A little announcement...
Over the next few months, I will be going over the proof copies of Whisper in the Woods, Love Like This, and Lured to the Lake. There may be some minor, not-plot-relevant changes, like fixing grammatical errors, adding clarifying context, or other simple fixes that I really should have caught on my many (many!) other editing passes. Unfortunately, I was a teenager/younger adult than I am when I wrote those, and was just excited to have them published, both on the Internet Archive and with D2D. I trusted my previous edits a little too much and have already had to catch a few things, but as I'm going through WITW, I've found a few more. So, once I finish these final thorough edits, I'll be reuploading them all to IA, making changes to the D2D ebooks, and (finally!) publishing them as print. This will be the last time I'll have to make embarrassing post-publication edits like this, since I'll be using my older and wiser editing skills on manuscripts from here on out, and not getting ahead of myself before publication.
The Spaces Between Souls & Heart Crushed, my two upcoming novels, have already seen much greater and more thorough editing processes. I'm always evolving as one horse author, editor, and marketer team, and my skills are always developing. I appreciate your faith and patience as I work through these mistakes :)
Welcome to Laika Wallace's website! Click around to learn more about him, the worlds hir stories take place in, and to read its stories as for FREE!
This site is best viewed on not-a-phone. All blinkies and banners on the site are from GifCities! (Except for the banner for the Celestial Belt; that is hir own photo collage.)
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For business inquiries, please email hir at laikawallacewriting@gmail.com. Sie is open to contributing to zines and anthologies, but is not accepting commissions at this time.
It and its friend have a Redbubble together! Go here to purchase some of their designs on shirts, mugs, bath mats, shower curtains, clocks... The list goes on!
For updates about upcoming stories, go here for the website's activity feed, or check one of his social media pages, like Bluesky or Tumblr.
Order First Peoples Shared Stories from Flame Tree Publishing at this link to read Laika Wallace's first officially published short story, Snow Blindness, alongside many other beautiful stories. Taken from the publisher's website: Following the success of Black Sci-Fi Short Stories comes a powerful new addition to the Flame Tree short story collections: the first peoples in Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, the first migration, the first exploration, the discovery of land and landscape without the footprint of humankind. Stories of injustice sit with memories of hope and wonder, dreamtime tales of creation and joy highlight the enduring spirit of humanity. These stories, selected from submissions by new writers and cast alongside ancient stories and oral traditions from around the world bring new perspectives to the legacy of First Nations, of First Peoples.