Third Place Winner in the SFPA Elgin Awards.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.The following poems are included:A SONG OF NIGHTPERHAPS…THE GREAT BLUE STOMACH THAT CIRCLES THE SUNUNLOVEDXENOPHOBIAMR. EGOTHE DREAM OF WORMSARTSCAPE OF EVILSTOMORROW, I'LL BE FIVETHE DYING GIRLSYSTEMICBLUE VALORPARABLE OF THE BLUE MANHARMLESSDON'T YOU SEE?IS THIS DEATH?THE SILENCE OF GODHOW DEVOLUTION STARTSMEDICINEPINK BANANAGORGON FRUITA FRUIT CALLED WRATHA BLACK SCREAM IN THE TWILIGHTTWILIGHT SONATAEARLY LIESSONGS OF YOUTHWE CHANGEI'M SORRYALONEHELP MEGOODBYEFOSTER CAREWHO YOU BECAMEINTENTIONSA SONG OF DAWNOR PERHAPS…MERCY IS HOPE AND HEALINGSTAY. LIVE.A GIFT OF ILLNESSEVERYBODY DIESYOUR LIFEHER, SELFHER NAMEKYEISHA & NICKSANCTIONEDTHE BRIDGE ABOVE THEIR WALLSBUTTERFLY WINGSWAVESIN THE RIGHTTHE FOOL'S SLUMBERMOMMY MAGICSIBLINGSHAPPY BIRTHDAYRESTORATIONProudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.
