Robert Steven Rhine is the Founder/Publisher and Deaditor-In-Chief of Girls and Corpses Magazine, which began as a popular website for two years before growing to a newsstand magazine distributed by both Ingram and Diamond and sold all over the world. There is also a Girls and Corpses TV network and a store.R.S. Rhine has sold fiction to over one hundred magazines and the published anthologies: Bram Stoker Winner: "DARK DELICACIES," (Carroll & Graf) alongside Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker. in 2005, R.S. Rhine won first prize in the WORLD HORROR CON Dark Fiction Contest for his story "Propeller Boy." Rhine's first fiction collection, "MY BRAIN ESCAPES ME," (Sun Dog Press) was heralded by PUBLISHERS WEEKLY as, "a successful mix of humor and horror." As a filmmaker, Rhine wrote, produced and starred in the pilot, "VINNIE & ANGELA'S BEAUTY SALON AND FUNERAL PARLOR," Grand Prize Winner (Gold Cineman) at the Australian International Film Festival and winner at Worldfest Houston. The film sold to UNIVERSAL's HYPNOTIC FILMS. 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 animated series pilot SICKCOM, which Rhine wrote and directed, was bought by SPIKE & MIKE'S SICK and TWISTED FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION.Rhine began working in comic books as a contributing staff writer for Cracked Magazine and Insidious Tales. Rhine's first solo comic book, "SELECTED READING FROM SATAN'S POWDER ROOM" (Asylum Press) quickly sold out and was followed up by a second helping titled "CHICKEN SOUP FOR SATAN," also distributed by Diamond. A third comic book in the series, "SATAN GONE WILD," premiered in New Orleans on Halloween 2004 and also sold out. The success of these "humorr-ific" comic books led to Rhine's 280 page, color graphic novel "SATAN'S 3 RING CIRCUS OF HELL," featuring forty-three of the top horror artists in the world (such as William Stout and Tim Vigil, Hilary Barta and Alan M. Clark)Rhine worked for a decade as a unit publicist for Universal Studios, TriStar/Columbia, Dreamworks and Imagine Entertainment on such features as: The Craft, Mousehunt, Hush, Tremors, Problem Child, Double-Team and Toy Soldiers, amongst others. He's worked as an entertainment publicist, book publicist, film advertising copywriter, segment producer for PM Magazine and also worked for CNN.As an actor, Rhine has appeared in over a two dozen plays (including two L.A. premieres), television, features, print and commercials. He protrayed Rod Serling on the filmed portion of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Ride at Disney Orlando Florida.
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