Zac Devitt.

Zac Devitt and his wife grew up in the suburbs of Downriver Detroit, always wanting more room. In their late twenties, they moved to forty acres in rural southern Mid-Michigan, where they keep chickens, rabbits, and roughly a couple hundred thousand bees (or four hives worth).

By day he works in a technical field. The rest of the time he's more likely to be on a tractor, carrying feed, or working through the latest of a thousand and one projects, and he counts the sore, earned sleep at the end of a long day outside among life's best feelings.

Ditchline Country came out of that move. It grew from conversations with new neighbors, and from the unease of a rural place watching farmland change hands and turn into something else. When the Devitts bought their land, a few neighbors admitted they'd talked about pooling their money to buy it first, just to keep it the way it was.

Zac has always loved dark stories, from horror to quiet, introspective noir, and he writes toward a feeling more than a plot. Often it's one he first found in a song or a piece of local history. He also collects random facts, a few of which have turned out to be useful at exactly the right moment.

Written by Zac Devitt with AI-assisted drafting and editing tools.