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Chuck McKenzie

Chuck McKenzie was born in 1970 and is not yet dead, allegedly. His science fiction and horror short stories have been nominated for multiple genre awards, and he hopes to one day be described by his neighbours as having seemed like such a nice man.

Chuck McKenzie

Bibliography

Novels
Worlds Apart (1999), Hybrid Publishers

Novellas
All I Want For Christmas (2024), Daft Notions

Time Spent With A Cat: a Carpenter & Cat novella (2024), Daft Notions

Alien Space Nazis Must Die! (2024), Daft Notions

The Dark Man, By Referral (2024), Daft Notions

The Paw Prints of Memories: a Carpenter & Cat novella (Coming 2026), Daft Notions

Anthologies (as editor)
AustrAlien Absurdities (2002, co-edited with Tansy Rayner Roberts), Agog! Press

Humans From Earth!! (2026), Daft Notions

Collections
Confessions of a Pod Person (2005), Mirrordanse Books

Conversations With My Cat (2023, co-written with MacReady McKenzie and Ripley McKenzie), Daft Notions

The Dark Man, By Referral and Less Pleasant Tales (2024), Daft Notions

Daily Grind and Other Astounding Stories of Mundane Matters
(2024), Daft Notions

Conversations With Dog (2025), Daft Notions

Chuck McKenzie’s Nasty Little Bits: Bite-sized morsels of the macabre (2025), Daft Notions

Short Fiction & Poetry
Old Habits Die (2001) in Antipodean SF

Conquest! (2002) in AntipodeanSF

Tools of the Trade (2002) in AustrAlien Absurdities (Agog! Press)

Confessions of a Pod Person (2002) in Passing Strange (Mirrordanse Books)

Catflap (2002) in Aurealis No. 29

Incident at Five Mile Creek (2002) in Agog! Fantastic Fiction (Agog! Press)

Boarding Pass (2002) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine No. 1

Janus (2002) in AntipodeanSF

Alien Space Nazis Must Die! (2003) in Elsewhere (CSFG Publishing)

The Mark of His Hands (2003) in Orb Speculative Fiction No. 5

Predatory Instincts (2003) in Borderlands No. 2

Full Circle (2003) in AntipodeanSF

Customer Service (2003) in Planet Relish

Retail Therapy (2004) in Orb Speculative Fiction No. 6

Eight-Beat Bar (2004) in Aurealis No. 33/34/35

Daily Grind (2004) in Infinitas Bookshop Newsletter

Literality (2004) in AurealisXpress

Ten Tales of Speculative Fiction (2004) in AntipodeanSF

Tragedy (2005) in AntipodeanSF

Like a Bug Underfoot (2005) in Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales (Agog! Press)

The Shadow Over Bexley (2005) in Simulacrum No. 6

All I Want For Christmas (2005) in Confessions of a Pod Person (collection)

Howler (2005) in Confessions of a Pod Person (collection)

Wiping the Smile Off (2005) in AntipodeanSF

Chrysalis (2006) in Infinitas Bookshop Newsletter

Marlowe Strawl (2006) in AntipodeanSF

Moth (2006) in AntipodeanSF

The Second-Hand Bookshop of Al Hazred (2006) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine No. 24

What Goes Uptime (2006) in AntipodeanSF

Bad Meat (2010) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine No. 44

Tagged (2021) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine No. 85

Time Spent With A Cat (2021) in Who Sleuthed It? (Clan Destine Press)

Daddy’s Always Right (2022) in AntipodeanSF

Schrodinger’s Catastrophe (2023) in AntipodeanSF

The Dark Man, By Referral (2023) in This Fresh Hell (Clan Destine Press)

Scotoma Fatalis (2024) in The Dark Man, By Referral and Less Pleasant Tales (Daft Notions)

The Gift (2024) in The Dark Man, By Referral and Less Pleasant Tales (Daft Notions)

Demand and Supply (2024) in AntipodeanSF

Tenant (2024), in AntipodeanSF

Catfish (2024) in Daily Grind and Other Astounding Stories of Mundane Matters

The Girl With No Eyes (2025) in Gathered Here Today, Graveside Press

New Tricks (2025) in AntipodeanSF

CTRL+P (2025) in AntipodeanSF

The Precious One (2025) in Chuck McKenzie’s Nasty Little Bits

Closing the Loop (2025) in Chuck McKenzie’s Nasty Little Bits

Youngsters at Play (2025) in Chuck McKenzie’s Nasty Little Bits

Boot Camp (2025) in Chuck McKenzie’s Nasty Little Bits

Kindred (2025) in Chuck McKenzie’s Nasty Little Bits

A Cold October Night (Forthcoming, 2026) in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine

Award Nominations

2003 Ditmar Award for AustrAlien Absurdities (with Tansy Rayner Roberts as editors), Best Australian Collected Work

2004 Ditmar Award for Alien Space Nazis Must Die!, Best Australian Novella or Novelette

2004 Ditmar Award for The Mark of His Hands, Best Short Story

2005 Aurealis Award for Eight-Beat Bar, Best Horror Short Story

2009 Ditmar Award for work in HorrorScope, Best Fan Writer

2010 Ditmar Award for work in HorrorScope, Best Fan Writer

2010 Ditmar Award for ‘The Dead Walk…Into A Bookstore Near You!’ (Eye of Fire #1, Brimstone Press), Willian J. Atheling Award for Criticism or Review

2011 Ditmar Award for work in HorrorScope, Best Fan Writer

2021 Australian Shadows Award for Tagged, Short Fiction Award

2023 Aurealis Award for The Dark Man, By Referral, Best Fantasy Short Story

2024 Australasian Shadows Award for The Dark Man, By Referral and Less Pleasant Tales, Collected Works

2024 Australasian Shadows Award for The Gift, Short Fiction

Honourable Mentions

Predatory Instincts (2003), listed as ‘Recommended Reading’ in The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection (ed. Datlow, Link & Grant) 

The Dark Man, By Referral (2024), listed as ‘Recommended Reading’ in The Best Horror of the Year Volume 16 (ed. Ellen Datlow)