC of Neurotica (Shortwave Publishing) and it’s really a beautiful little poetry book. Alan’s skillful work at layout and the overall presentation is stunning, truly. I can’t wait to share this book with you all soon! 🙂 @shortwavebooks.bsky.social

... This spring we're publishing our first poetry book ever to celebrate National Poetry Month in April, @cybergodwrites.bsky.social's NEUROTICA, but make sure you don't miss his other poetry collection, I WAS A TEENAGE ANTI-FASCIST @badhandbooks.bsky.social. badhandbooks.com/preorders/i-...

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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The coolest anthology invite just hit my inbox!😁

BIG NEWS : I’m so excited for this! And I will have a poem in this anthology, edited by Henry L Herz and Jonathan Maberry. The cover for the Big Bad Book of Kaiju from Titan Books is here and it’s amazing!! @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social

I have some pretty big news and it’s a big first for me. I will be one of the Guests of Honor at Creepaway Camp next year in Colorado! I’m beyond humbled and grateful to be here, in this community, writing and creating with so many incredible authors in the genre today.

Very pleased to announce my short story “Someday, The Rules Were (Mostly) Clear” will appear in a forthcoming issue of Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine!

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.

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

Becky Spratford@raforall.bsky.social · 10mo ago

31 Days of Horror: Day 11-- Why I Love Horror by Poet @cybergodwrites.bsky.social raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...

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.

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. @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social thewellsoftheweird.com/2025/10/05/h...

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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I’m back at The Lineup this month talking about dark poetry! 🙂 the-line-up.com/dark-poetry

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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Even Otto loves his copy of “Why I Love Horror” edited by Becky Spratford. 🙂 @raforall.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social

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!