I make art about people doing bad things to one another (often through mob-driven behavior and thinking), about fundamental misunderstandings, and about addiction and recovery.
Founder of Whisper House Press, whose Costs of Living and Dread Mondays horror anthologies release in September and then October 2025, Steve Capone Jr. is an HWA affiliate member and award-winning Utah-based writer hailing from the Rust Belt. He released Max in the Capital of Spies in 2024, and Jimmy vs. Communism is due out from Gibbs Smith in 2027. Find his short fiction in This Isn’t the Place and No Exit (Timber Ghost Press: 2024, 2025) and elsewhere. His “Cure for Creativity” won Best Short Screenplay in 2024 at the Bloody Mirror Film Festival. You can find his incorporeal footprint at https://linktr.ee/stevecaponejr.
Education
College
Washington & Jefferson College
Philosophy and English
College
University of Chicago
Humanities (emphasis in Philosophy)
College
University of Utah
Philosophy
Personal Details
Current City
Salt Lake City, UT
Hometown
Pittsburgh, PA
Gender
Male
Pronouns
He or They
I make art about people doing bad things to one another (often through mob-driven behavior and thinking), about fundamental misunderstandings, and about addiction and recovery.