Z.L. Johnson
2026
Z.L. Johnson holds a BA in education from Cleveland State University and an MLIS from Kent State University. A healthy love of vampires, his hometown of Cleveland, and driving fictional people insane has inspired his debut A BLOODY DEAL. A stay at home dad, he lives in Ohio with his family and cat, Godzilla.
A Bloody Deal
Grace is a reporter who wants answers. Her source wants bodies.
This is the scoop of Grace's career. An exclusive from an inmate within the Quarter--a vampire prison camp no civilian has stepped inside and survived.
Answers for bodies. That is the deal. However, Grace has experienced firsthand the destruction kidnappings reap on those left behind. To agree to this is unthinkable. But to decline means never learning about the victims dumped over the prison's walls.
So what if Grace focuses on those who deserve some chaos? The guilty who are too powerful to face justice? One body per week. One question each. If only the vampire hadn't asked for live humans...
