Results from the AHWA’s 2022 AGM

At the AHWA AGM on the 20th November, as per Association rules, all committee positions were declared vacant and subsequently refilled. Most roles remained with the same people as before, but there have been a couple of changes. The new committee is as follows:

President – Alan Baxter

Vice President – Bernie Rutkay …

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This Attraction Now Open Till Late

Kyla Lee Ward’s premiere short story collection has been released by Independent Legions Publishing.

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 …

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Prismatic is back after 16 years!

Edwina Grey is pleased to announce that her Aurealis award-winning tale of madness, memory and plague has been republished after sixteen years.

History is out to get you.

Jacqueline is a struggling academic. Unless she can kickstart her failed thesis, she will lose everything she’s ever dreamed of. A lucky find leads to …

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AsylumFest 2022

AsylumFest 2022 is being held this October 29-30 in beautiful, historic Beechworth, Victoria. What’s more, this two day book/pop culture festival is being held within the buildings of Mayday Hills, a former 1800s psychiatric facility!

Click HERE to book your ticket!

Authors, book signings, pop culture traders, all in the Bijou Theatre at Mayday. …

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Dark and Fantastic Poetry by Kyla Lee Ward

Kyla Lee Ward is happy to report that both her collections of dark and fantastic poetry – The Land of Bad Dreams and The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities – are now available as ebooks across all the usual platforms. The hard and paperbacks of both books are still available from P’rea Press.

“A …

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