Zachary Jernigan is a 34-year-old, typically shaven-headed writer and narrator from Northern Arizona. He has lived in AZ since 1990, with relatively short stints in Utah, Oregon, Maine, and Chile.His first novel, No Return, is a science fiction/fantasy tale filled with sex, violence, looming middle-age angst, and muscular people in weird skintight costumes (including one capricious god). It came out from Night Shade Books in March of 2013 in hardcover and July of 2014 in paperback. Generous reviews have appeared in a lot of cool places, written by people much cooler than him.The still-in-progress sequel, Shower of Stones, is forthcoming in 2015, also from Night Shade Books.His short fiction, which runs the gamut of sf and fantasy, has appeared in a variety of places, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Crossed Genres, Escape Pod, as well as anthologies such as Manifesto UF and Daughters of Icarus. He has been nominated for the Pushcart a couple times and shortlisted once for the Spectrum Award.He released his first short story collection, The Bottom Of The Sea, independently at the end of 2013 to more favorable reviews than he deserves.Visit him at http://zacharyjernigan.com