Joe Kapitan is an architect and writer who has lived much of his life in the Cleveland, Ohio area. He began writing short fiction and creative non-fiction in 2009, and has had more than 60 pieces appear online and in print in such venues as The Cincinnati Review, PANK, Wigleaf, Midwestern Gothic, Smokelong Quarterly, Booth and Notre Dame Magazine. A short fiction chapbook won a contest and was published in 2013. In 2018, Tortoise Books is publishing his collection of Ohio-based short stories, CAVES OF THE RUST BELT.