Abdulmalik Mahmud (Pseudopoet), hails from Gombe, Nigeria. Is the author of LEGAL CRIMES; the winner of the 2022 Bill Ward Prize For Emerging Writers, Poetry Category; the 3rd runner up Naija Haiku Community Support Contest, 2023 (first-quater). Is the current Secretary General, of Jewel Writers Project; Editor-in-chief, Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation, Gombe Chapter; Member, Jewel Literary and Creativity Foundation; Creative Club, Gombe State University; Ayamba LitCast; among others. Is a nominee, Poet of the Year, for the 2023 Jewel Literature Award by Jewel Magazine. Was a guest poet at Today Post. His works have been published, or are forthcoming, in World Voices Magazine, Literary Yard, Afrihill, Arts Lounge, Icreative, Synchronized Chaos, Susa Africa, Applied Worldwide, Today Post, and elsewhere.