Christopher Marcatili

fiction | anthropology | game design

// current & recent projects

// recent publications

Review of Sugar, an Ethnographic Novel, published in The Australian Journal of Anthropology
[ RESEARCH | BOOK REVIEW ] [ 2025 ]
Survival Tips, published in Iceland in Other Words
[ ETHNOGRAPHIC FICTION | SHORT STORY ] [ 2024 ]
Grief for Others, published by Overland
[ SPECULATIVE FICTION | SHORT STORY ] [ 2024 ]
Still the Earth, published by Translunar Travelers' Lounge
[ FANTASY FICTION | SHORT STORY ] [ 2024 ]
Beyond Colonial Futures, published by The Geek Anthropologist
[ RESEARCH | BOOK REVIEW ] [ 2023 ]
A Strange Affection, published in Queer as Fiction Anthology
[ QUEER FICTION | FLASH FICTION ] [ 2022 ]

// inklings

// about

Christopher is an author of queer and weird fiction and non-fiction. His writing has been published in print and online in Australia and internationally. He is currently completing a PhD in Anthropology, has an MA in Creative Writing and is also a freelance copy editor. He runs Ellipsis Editing and is one of the founders of Nogoodnik Studio.

Christopher is on the board of Reykjavik Poetics and the editorial board of the Ós Pressan - the Journal, issue 7. He has also been on the board of the Hafnar.Haus Creative Community Members' Association.

Christopher Marcatili
Christopher Marcatili. Image by Patrik Ontkovic.

// in the media

Christopher's first short story, 'Cartograph', was published in the UTS Writers' Anthology, The Evening Lands. It was reviewed as:

one extraordinary feat of imagination and narration by Christopher Marcatili, who creates in Cartograph a frightening world that is at once alien and familiar...

– Sydney Morning Herald

// affiliations

// nogoodnik studio

In partnership with Luke Marcatili, Christopher started Nogoodnik Studio, a small independent game development studio. He is co-founder, writer, and designer. Their first project, Gutterjacket, is a cyberpunk adventure game partly funded by Screen NSW.

// ellipsis editing

Christopher started Ellipsis Editing in 2015. He specialises in proofreading and copy editing academic works, including PhD thesis, journal articles, and books. But he also loves to work with creatives on their projects.

// keep in touch