Tracy Fritz

Tracy Fritz (she/her) writes horror that’s quiet—until it’s not. Her stories tend to follow one of two very different tracks. The first takes us through Central Texas, where she currently resides. Inspired by the region’s climate and natural beauty, she dramatizes how characters living in claustrophobic situations are transformed by strange encounters with the urban wild. The second path heads back to New England, where she was born—a setting perfect for antiquarian ghost stories and fireside tales. What connects her treatment of these subjects is a focus on interiority and the impact of the uncanny on consciousness. She has been both an academic and a funeral director. Now, when she’s not writing, she’s reading tarot at local markets or chasing chickens around her home in Austin.

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Read Fritz’s short story “Mr. Ears Comes to Dinner” in Horrific Scribes.

Description: A successful businesswoman turned homemaker finds purpose in feeding a pathetic raccoon—only to discover that the creature is not what he seems.