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Trent Zelazny
Jonathan "Trent" Zelazny (November 28, 1976 – November 28, 2024) was an American author of crime, horror, and fantastical fiction. He wrote as Trent Zelazny.
Zelazny was the son of science fiction writer Roger Zelazny. He had a son from a previous marriage, Corwin Random Zelazny (born 1996), who is named after characters from his father's classic The Chronicles of Amber series. He was an intermittent martial artist since the age of five; he studied multiple styles including Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, Aikido, Iron Shirt, Iron Palm, Baguazhang, Judo, and he investigated Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do.
Zelazny moved to Florida, and then he took some time away from writing, having developed severe alcoholism, as well as having lost his fiancée to suicide. He then attempted suicide himself, but he survived, about which he repeatedly said that he was grateful. In a later interview, he reported that "a lot of hard work and the support of family and friends ... and rehab" helped him through this difficult period.
Zelazny suffered a cerebellar stroke in September 2024, which led to reduced mobility. Trent's sister, Shannon Zelazny, reported on Facebook that he made "remarkable progress learning how to walk again," but "was then hit with acute liver failure, which resulted in his hospitalization and death." He died of acute liver failure on November 28, 2024, his 48th birthday.
Zelazny wrote across genres, his works encompassing crime, horror, science fiction and fantasy, with his horror novels receiving the most recognition.
Zelazny started his writing career in 1999 with two short stories, "Hope Is an Inanimate Desire" and "Harold Asher and His Vomiting Dogs," followed by additional stories through the early 2000s. In 2001 he began to publish more frequently. His story "Lovely Day for Beating an Old Guy," published in the Brian Knight-edited anthology Random Acts of Weirdness (2002), was the first piece to attract attention. His 2009 short story "The House of Happy Mayhem" received honorable mention for Ellen Datlow’s “Best Horror of the Year” award.
Zelazny sold a novel (Destination Unknown) in 2008, though it was not released until 2011; his first published book was the short story collection The Day the Leash Gave Way and Other Stories (Fantastic Books: Wilder Publications, 2009). The book was reissued by On July 28, 2014, Black Curtain Press in 2014 with two additional stories and an introduction by the author.
Following a hiatus, he returned to writing in 2011 with the novella Fractal Despondency (Black Curtain Press), followed the same year by Shadowboxer, To Sleep Gently, and A Crack in Melancholy Time (Crossroad Press) and his earlier novel Destination Unknown (iBooks). To Sleep Gently received the 2012 Nightmare Award.
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Trent Zelazny
Jonathan "Trent" Zelazny (November 28, 1976 – November 28, 2024) was an American author of crime, horror, and fantastical fiction. He wrote as Trent Zelazny.
Zelazny was the son of science fiction writer Roger Zelazny. He had a son from a previous marriage, Corwin Random Zelazny (born 1996), who is named after characters from his father's classic The Chronicles of Amber series. He was an intermittent martial artist since the age of five; he studied multiple styles including Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, Aikido, Iron Shirt, Iron Palm, Baguazhang, Judo, and he investigated Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do.
Zelazny moved to Florida, and then he took some time away from writing, having developed severe alcoholism, as well as having lost his fiancée to suicide. He then attempted suicide himself, but he survived, about which he repeatedly said that he was grateful. In a later interview, he reported that "a lot of hard work and the support of family and friends ... and rehab" helped him through this difficult period.
Zelazny suffered a cerebellar stroke in September 2024, which led to reduced mobility. Trent's sister, Shannon Zelazny, reported on Facebook that he made "remarkable progress learning how to walk again," but "was then hit with acute liver failure, which resulted in his hospitalization and death." He died of acute liver failure on November 28, 2024, his 48th birthday.
Zelazny wrote across genres, his works encompassing crime, horror, science fiction and fantasy, with his horror novels receiving the most recognition.
Zelazny started his writing career in 1999 with two short stories, "Hope Is an Inanimate Desire" and "Harold Asher and His Vomiting Dogs," followed by additional stories through the early 2000s. In 2001 he began to publish more frequently. His story "Lovely Day for Beating an Old Guy," published in the Brian Knight-edited anthology Random Acts of Weirdness (2002), was the first piece to attract attention. His 2009 short story "The House of Happy Mayhem" received honorable mention for Ellen Datlow’s “Best Horror of the Year” award.
Zelazny sold a novel (Destination Unknown) in 2008, though it was not released until 2011; his first published book was the short story collection The Day the Leash Gave Way and Other Stories (Fantastic Books: Wilder Publications, 2009). The book was reissued by On July 28, 2014, Black Curtain Press in 2014 with two additional stories and an introduction by the author.
Following a hiatus, he returned to writing in 2011 with the novella Fractal Despondency (Black Curtain Press), followed the same year by Shadowboxer, To Sleep Gently, and A Crack in Melancholy Time (Crossroad Press) and his earlier novel Destination Unknown (iBooks). To Sleep Gently received the 2012 Nightmare Award.