Background
Steve Tem was born on September 14, 1950 in Jonesville, Virginia, United States.
Steve Tem was born on September 14, 1950 in Jonesville, Virginia, United States.
Steve Rasnic Tem attended college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 1974, he became a student of Colorado State University.
Science fiction writer Steve Rasnic Tem established his reputation with short stories but has also written novels and served as an editor of a science fiction anthology, High Fantastic: Colorado's Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, and Science Fiction, and other books. Tem's contributions to the volume include an introduction for each story.
Tem's first novel, Excavation, is a horror story about a man who returns to the home he ran away from as a young adult. It was published in 1987.
Tem's short fiction includes Fairytales, among other works. The central figure is a children's writer who secretly pens twelve horrific stories that he refers to as Tales I Can Never Read to My Children. With the chapbook Celestial Inventory, Tem offered readers a grim glimpse into a man's life.
Steve has published over 450 short stories.
His latest book is Everything is Fine Now, published in 2019.
(In the worlds of Steve Rasnic Tem a father takes his son ...)
2018(Among the transforming events in these twenty-two genre-b...)
2013(A personal dive into the writing life similar to Stephen ...)
2017(The Deadfall Hotel is where our nightmares go, it's where...)
2012Quotes from others about the person
Joe R. Lansdale: "Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself."
Steve Rasnic Tem was married to Melanie Kubachko, best known as Melanie Tem, and the couple had four children.
