Amina Akhtar

My Next Crime Novel: THE MACHADO FAMILY A week of news is capped off with a new *SEVEN* book deal with Thomas & Mercer + I'm a New York Times Bestseller (!!!) + Pete Fernandez returns!

A bit more news to end the week: THE MACHADO FAMILY, my next crime novel, is coming your way - along with reissues of all five Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery novels, via Thomas & Mercer. Details at my newsletter: alexsegura.substack.com/p/my-next-cr...

Folks who keep messaging me on here or trying to get my attention: I have long covid and am sick in bed. I’m not on here much. I won’t be on here. Sorry I can’t help at the moment.

Thank you, working on getting you money.

Sorry I’m not on here a lot!

ICYMI, long live crime fiction! Long live the dark stuff! @bookspotlight.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social @amina.bsky.social @natcassidy.bsky.social @juliadahl.bsky.social @eaaymar.bsky.social @christafaust.bsky.social @waynefenlon.bsky.social @igreggreene.bsky.social @kevharrison.bsky.social

I thought that was him at first glance

Screen shot of a map of downtown phoenix showing the ICE field office

I gotta go to the neuro hospital in Phx later this week (just more tests) and I always like to see what’s nearby in case I want to grab a snack or do some shopping and oh. Oh no thank you

Netflix Adapting S.A. Cosby’s ‘All The Sinners Bleed’ For TV, Orders Quinn Shephard Drama ‘The Body’ The streamer also greenlit Quinn Shephard drama series ‘The Body’.

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Congratulations!!!

Whew, officially down 15 lbs. And I'm not even trying to lose weight. This is wild.

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I’m so complainy lately and dammit I can’t wait for the day I sing good news

One of the worst things about getting sick is realizing those closest to me aren’t upset I’m sick. They’re upset they can’t keep dumping work on me.

I need new people near me, I know.

Close up of gray cat looking at the camera

Dead in the Ditch book cover with flock of flamingoes wading in water at sunset in the background

Dad has a new book out today. I prefer for these posts to be all about me, but he did give me breakfast this morning so I'm throwing him a bone. Stay generous, friends! #cat

Happy book launch!!

I think I should donate my brain to science but only if they actually study it

Brainstem Reduction and Deformation in the 4th Ventricle Cerebellar Peduncles in Long COVID Patients: Insights into Neuroinflammatory Sequelae and “Broken Bridge Syndrome” Post-COVID Syndrome (PCS), also known as Long COVID, is characterized by persistent and often debilitating neurological sequelae, including fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, motor deficits, and autonomi...

Something that is new in the realm of long covid—broken bridge syndrome. Researches found —in post mortem exams —that long covid patients have a structural disconnect between the brain stem and the cerebellum.

Guess it is in my head but not how people think 🤣🤣

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

A long COVID researcher continues to search for answers | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Postdoctoral research fellow Beth Stelson, a long COVID researcher, and herself a patient, discusses her research and the ramifications of the closure of a federal office focused on long COVID researc...

A worthwhile interview of a long covid researcher who has long covid (nothing really new for those of us who have it)
hsph.harvard.edu/news/a-long-...

Oh my god

"why are you so weird" brother that's the source of my lore

Wow. I've got a story in BAMS 2025! A big thank you to @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social
for including "Bad Man Down." And mucho thanks to The Yard: Crime Blog for publishing!

It's like my book world and fashion world combined together this morning!

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Takashi Murakami.

Short haired man in glasses wearing a white shirt with flamingoes and palm trees on it

Book cover for Dead in the Ditch with a group of flamingoes in the background

When you have a new book coming out May 5, and that book has flamingoes on it, you'd be remiss if you didn't wear a flamingo shirt.
Dead in the Ditch available for pre-order now! @tulepublishing.bsky.social #booksky
tulepublishing.com/books/dead-i...

Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by FBI for allegedly helping undocumented immigrant 'evade arrest' A Milwaukee County circuit judge has been arrested by the FBI over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant "evade arrest," according to FBI Director Kash Patel.

We’re at the arresting white judges portion of fascism

abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...

The colors outside today were so vivid it was like the saturation had been turned up. I was actually stunned. And I realized my weird brain condition can mute colors. So maybe the meds are working (yay!). And shit no wonder I’ve been bummed with colors on mute!

A good day is a day I get to write. (Today was good, happy with this new book)