ROBERT STEVEN RHINE

BIOGRAPHY

Robert Steven Rhine's fiction collection, MY BRAIN ESCAPES ME, (Sun Dog Press) was heralded by PUBLISHER's WEEKLY as a successful mix of humor and horror. METRO LONDON was, fascinated with the blurred boundary between reality and the darkest recesses of imagination... doused in gallons of acid black humor. Famed writer WILLIAM F. NOLAN (author Logan's Run and other 60 books) called Rhine a bold new writer with powerhouse ideas and the talent to bring them to life. And EON MAGAZINE said, "Horrifying yet unbelievably compelling. You may close the book, but the memory of Rhine's words will linger. Rhine has published fiction in eighty magazines and the published anthologies: THE FRINGE, SCREAM WHEN YOU BURN, "THE ALTRUISTIC ALPHABET," and CONJURING DARK DELICACIES, alongside STEPHEN KING and CLIVE BARKER. In 1997, Rhine received the prestigious HERMAN M. SWAFFORD Award for Fiction. Rhine wrote, produced and starred in the 35mm filmed pilot, VINNIE & ANGELA1S BEAUTY SALON AND FUNERAL PARLOR, grand prize winner at the Australian International Film Festival 2000 and winner at Worldfest Houston 2000. The film sold in 2001 to UNIVERSAL's HYPNOTIC website. Rhine also wrote, produced, directed and starred in the epic/cult/satire ROAD LAWYERS AND OTHER BRIEFS, winner at the Chicago, New York, Houston and Australian film fests, distributed by A.I.P. Rhine's dark animated series SICKCOM is now premiering on FantasticTV.com. Rhine was also a contributing writer for Insidious Tales and a staff writer for Cracked Magazine.

Robert Steven Rhine, Los Angeles 1999