Usman T. Malik
@usmantm.bsky.social
Author MIDNIGHT DOORWAYS
Writer I Runner I Rheumatologist
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Am reading Travis Zadeh’s compilation of Qazwini’s Ajaeb-ul-mukhlooqat and was reminded of this remarkable book by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, which if there was justice in the world, wouldve been on every bookshelf on the planet.
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Am reading Travis Zadeh’s compilation of Qazwini’s Ajaeb-ul-mukhlooqat and was reminded of this remarkable book by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, which if there was justice in the world, wouldve been on every bookshelf on the planet.
So it looks like we’re looking at a March, 2027 release for A DARK AND NARROW HOUSE.
A bit later than I wanted, but I hope it will be worth the wait. (Beta readers so far seem to be enjoying it)
A bit later than I wanted, but I hope it will be worth the wait. (Beta readers so far seem to be enjoying it)
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
So it looks like we’re looking at a March, 2027 release for A DARK AND NARROW HOUSE.
A bit later than I wanted, but I hope it will be worth the wait. (Beta readers so far seem to be enjoying it)
A bit later than I wanted, but I hope it will be worth the wait. (Beta readers so far seem to be enjoying it)
Was searching “Greg Abbott” to see what crap came out of his despicable mouth today and found this
Number 4 is my favorite
Number 4 is my favorite
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Was searching “Greg Abbott” to see what crap came out of his despicable mouth today and found this
Number 4 is my favorite
Number 4 is my favorite
What a night!
“My name is Mamdani. M-A-M…”
And so US politics finally moves away from worshipping the golden calves of unfettered capitalism and Z*****
Make us proud, kid!
“My name is Mamdani. M-A-M…”
And so US politics finally moves away from worshipping the golden calves of unfettered capitalism and Z*****
Make us proud, kid!
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
What a night!
“My name is Mamdani. M-A-M…”
And so US politics finally moves away from worshipping the golden calves of unfettered capitalism and Z*****
Make us proud, kid!
“My name is Mamdani. M-A-M…”
And so US politics finally moves away from worshipping the golden calves of unfettered capitalism and Z*****
Make us proud, kid!
Read the history of European colonialism and you understand exactly what's been going on in Palestine especially since October 7
October 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Read the history of European colonialism and you understand exactly what's been going on in Palestine especially since October 7
The most moral army in the world
October 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The most moral army in the world
Wth!
None of u, I repeat, none of u heathens told me Aldous fricking Huxley wrote the screenplay for the 1940 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Watching now
None of u, I repeat, none of u heathens told me Aldous fricking Huxley wrote the screenplay for the 1940 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Watching now
September 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Wth!
None of u, I repeat, none of u heathens told me Aldous fricking Huxley wrote the screenplay for the 1940 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Watching now
None of u, I repeat, none of u heathens told me Aldous fricking Huxley wrote the screenplay for the 1940 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Watching now
The great Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam has a new book coming out.
Love this man and his search, struggle, kindness, and integrity so much.
Gift article link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/a...
Love this man and his search, struggle, kindness, and integrity so much.
Gift article link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/a...
September 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The great Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam has a new book coming out.
Love this man and his search, struggle, kindness, and integrity so much.
Gift article link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/a...
Love this man and his search, struggle, kindness, and integrity so much.
Gift article link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/a...
Orlando/FL friends:
I’m doing a book signing & talk for the new THE STAND antho ed by @cgolden.bsky.social & @briankeene.bsky.social with Eugie Foster Award finalist @tammykomoff.bsky.social at White Rose Books in Kissimmee, FL this Thursday
Hope to see some of u there!
I’m doing a book signing & talk for the new THE STAND antho ed by @cgolden.bsky.social & @briankeene.bsky.social with Eugie Foster Award finalist @tammykomoff.bsky.social at White Rose Books in Kissimmee, FL this Thursday
Hope to see some of u there!
September 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Orlando/FL friends:
I’m doing a book signing & talk for the new THE STAND antho ed by @cgolden.bsky.social & @briankeene.bsky.social with Eugie Foster Award finalist @tammykomoff.bsky.social at White Rose Books in Kissimmee, FL this Thursday
Hope to see some of u there!
I’m doing a book signing & talk for the new THE STAND antho ed by @cgolden.bsky.social & @briankeene.bsky.social with Eugie Foster Award finalist @tammykomoff.bsky.social at White Rose Books in Kissimmee, FL this Thursday
Hope to see some of u there!
Beautiful, aren't they
Every single journalist in this picture was *unaliv*d by the Empire
Every single journalist in this picture was *unaliv*d by the Empire
September 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Beautiful, aren't they
Every single journalist in this picture was *unaliv*d by the Empire
Every single journalist in this picture was *unaliv*d by the Empire
Are you fricking kidding me?!!!
Israel just m*rder*d Yemen’s Prime Minister in an airstrike?
Imagine Yemen or an Arab country doing that to Modi or Netanyahu or Macron.
Nukes would already be flying.
Wt actual hell???
Israel just m*rder*d Yemen’s Prime Minister in an airstrike?
Imagine Yemen or an Arab country doing that to Modi or Netanyahu or Macron.
Nukes would already be flying.
Wt actual hell???
August 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Are you fricking kidding me?!!!
Israel just m*rder*d Yemen’s Prime Minister in an airstrike?
Imagine Yemen or an Arab country doing that to Modi or Netanyahu or Macron.
Nukes would already be flying.
Wt actual hell???
Israel just m*rder*d Yemen’s Prime Minister in an airstrike?
Imagine Yemen or an Arab country doing that to Modi or Netanyahu or Macron.
Nukes would already be flying.
Wt actual hell???
I’m not much of an academic but when Sami Khan asked me to contribute my thoughts to this book, I was knee-deep in Indian and Eastern history and found I did have something to say about temporalities and spec-fic.
The result is out this week in this text from Routledge
The result is out this week in this text from Routledge
August 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m not much of an academic but when Sami Khan asked me to contribute my thoughts to this book, I was knee-deep in Indian and Eastern history and found I did have something to say about temporalities and spec-fic.
The result is out this week in this text from Routledge
The result is out this week in this text from Routledge
Today I was listening to the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Night Songs" with Michael Brook & it suddenly struck me that Nusrat is dead, has been for nearly 20 yrs, we'll never *see* him again, & a wall of grief crashed over me
Such is life
All things are perishing except for God's Countenance.
Such is life
All things are perishing except for God's Countenance.
August 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today I was listening to the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Night Songs" with Michael Brook & it suddenly struck me that Nusrat is dead, has been for nearly 20 yrs, we'll never *see* him again, & a wall of grief crashed over me
Such is life
All things are perishing except for God's Countenance.
Such is life
All things are perishing except for God's Countenance.
1. Last week there was a massive GLOF (Glacial Lake Outburst Flood) in northern Pakistan -- the heavenly areas I visited with my family last summer. The videos are harrowing.
August 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
1. Last week there was a massive GLOF (Glacial Lake Outburst Flood) in northern Pakistan -- the heavenly areas I visited with my family last summer. The videos are harrowing.
My integrity doesn’t allow book posting without acknowledging the ongoing g*noc*d*
As a friend said, Never has anyone seen so many familiar names & faces (journalists, teachers, writers) obliterated on our TLs.
Social media has become a digital cemetery.
Here are two pics: Gaza before and now
As a friend said, Never has anyone seen so many familiar names & faces (journalists, teachers, writers) obliterated on our TLs.
Social media has become a digital cemetery.
Here are two pics: Gaza before and now
August 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My integrity doesn’t allow book posting without acknowledging the ongoing g*noc*d*
As a friend said, Never has anyone seen so many familiar names & faces (journalists, teachers, writers) obliterated on our TLs.
Social media has become a digital cemetery.
Here are two pics: Gaza before and now
As a friend said, Never has anyone seen so many familiar names & faces (journalists, teachers, writers) obliterated on our TLs.
Social media has become a digital cemetery.
Here are two pics: Gaza before and now
This made my day
(Note from a new patient I saw yesterday)
(Note from a new patient I saw yesterday)
August 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This made my day
(Note from a new patient I saw yesterday)
(Note from a new patient I saw yesterday)
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT is currently in top 50 books on Amazon.
That’s out of like millions of books or so
Crazy.
That’s out of like millions of books or so
Crazy.
August 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT is currently in top 50 books on Amazon.
That’s out of like millions of books or so
Crazy.
That’s out of like millions of books or so
Crazy.
The new THE STAND anthology launches tomorrow & I'm doing the launch in -- of all places -- Bismarck, ND because I like surprising people.
So if ure around, come to the local Barnes & Nobles in Kirkwood Mall!
So if ure around, come to the local Barnes & Nobles in Kirkwood Mall!
August 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The new THE STAND anthology launches tomorrow & I'm doing the launch in -- of all places -- Bismarck, ND because I like surprising people.
So if ure around, come to the local Barnes & Nobles in Kirkwood Mall!
So if ure around, come to the local Barnes & Nobles in Kirkwood Mall!
Heading to my first American con in nearly 2 yrs
Manto stole, Green Knight t-shirt, Peshawari chappal—so it goes
Manto stole, Green Knight t-shirt, Peshawari chappal—so it goes
August 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Heading to my first American con in nearly 2 yrs
Manto stole, Green Knight t-shirt, Peshawari chappal—so it goes
Manto stole, Green Knight t-shirt, Peshawari chappal—so it goes
Book launch for this amazing anthology ed @cgolden.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social w intro by @stephenking.bsky.social comes out in 12 days.
I have a story set in the world of THE STAND, but u should preorder/buy the book for the other amazing writers who return to this desolate wondrous world
I have a story set in the world of THE STAND, but u should preorder/buy the book for the other amazing writers who return to this desolate wondrous world
August 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Book launch for this amazing anthology ed @cgolden.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social w intro by @stephenking.bsky.social comes out in 12 days.
I have a story set in the world of THE STAND, but u should preorder/buy the book for the other amazing writers who return to this desolate wondrous world
I have a story set in the world of THE STAND, but u should preorder/buy the book for the other amazing writers who return to this desolate wondrous world
Doing a panel on Indo-Pakistan Partition this Sunday 9 am CST in case anyone is interested.
My opinion will be short—abt 15 mins or so
My opinion will be short—abt 15 mins or so
July 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Doing a panel on Indo-Pakistan Partition this Sunday 9 am CST in case anyone is interested.
My opinion will be short—abt 15 mins or so
My opinion will be short—abt 15 mins or so
In Pakistan for vacation, have retreated into my indigeneity and culture. Continue to be amazed at how the Paki ppl, oppressed by their own govt as well foreign interests, chug along with dignity, empathy & humor, esp re: the recent hindutva effort to malign/stereotype them
June 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In Pakistan for vacation, have retreated into my indigeneity and culture. Continue to be amazed at how the Paki ppl, oppressed by their own govt as well foreign interests, chug along with dignity, empathy & humor, esp re: the recent hindutva effort to malign/stereotype them
Just saw the final product with King’s introduction and it’s a whopping 800 pages.
Feeling very lucky to have a story in this
Feeling very lucky to have a story in this
March 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Just saw the final product with King’s introduction and it’s a whopping 800 pages.
Feeling very lucky to have a story in this
Feeling very lucky to have a story in this
Only took 5 years, but the weird, unsettled story that came to me in the first few months of the pandemic is finally drawn out
Comes out from Putnam Books (Penguin Random House) in Spring of 2026
Comes out from Putnam Books (Penguin Random House) in Spring of 2026
March 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Only took 5 years, but the weird, unsettled story that came to me in the first few months of the pandemic is finally drawn out
Comes out from Putnam Books (Penguin Random House) in Spring of 2026
Comes out from Putnam Books (Penguin Random House) in Spring of 2026