anOther Nemesis Blog Tour: Guest Poet Maxwell I. Gold & Meerkat Gift Card Giveaway!
Poetry by Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon & Maxwell I. Gold from Meerkat Press
What another Nemesis means to me…
Maxwell I. Gold: I can’t talk about anOther Nemesis without briefly expounding upon its origins which began with my poetry collection anOther Mythology, which intended to explore otherness and mythology from a queer perspective. I wanted to see something more than myths might conjure, and so I approached three truly incredible poets to help bring this vision to life.
Nemesis in mythology is often portrayed as the harbinger of retribution, hubris’ ultimate downfall. anOther Nemesis for me, was an attempt to embody the same concept of retribution beyond the mythological. Also, as an author of Jewish heritage there’s a gross amount of obvious concern within the world today which laid the groundwork for many of my poems in this collection. Not only that, but anOther Nemesis also felt like a brief flicker of blinding light in a world covered with black clouds to say: now is the time. There was a sense of urgency behind not only this collection, but each poem as well. anOther Nemesis in my eyes was the retribution that shattered the hubris of complacency in an age where silence and inaction is the worst possible path anyone might take. It was and is. The voice that always says: enough is enough.
The Wall of Someday by Maxwell I. Gold
To Hope there was more,
over death,
over stars
after the Earth was ash
and there was no more less than ,
no more walls;
in Hope to see towers that might stretch beyond limitation
outside my window or a house trapped
on the edge of a someday
I’d never know or to see what lay beyond the thick walls of night,
To Hope each time a great storm gathered,
cackling with heavy thunder and light,
I’d never know the words,
‘ne’er to pass the wall’
And to hope one day I might cross the threshold,
where the Gates of Tomorrow swung wide
and no longer the dark cruelties of today,
beat ceaselessly against my brain;
though with each passing night,
the storm’s call grew ever deeper,
‘never to pass the wall
and hope there was more,
over death,
over stars
after the Earth was ash
and there was no more less than ,
no more walls.
Bio: Maxwell I. Gold is a Jewish-American cosmic horror poet and editor, with an extensive body of work comprising over 300 poems since 2017. His writings have earned a place alongside many literary luminaries in the speculative fiction genre. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. Maxwell’s work has been recognized with multiple nominations including the Eric Hoffer Award, Pushcart Prize, and Bram Stoker Awards. Find him and his work at www.thewellsoftheweird.com.
RELEASE DATE: February 17, 2026
GENRE: Dark Speculative Poetry
BOOK PAGE: https://meerkatpress.com/books/another-nemesis/
SUMMARY:
This dark and thought-provoking poetry collection is co-authored by four multi-award-winning authors and poets, Ai Jiang, Angela Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon and Maxwell I. Gold.
anOther Nemesis unravels sinister speculative poems themed The Colonizers, Primal Sources, Nameless Others and Crooked Ontologies. It reconnoitres words as weapons, reshaping to the unworldly, casting transfigurations of that which was never meant to be changed, and featuring poignant behind-the-poems by each poet.
The extraordinary assemblage interrogates the ways cultures, language, information, and the lack thereof are used as means of control; how voices will always rise against systems that rewrite identity, suppress truth, and silence dissent; the distinctions of purity and diffusion and the infinite number of fates upon which our existence is simultaneously contingent; how Ubiquitous indifference can sometimes be the cruelest villain of them all... and more!
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