Maxwell I. Gold is a multiple award nominated author who writes prose poetry and short stories in weird and cosmic fiction. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines including Weirdbook Magazine, Space and Time Magazine, Startling Stories, Strange Horizons, Tales from OmniPark Anthology, Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas and more. He’s the author of Oblivion in Flux: A Collection of Cyber Prose from Crystal Lake Publishing.

Maxwell’s books include a collaborative book of poems titled Möbius Lyrics with Bram Stoker Award winner Angela Yuriko Smith; Bram Stoker Award nominated poetry collection, Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums from Hex Publishers and anOther Mythology prose poetry chapbook from Interstellar Flight Press.

He lives in Ohio with his husband and two dogs Marshall and Otto, and currently serves as the Executive Director for the Horror Writers Association.

Nominations and Accolades:

Rhysling Award Nominee, Best Short Poem: Crimson Faces, Space and Time Magazine #135 (2020), Pushcart Award Nominee, Crimson Faces, Space and Time Magazine #135, Rhysling Award Nominee, Best Short Poem: The Mollusk God, Space and Time Magazine #139 (2021), Rhysling Award Nominee, Best Long Poem: Cellars, Caskets, and Closets, Baffling Magazine #1 (2021). Pushcart Award Nominee, No More Prying Eyes, Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas (2022). Rhysling Award Nominee, Best Long Poem: Laughter Out of the Sea, Spectral Realms (2022). Rhysling Award Nominee, Best Long Poem: Mouth of Mirrors, Seize the Press (2023). Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection: Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums (2023).