It's on again, only now it's the 7th instead of the 6th. Another evening of live readings at the Shakespeare Hotel in Sydney city, with four fresh authors ready to twist your mind! #What'sOnInSydney #TwistedFiction #AustralianSF #newSF #authorreading
For the new school term, I have made myself a new medieval outfit! Goes well with boots and hose. #medievalcostume #getmedieval #medievalreenactment #medievalshow #KylaLeeWard #historicalcostume #authorphoto
The second instalment of the new Sydney reading series awaits, with four new writers ready to trip the dark fantastic!
And now, I review the companion volume and aptly-named conclusion to the series - Janet Joyce Holden's *Palladium's Resolution*. #bookreview #darkfantasy #newhorror #HWA #dragons #gargoyles #ghosts #novella #fantasynovella #newfantasy #Palladium #JanetJoyceHolden www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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My review of the latest novella from Janet Joyce Holden - *Palladium's Insurrection*. #bookreview #darkfantasy #newhorror #HWA #dragons #gargoyles #ghosts #novella #fantasynovella #newfantasy www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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My review of J.J. Carpenter's novel *The Haunting of Kenmore Asylum*. #JJCarpenter #newhorror #Australianhorror #Australiangothic #gothic #newgothic #horrorreview #booksky #horrorbookreview #asylumhorror #ghoststory www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Kyla Ward's review of The Haunting of Kenmore Asylum
4/5: “One thing society could always count on in today’s world was insanity.” 1913. An experienced nurse watches in horror, as yet another woman is confined to the Kenmore Lunatic Asylum. 1953. A tra...
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Just to round things off, "Maleficium" (my novelette in the anthology *Discontinue If Death Ensues*) has made Ellen Datlow's recommended reading list. #KylaLeeWard #hwa #ahwa #DiscontinueIfDeathEnsues #horrorwriting #author #booksky ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
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Hogan, Sean “Wassail,” Unquiet Slumbers. Holder, Nancy “The Captain’s Wife,” Where the Silent Ones Watch.Holi, Emily “Buttons,” Mother Knows Best.Hollingsworth, Matt “Zagreb,” Winter in the City.Ho…
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Happy holidays! And a happy second book birthday to my novella *Those That Pursue Us Yet* #author #hwa #horrorwriting #Gothic #darkfantasy #booktrailer #KylaLeeWard #booksky #nightmare #dreams #novella
"I adored your latest novella. Incredibly rich characters and such a rich sadness evoked amidst the horror. Blissfully grim.” - Glen Fraser, on *Those That Pursue Us Yet* #author #hwa #horrorwriting #Gothic #darkfantasy #darkart #KylaLeeWard #AlessandroAmoruso #nightmare #dreams #novella
The Widow wishes you a happy Halloween! #RocksGhostTours #TheWomanInBlack #Gothic #VictorianCostume #authorphoto #AustralianHalloween #KylaLeeWard #ElegantHalloween
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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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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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
My latest review, of Jeff Clulow's *Veil*. There's a storm coming... #JeffClulow #bookreview #newhorror #horrorbookreview #gothic #gothichorror #theeightieswereawesome #hauntedhouse #australianauthor #stormwatching #ghoststory www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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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The award-winning anthology *Discontinue if Death Ensues* is now available as an ebook! youtu.be/zUrKrsPZDnA #newhorror #author #hwa #horrorwriting #booktrailer #horroranthology #clifi #goodforher #LeeMurray #CarolGyzander #CindyO'Quinn #AnnaTaborska #KylaLeeWard
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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 whatstheshow.com.au/the-shark-ar...
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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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 www.conflux.org.au/2025-ditmar-...
2025 Ditmar Awards
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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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Miss Nikki believes I need to reconsider this chapter. What tail am I really telling? #KylaLeeWard #author #hwa #horrorwriting #mycat #blackcats #catsofBluesky
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
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
And here's my review of Jason Nahrung's new vampire novella, *Cruel Nights*. #horrorbookreview #newhorror #vampirebooks #theninetieswereawesome www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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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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...
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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 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/shark-arm-...
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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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
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
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. klward.dreamwidth.org/58568.html #ArtificialIntelligence #AnnaFunder #SydneyWritersFestival #RageAgainstTheMachine
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Books come in boxes. So do other things. #KylaLeeWard #author #hwa #horrorwriting #mycat #blackcats #catsofBluesky
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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