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Chuck McKenzie

Chuck McKenzie was born in 1970, and still spends much of his time there. He is not dead yet. He writes mainly science fiction and horror stories, and sometimes people publish them, which is nice. One day he may grow up and get a proper job. Or possibly not.

Bibliography

Novels

Worlds Apart (1999), Hybrid Publishers

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

Novellas

All I Want For Christmas (2024), Daft Notions

Time Spent With A Cat (2024), Daft Notions

 Anthologies

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

Collections

Confessions of a Pod Person (2005), Mirrordanse Books

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

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

Short Fiction

Old Habits Die (2001) in Antipodean SF

Conquest! (2002) in Antipodean SF

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 Antipodean SF

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 Antipodean SF

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 Antipodean SF

Tragedy (2005) in Antipodean SF

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 Antipodean SF

Chrysalis (2006) in Infinitas Bookshop Newsletter

Marlowe Strawl (2006) in Antipodean SF

Moth (2006) in Antipodean SF

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

What Goes Uptime (2006) in Antipodean SF

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

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