Kyla Ward

Kyla (Lee) Ward is an Australian writer of speculative fiction, poet and actor. Her work has been nominated multiple times for the Ditmar Award, the Aurealis Award , the Australian Shadows Award and the Rhysling Award. She won the Aurealis Award in 2006 for her collaborative novel Prismatic (as by 'Edwina Grey').

Kyla Ward
Kyla Ward in 2007
BornNew South Wales, Australia
Pen nameEdwina Grey (shared)
OccupationWriter, actor
NationalityAustralian
Period1994–present
GenreSpeculative fiction
Website
kylaw.livejournal.com

Biography

Ward was born in New South Wales, Australia. She attended the University of Technology, Sydney where she gained a BA in communications.[1]

Writing

Ward was first published in 1994 with her poem "Mary" which was featured in the magazine Bloodsongs. In 2002 her short story "The Boneyard" was nominated for the Ditmar Award for best short fiction but lost to Lucy Sussex and Jack Dann.[2] In 2006 she won her first award with the novel Prismatic, co-authored with Evan Paliatseas and David Carroll under the shared pseudonym of Edwina Grey. Prismatic tied with Will Elliott's The Pilo Family Circus to win the Aurealis Award for best horror novel.[1][3]

Ward has also contributed to role-playing games including Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game by Eden Studios, Inc. and White Wolf's Demon: The Fallen.

Acting

Ward has also been a member of the Theatre of Blood repertory company where she acted and also wrote. In 2018 she became the eponymous Guide to Deadhouse, Tales Of Sydney Morgue, an immersive theatre production devoted to true crime in Sydney city and taking place at historic locations. [1] Ward wrote and produced and acted in the short film Bad Reception which premiered at A Night of Horror 2009 and screened at the Vampire Film Festival in New Orleans. Ward has also worked as an assistant director and sound recordist in a number of short films,[1] for instance as sound recordist on Indulgence (1996) (written and directed by Glenn Fraser).

Artwork

Apart from illustrating her own collections, Ward also has contributed artwork for various publications including Fables and Reflections, the cover of Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst, Southern Blood, Borderlands, Bloodsongs, Tabula-Rasa, and Burnt Toast.[1]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Work Category Result
2002Ditmar Award"The Boneyard"Best short fictionNomination[2]
2002Ditmar AwardTabula-Rasa (with David Carroll)Best fan productionNomination[2]
2003Aurealis Award"Kijin Tea"Best horror short storyNomination[4]
2004Ditmar Award"Kijin Tea"Best short storyNomination[5]
2006Aurealis AwardPrismatic (with Evan Paliatseas and David Carroll as Edwina Grey)Best horror novelWon[3]
2007Ditmar AwardPrismatic (with Evan Paliatseas and David Carroll as Edwina Grey)Best novelNomination[6]
2007Ditmar Award"The Bat's Boudoir"Best short storyNomination[6]
2012Rhysling Award"The Soldier's Return"Best long poemNomination[7]
2012Rhysling Award"The Kite"Best short poemNomination[7]
2013Rhysling Award"Lucubration""Best long poemNomination[8]
2018Australian Shadows Award"A Shared Ambition - Horror Writers in Horror Fiction"Best non-fictionNomination
2019Bram Stoker Award"And In Her Eyes The City Drowned"Best short storyNomination
2019Australian Shadows Award"Revenants of the Antipodes"Best poemWon
2020Australian Shadows Award"The Danse Macabre - an essay"Rocky Wood Award for non-fiction and criticismWon
2020Rhysling Award"The Macabre Modern"Best long poemThird Place[7]

Bibliography

Novels
  • Prismatic (2006, with Evan Paliatseas and David Carroll as Edwina Grey)

Short fiction
  • "The Feast" (1999) in Aurealis No. 24 (ed. Dirk Strasser, Stephen Higgins)
  • "The Boneyard" (2001) in Gothic.net September 2001
  • "Poison" (2002) in Passing Strange (ed. Bill Congreve)
  • "Sakoku" (2002) in Agog! Fantastic Fiction (ed. Cat Sparks)
  • "Kijin Tea" (2003) in Agog! Terrific Tales (ed. Cat Sparks)
  • "The Oracle of Brick and Bone" (2005) in Borderlands No. 5
  • "The Bat's Boudoir" (2007) in Shadowed Realms No. 9
  • "A Tour of the City of Assassins" (2009) in Ticon No. 4
  • "Cursebreaker: The Welsh Widow and the Wandering Wooer" (2010) in Scary Kisses (ed. Liz Grzyb)
  • "Erina Hearn and the God of Death" (2010) in Macabre: A Journey Into Australia's Worst Fears (ed. Angela Challis & Marty Young)
  • "Cursebreaker: The Jikininki and the Japanese Jurist" (2013) in The New Hero: Vol. 1 (ed. Robin D. Laws)
  • "Reading the Game" (2013) in
  • "The Loquacious Cadaver" (2013) in The Lion and the Aardvark: Aesop's Modern Fables (ed. Robin D. Laws)
  • "Who Looks Back?" (2013) in Shotguns v. Cthulhu (ed. Robin D. Laws)
  • "The Character Assassin" (2013) in Schemers (ed. Robin D. Laws)
  • "Cursebreaker: the Mutalibeen and the Memphite Mummies" (2015) in Hear Me Roar (ed. Liz Grzyb)
  • "The Leucrotta" (2015) in Gods, Memes and Monsters: A Twenty-first Century Bestiary (ed. Heather J. Wood
  • "And In Her Eyes the City Drowned" (2018) in Weirdbook #39
  • "Should Fire Remember The Fuel?" (2020) in Oz Is Burning, (ed. Phyllis Irene Radford)

Poetry
  • The Land of Bad Dreams (edited by Charles (Danny) Lovecraft). Sydney: P'rea Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-9804625-7-9. Illustrated by the author, contains otherwise unpublished work.

Note: The launch of this book was accompanied by dramatic interpretations by various theatre groups. Video of the performances is available on the kylawtr Youtube channel. Reviewing the volume at Hellnotes, the reviewer praised Ward's work:

  • The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities (edited by Charles (Danny) Lovecraft). Sydney: P'rea Press, 2019 ISBN 9780994390127. Illustrated by the author, contains otherwise unpublished work.

Note: The launch of this book was accompanied by a "danse macabre". Video of the performances is available on the kylawtr Youtube channel.

Poems
  • "Mary" (1994) in Bloodsongs #3 (ed. Chris A. Masters, Steve Proposch)
  • "Herbal Tea" (1995) in Bloodsongs #6 (ed. Steve Proposch)
  • "Night Cars" (1999) in Abaddon #2
  • "The Land of Dreams Gone Bad" (2011) in Midnight Echo #5
  • "The Exorcism" (2011) in Midnight Echo #5
  • "The Kite" (2011) in The Land of Bad Dreams
  • "The Soldier's Return" (2011) in The Land of Bad Dreams
  • "Lucubration" (2012) in Avatars of Wizardry (ed. Charles Lovecraft)
  • "Necromancy" (2014) in Spectral Realms #1
  • "The Stone of Sacrifice" (2016)in Spectral Realms #4
  • "Dual Purpose" (2017)in Spectral Realms #6
  • "Vanth – A Myth Derived" (2017)in Eternal Haunted Summer
  • "Tattered Livery" (2017) in Weirdbook #37
  • "Libitina's Garden – a triptych" (2018)in Mythic Delirium 4.4
  • "Revenants of the Antipodes" (2019) in HWA Poetry Showcase V, ed. Stephanie Wytovich
  • "Mourning Rites”, (2019) in The Audient Void #7

Role-playing games
  • Mystical Places
  • "Arcanities" (2001)
  • "The Schriebach Estate" (2001)
  • "The Scalper" (2009) in Eden Studio Presents #3
  • The Demon Storyteller's Guide (2002, co-author)
  • "Suffer the Children" (2003) in Fear to Tread
  • "The Court of Chimera" (2009) in Eden Studio Presents #3
  • "Dominion" (2009) in Pyramid Magazine #3/10
  • "The Journey of the Dead" (2011) in Pyramid Magazine #3/38

Contributed to:

  • The Demon Players' Guide (2003)
  • Damned and Deceived: the Book of Thralls (2003)
  • Demon: The Earthbound (2003)
  • Time of Judgment (2004)

Scripts
  • Bad Reception (2008) directed by Andrew Orman, 4TOD Productions. Screened at A Night of Horror 2009, and the Vampire Film Festival 2009
  • Chocolate Curses, "a comedy in dubious taste." (2010) directed by Steve Hopley. Played as part of the Season II program of the Theatre of Blood
  • It's Only Magic, with Jon Blum. Intomedia (2020) directed by Josh Aviet.

Essays
  • "Scaring the Children" in Bloodsongs No. 8 (ed. Steve Proposch)
  • "Playing the Classics: Role Playing Your Favorite Novels" (2002) in Black Gate (ed. John O'Neill)
  • "Reading the Game – Depictions of Role-Playing in Popular Culture" (2013) in Strange Horizons No. 28 (ed. Niall Harrison
  • "A Shared Ambition - Horror Writers in Horror Fiction" (2017) in Midnight Echo #12
  • "The Danse Macabre" in The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities (2019) P'rea Press.

Articles
  • "Gaming Freeform" (1994) in Australian Realms No. 17
  • "Australia" (1996) in The BFI Companion to Horror (ed. Kim Newman)
  • "Castle, Sweet Castle" (2002) in d20weekly.com
  • "Get Lost" (2004) in Dragon No. 326
  • "Tomb Raider" (2005) in Dragon No. 327
  • "The Petit Tarrasque and Other Monsters" (2005) in Dragon No. 329
  • "Australian Gargoyles" (2007) in Art Monthly Australia No. 200
  • "Coffin Culture" (2008) in Black: Australian Dark Culture #3
  • "Dark Humour in Revelation of the Daleks" (2010, with David Carroll and Kate Orman) in Burnt Toast
  • "Symbolism" (2010, with David Carroll and Kate Orman) in Burnt Toast
  • "Dungeons and Deadlines" (2011) in WQ Magazine

References
General
Specific
  1. "Kyla Ward". Tabula-Rasa. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  2. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2002 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 24 December 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  3. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  4. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 12 February 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  5. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  6. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  7. "The 2012 Rhysling Awards". Science Fiction Poetry Association. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. "The 2013 Rhysling Awards". Science Fiction Poetry Association. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
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