JEFFREY DeREGO is a full-time writer. His Union Dues stories have already generated a base of over 1 million fans and have gained critical acclaim among the independent science-fiction and comic literary community. Jeffrey sold his first short story, “Freedom Smells Like Red Wine Vinegar,” to Lost Worlds in 1996. “Iron Bars and the Glass Jaw” was published in November of 2005. The reception of the story was overwhelmingly positive, with that story voted “Favorite of 2005” by Escape Pod listeners.

Since then Jeffrey has sold fifteen Union Dues stories in the podcast science fiction market. Additionally, his short horror stories set three years after the Zombie Apocalypse have won two “Best Of” prizes at Tales of the Zombie War magazine.

His work has also appeared in Flashquake and in the anthology Live Free or Undead. Jeffrey has been twice nominated for the New England Small Press Association Award, and twice for the Parsec Award.

Jeffrey lives in Derry, New Hampshire, with his wife, Cindy, and their two children, Ian and Margaret.