About
Usman T. Malik is a Pakistani-American writer and physician celebrated for speculative fiction that blends South Asian folklore, horror, and explorations of human nature. His stories often combine the uncanny with questions of culture, memory, identity, and belonging. His debut short-story collection, Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan (2021), received widespread acclaim and won the Crawford Award in 2022. Malik has also received the Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award, and his work has appeared in publications and anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. Beyond his writing, he co-founded the Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction, which supports speculative-fiction writers of Pakistani origin. A Dark and Narrow House is his debut novel, bringing his distinctive blend of folklore and unsettling imagination to an epic tale of ancient powers and psychological terror.
