Lured to the Lake, Laika Wallace's second novel, is now available to read FOR FREE! Check the "Read stories here" tab.
Laika Wallace (he/it/sie) is a dog who died in space. No wait, that's just Laika. Laika Wallace is an Indigenous horse wo/man whose many ghosts haunt the streets of "Ottawa" creating poetry, fantasy & sci fi novels, music, and mixed media artwork.
It is a young adult who writes for the 13-20+ age range. Hir preferred genre is fantasy, with some sci fi, mystery, and horror elements. Through fiction, he writes about his experiences being an intersex polyamorous LGBT femme, being an urban NDN, his spirituality and relationship to Judaism, and living with his disabilities, autism, and other neurodivergencies. It lives on unceded, unsurrendered Algonquin territory with its guinea pigs and ball python. Aside from writing, sie also creates digital art, collages, mixed media pieces, electronic music, and dabbles in sculpture and sewing. Some of hir hobbies include reading, hiking and walking in local natural areas, swimming, trying interesting and new soda flavors, Randonauting and urbex, and collecting pieces of broken ceramics.
Some other interests of his include: cartoons and tv shows (Codename: Kids Next Door, Di-Gata Defenders, Samurai Jack, Over the Garden Wall, Gravity Falls, Scooby Doo, Doctor Who (9th and 10th Doctors), Millennium, The X Files, Dead Like Me, Free Rein), movies (O Brother Where Art Thou, John Carter of Mars, Princess Mononoke, Big Fish, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, pre-Disney Stars Wars), music (Leonard Cohen, Squalloscope, Black Dresses, The Pack A.D., Madness, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Florence and the Machine, Owl City, Of Monsters and Men, Brockhampton, Royal Canoe), books (Tailchaser's Song, The Sight, Fell, Fire Bringer, Silverwing, Sunwing, Lumberjanes, My Secret Unicorn, Iron Widow, pre-Disney Star Wars), and video games (Stardew Valley, Star Stable Online, No Man's Sky, Unpacking, Jamestown, Torchlight II).
Hir music is here on Bandcamp.
Sie & hir friend have a band together: coronerhorse on Bandcamp.
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!
Find his poetry on his Tumblr blog Laikacore.tumblr.com & hir Cohost!
Find its photography on his Tumblr blog Laikacore.tumblr.com & its Pinterest page!
He also has an Instagram page where he posts WIPs of physical art, book promo posts, and updates about local events he attends.
Laika Wallace's works have also appeared in:
Zines:
X/Y: A Junk Drawer of Trans Voices (print copies)
X/Y: A Junk Drawer of Trans Voices by The Dionysian Public Library
Publications:
First Peoples Shared Stories from Flame Tree Publishing
