Zakariah Johnson plucks banjos and pens thriller, horror, and crime fiction on the banks of the Piscataqua. Author of Egg on Her Face: Stories of Crime, Horror, and the Space in Between and Mink: Skinning Time in Wisconsin, at one time or another he’s paid the rent as an archaeologist, bartender, commercial fisherman, and reporter. His search for gainful employment has led him from Bishkek to the Bering Sea, Hudson Bay to Honduras, Çatalhöyük to the Kalahari, with dividends paid mainly in stories. Follow him @Pteratorn on Twitter and Instagram.