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Kelly McClure

I Write Stuff

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  • ABOUT ME
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    • About Me:

      It All Started in A Driveway

      The first thing I ever wrote was about a seagull. I guess I saw a seagull flying around in the sky while I was standing in the driveway of my home in Southern California at the age of ten and got all inspired or something. I saw the seagull, went into my room, and wrote a poem about it. And I've been writing poems about seagulls ever since!

       

      No I haven't.

       

      In the late '90s I got my start writing for a string of local papers in suburban Illinois covering hot topics like new tanning salons and baby beauty pageant winners. I went on to freelance for a few publications in Chicago such as The Chicago Reader, New City, and Time Out Chicago. At some point I moved to New York and landed the position of Music Editor for Bust Magazine, and later, for VICE Magazine. Alongside those I have also written for Greatist as an advice columnist and frequent contributor, Maxim as a daily Music News Writer, The Hairpin, Thought Catalog, NY Magazine, Vanity Fair, NY Post, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Consequence of Sound, The Lineup, Business Insider, and Rolling Stone. You can also find my short fiction stories on a site I run called Daily Anne Rice, which has very little, if nothing, to do with Anne Rice.

    • WORK:

      SMALL LEAF PRESS

      Short story titled "Natural Light"published in issue #1, "Rose"

      GREATIST

      Archive

      NYLON

      "Will The 'L Word: Generation Q' Give Us What We Need This Time Around?"

      THE LINEUP

      Archive

      BUSINESS INSIDER

      Archive

      RAVISHLY

      "Lessons On Losing My Family And Finding My Home"

      OCCULUM

      Short story titled "Vandalism" published in issue #6

      BUDGET PRESS

      Zine anthology of original fiction titled Terrible Stories

      CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

      Archive

      GQ

      Archive

      VANITY FAIR

      Archive

      BLACK MARBLE

      Artist bio

      BLACK MARBLE

      Album bio for It's Immaterial

      NY POST

      Interview with David Lynch

      THE CUT

      Q&A with Kathleen Hanna

      COSMOPOLITAN

      Archive

      ROLLING STONE

      Archive

      ANTIGRAVITY MAGAZINE

      Archive

      MAXIM

      Archive

      TINY MIX TAPES

      Archive

      HUFFINGTON POST 

      Ryan O'Connell Talks About His First Book, 'I'm Special'

      BROKELYN

      Archive

      BUST MAGAZINE

      Archive

      VICE MAGAZINE

      Archive

      BEDFORD + BOWERY

      Archive

      THE HAIRPIN

      Archive

      THOUGHT CATALOG

      Archive

      CHICAGO READER

      Archive

      VIDEO

      VICE meets Debbie Harry (2012)

      VIDEO

      Jemina Pearl with BUST Magazine

    • Press:

      Sea Green Zines

      Review of Terrible Stories

      FERAL PUBLICATION

      Review of Terrible Stories

      FIVEOCLOCKZINE

      Review of Terrible Stories

      SYNDICATED ZINE REVIEWS

      Review of Terrible Stories

      QUIMBY'S STAFF

      Review of Terrible Stories, My First Fiction Anthology Released By Budget Press in December 2018

      EVERETT TRUE

      "Man, I wish I could write like that: sardonic and salacious and snappy and soulful. Sucks, don’t it, when you discover someone so fluent, so natural at a craft you once almost prided yourself at being OK in?"

      MISSY MAGAZINE

      All she can eat #5: Kelly McClure

      GAWKER

      Vice Staffers Get Some Cool Tattoos to Promote Freedom in Russia

      BROKELYN

      All the jobs I ever had: Vice Magazine music editor Kelly McClure

    • Contact Me Here:

       

      TWITTER

      FACEBOOK

      kellymcclurewritesstuff@gmail.com

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