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/...

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

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...

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-...

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

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/...

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...

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-...

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

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

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. aurealisawards.org/2025/05/04/2... #AurealisAwards #AustralianHorror

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

My review of Leigh Blackmore's 2024 collection *Nightmare Logic*. #horror #bookreview #horrowriting #darkfantasy #Cthulhumythos www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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 aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2...

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

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 14 Kate Orman @kateorman.bsky.social 💙📚 #Writers #Authors #BookSky

A lovely review of my collection! "I think my favourite story is "The Oldest Coffee House in Prague", with all that loving detail of the city. Or is it the title story and its behind-the-scenes look at a haunted house? Be sure to grab this if you enjoy a dark sense of humour." Thank you Kate Orman!

My review of Leila Taylor's *Sick Houses - haunted homes and the architecture of dread* (Repeater Books, 2025) www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Stunned to learn that *Discontinue if Death Ensues* has made the Stoker Awards final ballot. #DiscontinueifDeathEnsues #FlameTreePress #horror #horrorwriting #authorpicture #newhorror #BramStokerAwards #hwa #ahwa #womanauthor #hrroranthology #LeeMurray #CarolGyzander #CindyO'Quinn #AnnaTaborska

Flame Tree Press are giving away 20 full colour Giclee prints of Lynne Hansen's artwork for *Discontinue if Death Ensues* www.flametreepress.com/dide-giveaway/ #DiscontinueIfDeathEnsues #LynneHansen #giveaway #horrorwriting #darkart #justiceisblind #newhorror #beautyofhorror #humanart

Congratulations to everyone on the Stoker preliminary ballot, but especially Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska, who edited this thing! #StokerAwards #DiscontinueIfDeathEnsues #FlameTreePress #newhorror #horrorwriting #beautifulbooks

Happy first Book Birthday to my decadent novella! #author #hwa #horrorwriting #Gothic #darkfantasy #darkart #IndependentLegionsPublishing #KylaLeeWard #AlessandroAmoruso #nightmare #perchancetodream #novella

And a new short story to round out the year, "The Battlements of Twilight" in *Where the Silent Ones Watch*, ed. James Chambers, Hippocampus Press. #KylaLeeWard #WilliamHopeHodgson #author #hwa #horrorwriting #darkfantasy #anthology #shortfiction #weird

*Those That Pursue Us Yet* has made the Aurealis Magazine Reviewer Picks of 2024. "Those That Pursue Us Yet is a stunning psychological horror that unravels in a suspenseful dreamscape... A hooking read." #author #hwa #horrorwriting #darkfantasy #ThoseThatPursueUsYet #IndependentLegionsPublishing

Pleasant Dreams! #author #hwa #horrorwriting #Gothic #darkfantasy #darkart #ThoseThatPursueUsYet #IndependentLegionsPublishing #nightmare #teddybear #HappyHalloween #horrorbooks

And here it is, the highly anticipated anthology from Wordscraft Press, *Shunned Houses - weird tales, poems and essays*. Carefully curated by Katharine Kerestman and S. T. Joshi, this volume includes my new poem "Soul House". #author #hwa #horrorwriting #Gothic #darkpoetry #KylaLeeWard #anthology

Happy Bookday to my collection *This Attraction Now Open Till Late*! In case you were wondering, all footage used in the trailer was taken at the launch two years ago. #booktrailer #shortstories #author #hwa #horrorwriting #Gothic #darkfantasy www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJeO...

On Friday 13th (in Sydney time, at least) the Sisters guested on Galactic Terrors! Readings, questions and answers, all of them wondrous strange. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-hO...

The changes are coming... *Discontinue If Death Ensues - tales from the tipping point* (ed. Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska, Flame Tree Publishing), is now available for pre-order through all the usual outlets. Includes my novelette "Maleficium" and the poem "Circling Hecate".

On August 31 (in Sydney), Elaine Paige interviewed myself and my fellow Sisters of Foreboding about our forthcoming anthology, *Discontinue if Death Ensues*. The recording is now available on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaPH...

Next Friday evening (for US folks - it's 7.00 am Saturday in Sydney), the Godmother of Horror is interviewing me and my fellow Sisters of Foreboding about our upcoming anthology! #KylaLeeWard #ElainePascale #author #hwa #horrorwriting #horrorauthor #womeninhorror #newhorror #authorinterview

Another day, another audition. #KylaLeeWard #actor #getmedieval #author #medievalreenactment #costuming #darkfantasy

My softest critic. #KylaLeeWard #author #hwa #horrorwriting #mycat #blackcats #catsofBluesky

My review of *Calvaria Fell - stories* by Cat Sparks and Kaaron Warren, Meerkat Press, 2024. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Alright! Let's see your favourite first line from a book or short story. Here's mine: "There was thunder in the air on the night I went to the deserted mansion atop Tempest Mountain to find the lurking fear." - "The Lurking Fear", H.P.Lovecraft. #author #hwa #horrorwriting #favouritebook #writing

Time for a little stroll down memory lane. My 2022 collection from Independent Legions Publishing. Thirteen tales, thirteen excursions into the gothic and macabre.

"This will probably find a niche audience that regards it as brilliant, but other readers may want to skip this one." - review by Murray Samuelson in *The Monster Librarian* blog, April 2024. You know what? I'll take it. #author #hwa #horrorwriting #Gothic #darkfantasy #darkart #bookreview

I have always aspired to a leather-bound volume. #author #hwa #Gothic #horrorwriting #darkfantasy #darkart

I was exceedingly pleased to appear on the luminal podcast Let The Cat In, as guest of Kaaron Warren, Aaron Dries and Joseph Ashley-Smith. As all guests do, I brought an artefact to spark discussion with my hosts ltcipodcast.com/2024/02/23/e...

"A simple synopsis can't get across the strange beauty of this novella... Kyla Lee Ward's fiction is marked by a love of beautiful old European cities, a love of colour, of all the senses; and a love of words." - review of *Those That Pursue Us Yet* in the June AHWA newsletter

My new essay, "Long Be-nightmar'd - on dreams in gothic and weird fiction" appears in the new issue of JOURN-E : the journal of imaginative literature. Available now through Amazon and Mind's Eye Publishing!

"This novelette punches more than its weight and then some. It hooks and trembles the reader in an inexplicable dreamscape that unravels in parallel suspense-ridden perspectives." - review of Those That Pursue Us Yet by Eugen Bacon, Aurealis #168

Any of these might give you strange dreams! *Those That Pursue Us Yet* is now available internationally from Amazon. #KylaLeeWard #ThoseThatPursueUsYet #IndependentLegionsPublishing #DarkFantasy #GothicHorror #NewHorrorFiction #AbsintheMakesTheHeartGrowFonder

Oh no! Over on Gingernuts of Horror, I'm trapped in a Gothic World for this dark-hearted interview! archive.gnofhorror.com/features/oh-...