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Writing name for: Kyla Ward
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1 Ophelia's Return Kyla Lee Ward , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: HWA Poetry Showcase Volume X 2023; (p. 83)
1 Never Leave the Path i "Three were we who left that morning,", Kyla Lee Ward , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eternal Haunted Summer , Winter Solstice 2023;
1 1 y separately published work icon Those That Pursue Us Yet Kyla Lee Ward , Italy : Independent Legions Publishing , 2023 27645664 2023 single work novella horror

'Parisian psychologist Madeline Diomande has known her share of peculiar and demanding clients. But Wander Paxton is something more. Wander has lived in seven countries and speaks four languages, and claims a dreamlife even more exotic. There, an entity she equates with Phobetor, the Roman god of nightmares, pursues her through a landscape of archetype and wild fantasy.

'As her efforts to help Wander draw them closer together, Madeline's own old nightmares resurface. But strange things are happening in Paris. As the incidence of night terrors in children reaches plague proportions, adults become violent and suicidal. By the time she realises the truth of Phobetor's connection to her patient, it may be too late to save anyone.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 5 y separately published work icon Prismatic 'Edwina Grey' , Australia : Kyla Lee Ward , 2022 Z1277735 2006 single work novel horror thriller

'In the newly-formed penal colony of Sydney, plague and starvation are a constant threat. But this time isolation has a more sinister edge. In 1919, a reclusive Sydney doctor with a dark history and a fear of treating patients is drawn into a situation beyond even his control. Beneath the bustling noise of present-day Sydney, Jacqueline's accidental discovery while on an archeological dig unearths more than just a rotting corpse.'

Source: Back cover.

1 The Value of Graves Kyla Lee Ward , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: Damnation Games 2022;
1 1 y separately published work icon This Attraction Now Open Till Late Kyla Lee Ward , Italy : Independent Legions Publishing , 2022 25917142 2022 selected work short story

'Enter a dark carnival where nothing is as it seems, in this collection of thirteen tales by award-winning author KYLA LEE WARD. Each exhibit tantalises with a mix of horror, seduction and blackest humour.

'A masked apparition tempts a struggling musician. Tourists in the City of Assassins seek a truly authentic experience. Gargoyles and angels battle for the future of a university. Firefighters confront the spectre of what has burned before. Actors in a funfair haunt realise where the true horror lies. A wax-working necromancer plots vengeance for the death of her lover.

'This menagerie of stories represents twenty years of publication by a unique voice in contemporary weird and Gothic fiction, and will enthrall enthusiasts of thoughtful horror and dark fantasy, especially readers of Joyce Carol Oates and Tanith Lee. A cavalcade of artists and archetypes, mummies and masquers, vampires and voyeurs will sweep you away to distant times and places, and shock you with surprises closer to home. But be warned! For as the hour grows late, the difference between spectator and attraction blurs. After midnight, you’ll never want to leave...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 A Whisper in the Death Pit Kyla Lee Ward , 2021 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Weirdbook , no. 44 2021; (p. 17-24)
1 Should Fire Remember the Fuel Kyla Lee Ward , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Oz Is Burning 2020;
1 1 y separately published work icon The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities Kyla Lee Ward , Warners Bay : P'rea Press , 2019 18504436 2019 selected work poetry short story

'A contemporary re-envisioning of the medieval “The Dance of Death” theme (fourteenth-century), written for the twenty-first century onward.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 And In Her Eyes The City Drowned Kyla Lee Ward , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Weirdbook , May no. 39 2018; (p. 193-202)
1 y separately published work icon The Land of Bad Dreams Kyla Lee Ward , Warners Bay : P'rea Press , 2011 Z1846453 2011 selected work poetry 'Kyla Lee Ward is a darkly shining poetic talent of Australia. Her sweep is the scythe of dream. The Land of Bad Dreams propels readers towards old and new vistas of pandemonium, whilst pendulums of age-old human fears and terrors swing creaking in the balance. Who dares fight them with her?' (Publisher's blurb)
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