Kyla Lee Ward is a Sydney-based creative who works in many modes. This August will see the publication of her second poetry collection, *The Macabre Moderne and Other Morbidities* by P'rea Press, following 2011's *The Land of Bad Dreams*. Her novel *Prismatic* (co-authored as Edwina Grey) won an Aurealis Award for Best Horror. Her short fiction has appeared in the likes of Weirdbook, Ticonderoga Online and Gothic.net and in the anthologies *Gods, Memes and Monsters: a 21st century Bestiary* and *Hear Me Roar: stories of real women and unreal worlds*. amongst others. 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 was a member of the Theatre of Blood repertory company, which also produced her work. A practicing occultist, she likes raptors, swordplay and the Hellfire Club.