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Kyla Lee Ward
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Author, Actor, Darkling
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The Widow wishes you a happy Halloween! #RocksGhostTours #TheWomanInBlack #Gothic #VictorianCostume #authorphoto #AustralianHalloween #KylaLeeWard #ElegantHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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My latest review - Leanbh Pearson's gothic/horror/alternate history novel, *Bluebells* (In the Devil's Garden #1). www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#LeanbhPearson #newhorror #Australianhorror #Australiangothic #gothic #newgothic #horrorreview #booksky #horrorbookreview #alternatehistory #vampires
Kyla Ward's review of Bluebells (In The Devil’s Garden, #1)
3/5: “I’ve been to war many times in my long life and I am not the oldest of my kind. It seems to me the world has always been at war.” It’s 1917, and the Baylon family occupy a isolated property in ...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Enthusiastic new review of *Those That Pursue Us Yet* up at Gingernuts of Horror! gnofhorror.com/those-that-p...
#KylaLeeWard #ThoseThatPursueUsYet #IndependentLegionsPublishing #horrornovella #newhorror #horrorreview #author #hwa #horrorwriting #nightmares #luciddreaming
Those That Pursue Us Yet By Kyla Lee Ward: Surreal Horror & Dreams - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Those That Pursue Us Yet by Kyla Lee Ward A lucid dreamer is hunted by the nightmare god Phobetor a surreal tale blurs reality & dream
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October 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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My essay in JOURN-E 3.1, "Long Be-nightmar'd - on dreams in Gothic and Weird Fiction" has won the Australasian Shadow Award for Nonfiction! #AHWA #AustralasianShadowAwards #IWonThis #horrornonfiction #horroressay #dreams #nightmares #HWA #whatdreamsmaycome #happyauthor
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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My latest review, of Jeff Clulow's *Veil*. There's a storm coming...
#JeffClulow #bookreview #newhorror #horrorbookreview #gothic #gothichorror #theeightieswereawesome #hauntedhouse #australianauthor #stormwatching #ghoststory

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Kyla Ward's review of Veil
4/5: “She brought her hands to her head and sat heavily on the top step of the grand staircase. Then, as if to hide her weakness from the eyes of the house, she pulled the veil over her face. “Everyt...
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September 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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The award-winning anthology *Discontinue if Death Ensues* is now available as an ebook!
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#newhorror #author #hwa #horrorwriting #booktrailer #horroranthology #clifi #goodforher #LeeMurray #CarolGyzander #CindyO'Quinn #AnnaTaborska #KylaLeeWard
Discontinue if Death Ensues - Book Trailer
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September 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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There are six more performances of *The Shark Arm Case*, written by yours truly and brought to life at Sydney's Justice and Police Museum by a stupendous creative team. I believe some tickets are still available for the 8.00 pm sessions. #truecrime #Sydneytheatre
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The Shark Arm Case - Whats The Show
Sydney has always feared the shark; every Sydneysider’s felt some trepidation when venturing into the waters that surround our beautiful city. But as it tu...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Um, it appears that I am a finalist for two Ditmar Awards this year. "Maleficium" for Best Novella/Novelette and "Long Be-nightmar'd - on dreams in Gothic and Weird fiction" for the Atheling. My thanks to everyone. #KylaLeeWard #DitmarAwards #horrorwriting
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2025 Ditmar Awards
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August 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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The first week of *The Shark Arm Case* has gone exceedingly well! But don't just take my word for it. thescoop.au/review-the-s...
Tickets are still available! #DeadhouseProductions #truecrime #australiantruecrime #sydneytheatre #immersivetheatre #jumptheshark
Review: The Shark Arm Case Is Immersive True Crime at Its Finest • The Scoop
erformed within the eerie hallways of the Justice and Police Museum, The Shark Arm Case is a gripping and thought-provoking immersive theatre experience.
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August 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Miss Nikki believes I need to reconsider this chapter. What tail am I really telling? #KylaLeeWard #author #hwa #horrorwriting #mycat #blackcats #catsofBluesky
A black cat sits on a keyboard, staring accusingly at the would-be writer
August 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Your Guide awaits! *The Shark Arm Case* - immersive theatre at Sydney's Justice and Police Museum, opens 14th August 2025. Tickets available now! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/shark-arm-...?
#DeadhouseProductions #truecrime #australiantruecrime #sydneytheatre #immersivetheatre #SharkArmCase
July 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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It's 1935 at the Sydney Justice and Police Museum, and bookings are open for *The Shark Arm Case*, August 14 - 30.
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/shark-arm-...? #DeadhouseProductions #truecrime #australiantruecrime #sydneytheatre #immersivetheatre #jumptheshark
July 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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And here's my review of Jason Nahrung's new vampire novella, *Cruel Nights*. #horrorbookreview #newhorror #vampirebooks #theninetieswereawesome
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Kyla Ward's review of Cruel Nights
4/5: “Good thing about the Pacific Northwest, good thing about skin cancer: pale was in.” I could say this book was about many things. Alternative music and subcultures in the ‘90s. How youthful drea...
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July 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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After winning a Stoker, the anthology *Discontinue if Death Ensues* (including stories from Carol Gyzander, Lee Murray, Cindy O'Quinn, Anna Taborska and myself, edited by Anna and Carol) is now, somehow, on the final ballot for the World Fantasy Awards. worldfantasy2025.co.uk/world-fantas...
World Fantasy Awards Shortlists – World Fantasy Convention 2025
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July 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Looks like I can *finally* announce the new Tale from the Deadhouse. *The Shark Arm Case* commences 14 August 2025. Written by someone called Kyla Lee Ward who also returns as the Guide. #truecrime #Sydneytheatre #newplay #DeadhouseProductions #jumptheshark

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Shark Arm Case
1935. A Tiger Shark in Coogee Aquarium vomits up a severed human arm, bearing a distinctive tattoo. Who done it? The investigation begins.
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June 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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And the winners of this year's Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology are Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska for *Discontinue if Death Ensues - tales from the tipping point*. Ladies, it is a honour to have contributed. #StokerAwards #author #hwa #horrorwriting #newhorror
June 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Another lovely review of *This Attraction Now Open Till Late*! “Ward weaves a witchery of words in every tale, producing ghosts and monsters of various kinds in a variety of voices… a darkly-enjoyable collection.” – Leigh Blackmore #author #hwa #horrorwriting #Gothic #darkfantasy #shortstories
June 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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I saw Anna Funder give the closing address at the Sydney Writer's Festival on the subject of "Writing in the Age of Bots and Broligarchs". As is my wont, I took notes.
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#ArtificialIntelligence #AnnaFunder #SydneyWritersFestival #RageAgainstTheMachine
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May 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Books come in boxes. So do other things. #KylaLeeWard #author #hwa #horrorwriting #mycat #blackcats #catsofBluesky
May 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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My review of Kell Shaw's *Fractured Night*, the latest instalment of the Revenant Records. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#darkfantasy #urbanfantasy #KellShaw #australianauthor #newfantasy #revenants
Kyla Ward's review of Fractured Night (The Revenant Records, #3)
3/5: “Let’s deal with evil wizards later. They rarely visit bars. The dark robes would be a dead giveaway.” Thirty years ago, a group of occultists gathered at the Brindlebranch Hotel to attempt a ri...
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May 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Congratulations to all the Aurealis Award winners, to the judges and convenors, and everyone who did such an excellent job of running the ceremony online this time round.
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2024 Aurealis Awards Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Aurealis Awards, presented today in an online ceremony. A recording of the ceremony will be available soon at our YouTube channel. Thank you so much to ev…
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May 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Astonishingly, "Maleficium" is a finalist in the Australian Shadows Awards for best long fiction, along with my essay "Long Be-nightmar'd - on dreams in Gothic and Weird fiction" for Non-fiction and Criticism. #horror #author #horrorwriting #AustralianShadowsAwards #AHWA
April 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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My review of Leigh Blackmore's 2024 collection *Nightmare Logic*. #horror #bookreview #horrowriting #darkfantasy #Cthulhumythos
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Kyla Ward's review of Nightmare Logic
4/5: "He began to perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual in that habitually dolorous voice of his, vibrating the Divine Names with a nasal quality that always made me imagine his angels would appear clut...
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April 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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The Aurealis Award shortlist is out and "Maleficium", my contribution to *Discontinue if Death Ensues - tales from the tipping point* is a finalist for Best Horror Novella. I am very thankful, especially to Flame Tree Press. #author #hwa #horrorwriting
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2024 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement
Now in its 30th year, the 2024 Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier speculative fiction award, attracted more than 830 entries across 15 categories, including 34 nominations in the tri-annual…
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April 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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With the Australian election coming up, here's an extract from my entirely epic "Macabre Modern". #KylaLeeWard #poetry #darkart #darkpoetry #horrorwriting #author #hwa #gothic #skullskullskull
April 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM