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Tracie McBride is a New Zealander who lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and three children.
Since receiving her first acceptance email from AlienSkin in 2004, her poetry and short stories have appeared
or are forthcoming in more than 50 print and electronic publications. She has a particular fondness for speculative fiction and was awarded the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best
New Talent for 2007. The Sir Julius Vogel Award recognizes New Zealand writers for their work in science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Whipping Boy, published in This Mutant Life, May 2010
Hit Single, published in Everyday Weirdness, April 2010
Hell is Other People, published in Horror Garage, April 2010
Fairy Gothic, published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, February 2010
Trading Up, published in Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, January 2010
Fridge Wars, published in Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, January 2010
Baptism, published in Hecate, December 2009
One True Faith, published in Short-Story, November 2009
Dreamcatcher, published in Tales of the Talisman, December 2008
Last Chance to See, published in JAAM, November 2008
Becoming, published in Flash Me, October 2008
Rush Hour, published in Big Pulp, July 2008
After the Storm, published in Barren Worlds Anthology, April 2008
Killing a Goddess, published in Coyote Wild, January 2008, and reprinted in
Working Shift, in 2010
A Good Trade, published in Staffs and Starships, December 2007
The Blue Screen of Death, published in Between Kisses, October 2007
Ghosts Can Bleed, published in Fictitious Force, August 2007
Marked, published in Edge of Propinquity, August 2007
Nim of the Kamankay, published in Lorelei Signal, July 2006;
A Time To..., published in The Best of Lorelei Signal Print Anthology, 2006
Crimes of Faith, published in Midnight Horror, May 2007
House Arrest, published in Antipodean SF, May 2007
Diagnosis, published in Alien Skin, February 2007
Lapp Dancing, published in Pulp Net, November 2006
Misuse of Shoes, published in Dark Jesters, October 2006
Barking, published in Daikaijuzine, September 2006
The Blue Screen of Death, published in Flash Me, June 2006
Flesh Pot, published in Alien Skin, December 2005
Kill All Your Darlings, published in Spoiled Ink, December 2005; and in Bravado, July 2006
Metal Mouth, published in Nocturnal Ooze, April 2005
Favorite Authors
Anne Rice
Tanith Lee
Stephen King
Julian May
Douglas Adams
Kurt Vonnegut
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A story read aloud is a different entity to a story in print, in a similar way to a movie being different from a screenplay. I felt at once more removed from the finished product, and part of something bigger, a collaborative effort. I always enjoy hearing someone else's interpretation of my work, even if - in fact, especially if - it differs from my own.
What was your first published work, and what did you do to celebrate it?
My first published work was a short story in an e-zine called Nocturnal Ooze. I celebrated in private by doing a little happy dance around my computer, and more publicly by sharing a bottle of wine with my best friend while her husband mocked me mercilessly over the teeny weeny paycheck I received.
Why do you talk so funny? Only joshing you, Tracie. Your fan site looks smashing, and I look forward to "hearing" your work. Do you find it peculiar listening to your stuff instead of reading it? Fellow Sniplits author, Jim Musgrave (Efraim Z. Graves)
It's lucky someone else is reading my stories instead of me, or else the listeners might have trouble understanding my New Zealand accent! Yes, it can be strange hearing my work instead of reading it. It's a little like seeing an illustration for my work that someone else has made. It's always interesting to hear how someone else has interpreted the story, and how this is reflected in their retelling of it.
As a fellow Sniplits author, I wonder if you prefer writing short stories or other forms of writing? Always interested the opinion of a published writer. Tom Anselm
T.M.: Sometimes I write poetry to stretch my creative muscles, and I have made a rather poor attempt at writing a novel, but short story writing remains my favourite form. I know several writers who are the other way around, who are prolific novel writers but who struggle with writing short stories. I enjoy distilling a plot, and my character's actions, down to the bare minimum required to convey my message.
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