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Edward S. Zalewski

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in McKeesport, The United States

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Christian

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Edward S. Zalewski writes speculative fiction that blends faith, folklore, and the spiritual fault lines running beneath ordinary life.

Born and raised in a steel town in Western Pennsylvania, he grew up surrounded by blast furnaces, Catholic guilt, and woods that seemed to hold their breath after dark. He learned early that stories can be forged as powerfully as steel—especially in places where the air smells like molten metal and burning sulfur.

He entered the University of Pittsburgh as an engineering major (parent approved) but quickly defected to English (parent disapproved) after realizing he preferred writing about strange machinery and stranger people rather than building anything that required a hard hat. It was there, as an undergra Edward S. Zalewski writes speculative fiction that blends faith, folklore, and the spiritual fault lines running beneath ordinary life.

Born and raised in a steel town in Western Pennsylvania, he grew up surrounded by blast furnaces, Catholic guilt, and woods that seemed to hold their breath after dark. He learned early that stories can be forged as powerfully as steel—especially in places where the air smells like molten metal and burning sulfur.

He entered the University of Pittsburgh as an engineering major (parent approved) but quickly defected to English (parent disapproved) after realizing he preferred writing about strange machinery and stranger people rather than building anything that required a hard hat. It was there, as an undergraduate, that he first began drafting the story that would eventually become The Legend of Dunchee’s Hollow—though at the time he wasn’t allowed to include monsters, conspiracies, or anything that lurked too far outside literary realism.

So he buried them.

For decades.

Before turning to writing full time, Edward spent years in the tech world, eventually serving as an IT Director—an experience that proved unexpectedly useful for speculative fiction: invisible systems, unseen failures, and the unsettling realization that what runs beneath the surface matters far more than what people see.

After continuing his creative writing studies at UCLA, he returned to the story he had first imagined in Western Pennsylvania. This time, he allowed the shadows back in.

His debut novel, The Shroud Project, is a cyberpunk theological thriller imagining a modern messiah in a dystopian megacity. Through Her Eyes explores identity and transformation in a rigid colony world.

With The Legend of Dunchee’s Hollow, he finally tells the story that has been waiting for him—one born in the hills of his youth, shaped by time, and unwilling to stay buried.

Edward lives in Southern California with his wife, two daughters, and a talkative Siberian Husky who insists he is the narrative center of the household. When not writing, Edward can be found reading science fiction, pondering spiritual mysteries, or remembering the particular stillness of Pennsylvania woods at dusk. ...more

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	The Shroud Project: A Clone of Christ. A Lost City. A Love That Changes Everything. (The Shroud Chronicles Book 1) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A February Note

February is quiet on the surface—but beneath it, things are already stirring. Just like our stories. Even when nothing seems to be happening, something is always taking root.

This month I’ve been thinking about love—not only romantic love, but the love that keeps us writing, reading, imagining, and becoming.

The stories that stay with me are rarely about perfect romance. They’re about fierce devotio Read more of this blog post »

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