Everything Endless

by Linda D. Addison, 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.



"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 é 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

Genres: Poetry

Kindle Edition

Published April 21, 2025

About the author

Linda D. Addison was born in Philadelphia in 1952. She is the oldest of nine children and received a bachelor of science in mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University. She is the author of three collections: “Being Full of Light, Insubstantial”, “Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes” and “Animated Objects” (Space & Time Books). Her work has also appeared in numerous publications, including Essence magazine, Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine and Doorways magazine,.

In 2001, Addison was the first African-American to win the HWA's Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in poetry for “Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes”. Other prominent recipients of this distinguished award include authors, Alice Sebold (Lovely Bones) and J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter Series).

She was honored with her second Bram Stoker Award for her third collection of poems titled “Being Full of Light, Insubstantial” (Space & Time Books).

She is the only author with fiction in three landmark anthologies that celebrate African-Americans speculative writers: the award-winning anthology Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction (Warner Aspect), Dark Dreams (Kensington), and Dark Thirst (Pocket Book).

Her work has made frequent appearances over the years on the honorable mention list for Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and Year’s Best Science-Fiction.

Reviews

[Chloe Englefield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: Thanks to Netgalley and Addison for a E-ARC copy <3

Cosmic and Spectral poetry that makes sense in every aspect. I can't express how each poem made me feel as it covers everything from the big bang.

[E.D.E. Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This gorgeous collection lifts you above the troubles of the day and of the world, gives you a spin, stays as you ride it out, and then sets you back onto Earth with the caress of cosmic lines now gleaming around your soul.

[Brandon Johnston · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an incredible read, one of my recent favorites for sure!! Linda and Jamal use such vivid, rich imagery you can honestly feel every experience. Such profound work: I highly recommend for anyone who enjoys science fiction and transformative poetry.

[Stella Marchione · Rating 3 out of 5]

A new way to express in poetry. This was a really interesting and intelligent expression and collection.

[Wayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another enjoyable collection of poetry. I enjoyed both poets poems, and will be reading more from them in the future. #EverythingEndless #NetGalley

[Liam Cohen · Rating 5 out of 5]

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