Chuck McKenzie is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

Biography

McKenzie was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia, in 1970. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing & Literature from Deakin University. McKenzie's varied work history includes stints as a telemarketer, a restaurant manager, a retail lighting salesman, Club DJ, television actor, and bookseller. From 2012 to 2014 McKenzie owned and operated Notions Unlimited Bookshop, which specialized in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres. He has also sat on the judging panels for both the Aurealis and Australian Shadows awards on several occasions. Between 1990 and 1998, McKenzie enjoyed some success as a playwright and feature writer for mainstream publications, with his first work of fiction - the novel ''Worlds Apart'' - published in 1999. He received his first award nomination in 2002 for the anthology ''AustrAlien Absurdities'' which he co-edited with

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. It was nominated for the 2003

Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ...

for best Australian collected work but lost to

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' anthology '' Agog! Fantastic Fiction''. McKenzie has been nominated on seven other occasions for his work in short fiction and as a fan writer.

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

*''Worlds Apart'' (1999), Hybrid Publishers

Anthologies

;As editor: *''AustrAlien Absurdities'' (2002, co-edited with

), Agog! Press

Collections

*''Confessions of a Pod Person'' (2005) Mirrordanse Books

Short fiction

Old Habits Die
(2001) in ''Antipodean SF'' (ed. Ion Newcombe)

" (2002) in ''Antipodean SF'' (ed. Ion Newcombe) *"Tools of the Trade" (2002) in ''AustrAlien Absurdities'' (ed. Chuck McKenzie & Tansy Rayner Roberts) *"Confessions of a Pod Person" (2002) in ''Passing Strange'' (ed.

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Catflap
(2002) in ''

Aurealis ''Aurealis'' is an Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications, and is Australia's longest running small-press science-fiction and fantasy magazine. The magazine is based in Melbourne. History and profile ''Aurea ...

'' No. 29, (ed. Keith Stevenson) *"Incident at Five Mile Creek" (2002) in '' Agog! Fantastic Fiction'' (ed.

) *"Boarding Pass" (2002) in ''

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' or ''ASIM'' is a fantasy and science fiction magazine published out of Canberra, ACT, Australia. The publishers of ''ASIM'' describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currentl ...

'' No. 1, (ed. Ben Payne)
Janus
(2002) in ''Antipodean SF'' (ed. Ion Newcombe) *"Alien Space Nazis Must Die!" (2003) in '' Elsewhere'' (ed. Michael Barry) *"The Mark of His Hands" (2003) in '' Orb Speculative Fiction'' No. 5 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
Predatory Instincts
(2003) in ''Borderlands''

(2003) in ''Antipodean SF'' (ed. Ion Newcombe) *"Customer Service" (2003) in ''Planet Relish''
Retail Therapy
(2004) in ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' No. 6 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
Eight-Beat Bar
(2004) in ''Aurealis'' (ed. Keith Stevenson) *"Daily Grind" (2004) in ''Infinitas Bookshop Newsletter'' *"Literality" (2004) in ''AurealisXpress''

(2004) in ''Antipodean SF'' (ed. Ion Newcombe)

(2005) in ''Antipodean SF'' (ed. Ion Newcombe) *"Like a Bug Underfoot" (2005) in ''

Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales ''Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales'' is a 2005 speculative fiction anthology edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen. Background ''Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales'' was first published in Australia in 2005 by Agog! Press in hardback format. It won the ...

'' (ed. Robin Pen &

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) *"The Shadow Over Bexley" (2005) in ''Simulacrum Issue 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'' (ed. Ion Newcombe)
Chrysalis
(2006) in ''Infinitas Bookshop Newsletter''

(2006) in ''Antipodean SF'' (ed. Ion Newcombe)

(2006) in ''Antipodean SF'' (ed. Ion Newcombe) *"The Second-Hand Bookshop of Al Hazred" (2006) in ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' No. 24, (ed. Edwina Harvey)
What Goes Uptime
(2006) in ''Antipodean SF'' (ed. Ion Newcombe) *"Bad Meat" (2010) in ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' No. 44, (ed.

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Essays

*"Laugh, You Alien Scum!" (1999) in ''Altair'' No. 4 (ed. Andrew Collings, Jim Deed, Robert N. Stephenson) *"The Dead Walk! ... Into a Bookstore Near You" (2009) in ''Eye of Fire No.1'' (Brimstone Press)

Other

*Introduction to ''Johnny Phillips, Werewolf Detective: The Complete Case Files'' (2008) by Robbie Matthews (ASF) *"Cthulhu Cultus Australis: The Australian Perspective on H. P. Lovecraft" (2008), symposium in ''Studies in Australian Weird Fiction Issue 2'' (ed. Benjamin Szumskyj) *"Horrors in Store" column (2008) i
''Black Magazine''
Issues 1-3 *Staff Reviewer for '' HorrorScope'', 2008-2011 *Editor-in-Chief o
''NecroScope: The Australian Zombie Review Blog''
2010-2012

References

;General * ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:McKenzie, Chuck 1970 births Living people 20th-century Australian novelists Australian horror writers Australian male novelists Australian male short story writers Writers from Melbourne 20th-century Australian short story writers 20th-century Australian male writers