Doug Rinaldi

In the winter of 1973, a young, pregnant woman planned an innocent night out with her husband.  She was curious after hearing all the talk about what fans and critics alike were hailing as the "scariest movie ever made."  The film's immediate notoriety made the decision for them.  So, they took a chance, unaware of the outcome, absorbing the cinematic masterpiece of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.  Never would they have fathomed what influence the movie would have on their unborn child or how the film would secretly manipulate the child for the rest of his life.  To this day, Doug Rinaldi's mother insists that watching The Exorcist in such a vulnerable state had affected her son in such wicked ways that she blames it for his twisted and dark personality.

Doug was born and raised in the bowels of Connecticut.  Spending his younger years exploring the woods near home, Doug envisioned otherworldly scenarios that ignited his imagination.  Art was life.  Throughout adolescence, he created, inventing horrifying tales about devious lunch ladies and world-eating monsters.  In 1995, he received his art degree in Computer Animation and Special Effects for stage and screen.  However, writing dark fiction was his true calling.  

At the turn of the millennium, he joyously bid Connecticut a final farewell and relocated to Boston, Massachusetts where he's been continuing to hone his writing and artistic skills ever since. 

Currently, Doug's work can be found in various anthologies from such publishers as Static Movement, JWK Fiction, and Horrified Press to name just a few.  Just released in March 2014 was his first short story collection, "Purgatory Behind These Eyes," published by James Ward Kirk Fiction.  The book contains fifteen tales that are at times absurd, at other times violent, but always dark.  It is currently available through Amazon.