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Kyla Lee Ward is a Sydney-based creative who works in many modes, that have garnered her Australian Shadows and Aurealis awards. She has placed in the Rhyslings and received multiple Stoker and Ditmar nominations. Reviewers have accused her of being “gothic and esoteric”, “weird and exhilarating” and of “giving me a nightmare.” This Attraction Now Open Till Late is her first collection of dark and fantastic stories after two poetry collections, The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities and The Land of Bad Dreams.

Her work on RPGs including Demon: the Fallen saw her appear as a guest at the inaugural Gencon Australia. Her short film, 'Bad Reception', screened at the Third International Vampire Film Festival and she is a founding member of Dea ...more

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	New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird (New Cthulhu #2) by Paula Guran (Editor), Brian Hodge (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Laird Barron (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shotguns v. Cthulhu by Robin D. Laws (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Natania Barron (Goodreads Author), Steve Dempsey (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	World of Darkness: Time of Judgement by David Carroll, Michael Patrick Goodwin (Goodreads Author), Eleanor Holmes 3.33 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discontinue If Death Ensues by Carol Gyzander (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anna Taborska (Goodreads Author) (editor), Lee Murray (Goodreads Author) (contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears by Angela Challis (Editor), Marty Young (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume VII by Stephanie M. Wytovich (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sara Tantlinger (Goodreads Author), Sarah Read (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities by Kyla Lee Ward (Goodreads Author), Polack, S.T. Joshi 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Attraction Now Open Till Late 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Land of Bad Dreams 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Those That Pursue Us Yet 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Award Winner - Long Be-nightmar'd

My essay in JOURN-E 3.1, "Long Be-nightma'rd - on dreams in Gothic and Weird fiction" has won the Australasian Shadows Award for Nonfiction. This is my second such award, the previous being for my essay on the danse macabre in The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities, back in 2019. I find the history of horror and its continuing motifs to be fascinating, and the varied ways that dreams and dreamin Read more of this blog post »

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