yj ' s ▁work ▁gives ▁it ▁an ▁ap oc aly ptic ▁tone ▁even ▁in ▁those ▁stories ▁not ▁dealing ▁explicitly ▁with ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁scenarios . ▁ ▁Z elen yj ' s ▁pro se ▁style ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁burn ished ▁and ▁literary , ▁drawing ▁compar isons ▁to ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁authors ▁such ▁as ▁Ray ▁Brad bury , ▁Richard ▁Math es on , ▁and ▁Gabriel ▁Gar cia ▁Mar quez , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁more ▁contemporary ▁s lip stream ▁authors ▁such ▁as ▁Michael ▁C is co ▁and ▁D . P . ▁W att . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁recent ▁work ▁is ▁more ▁stream lined ▁in ▁nature . ▁ ▁Z elen yj ' s ▁short ▁story ▁collections ▁are ▁known ▁for ▁their ▁massive ▁length , ▁the ▁ec lect ic ▁variety ▁of ▁literary ▁gen res ▁and ▁styles ▁represented , ▁their ▁often ▁dark ▁and ▁mel anch oly ▁subject ▁matter , ▁and ▁for ▁their ▁them atic ▁coh es ion ▁and ▁inter - story ▁links . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Z elen yj ▁lives ▁in ▁W inds or , ▁Ontario ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁Elizabeth . ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁Books ▁ ▁Black er ▁Again st ▁The ▁Deep ▁Dark ▁( hard cover , ▁trade ▁paper back , ▁and ▁digital ▁ed itions ▁published ▁by ▁E ib on v ale ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 1 8 ) ▁ ▁Songs ▁For ▁The ▁Lost ▁( hard cover ▁and ▁trade ▁paper back ▁ed itions ▁published ▁by ▁E ib on v ale ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 1 4 ; ▁digital ▁E book ▁edition ▁published ▁by ▁Independent ▁Leg