Ronald Zajac

Ronald Zajac, writer

Ronald Zajac was born and raised in Montreal, where he completed a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature at McGill University. His work has previously been published in Matrix. He is a journalist at a daily newspaper in Brockville, Ontario; working the community desk reveals that, while the devil is in the details, God is in the stories they reveal. He is currently working on a novel and a short story cycle. He enjoys spending time with his family, posting nature shots on Instagram, and listening to classical music, an addiction he treats with healthy doses of jazz.

Finding Banksy — Volume 9, Issue 3

In Finding Banksy, a tender exploration of art, grief, and healing, by Ronald Zajac, two families separated by an ocean find unexpected connection through street art and shared trauma, as a father’s quest to humour his troubled son’s Banksy obsession leads to a transformative encounter with a young artist searching for meaning.

Rosa Rugosa— Volume 8, Issue 1

Rosa Rugosa by Ronald Zajac traces one man’s struggle to comprehend the pain of a Ukrainian refugee.

Rembrandt of Raindrops— Volume 7, Issue 3

Months after a murder-suicide left him sidelined with PTSD, a seasoned police officer uses Instagram photography as a way to contain his trauma and conquer its source. In Ronald Zajac’s Rembrandt of Raindrops we learn that the closer the protagonist gets to the scene of the crime, the more he realizes another, deeper trauma is embedded in his pictures.

Tunnel Vision— Volume 4, Issue 1

Buckle up for Tunnel Vision by Ronald Zajac. This is a tale where mental illness steals the commas right out of the sentences! Decades after OCD marred his teen years with Cold War nightmares, David MacIntyre, now a recently-divorced lawyer in small-town Ontario, finds his symptoms spiking again as he tries to win the affection of a woman during his morning walk in a restored train tunnel.