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.
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
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
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)
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