Laika Wallace

New book is out!! This is the 4th book in the Shimmering Lake Summer Camp series, delving into the pasts & futures of the campers from the 2018-2019 camp sessions. Find more info, including where to buy it or read it for free, on my website (link in bio)
Cover by Fionntan M.M.
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Another hour of driving in, they passed through a tunnel lined with glowing worms and mushrooms growing upside down, sending sandy drifts of glittery spores down onto the car. Brian turned on the windshield wipers, and Aaron firmly told Ripley not to open the window to collect a sample. “Can I at least take the cover off the sunroof, then?” Ripley asked. “Fine,” Aaron said. “But don’t even think about opening that, either!” Ripley stood up in the back of the car, peering at the mushrooms and the spores through the sunroof. It was hard to get a good look at anything while they were moving, and he fell down a couple times before Brian told him to keep his butt in his seat, but he managed to get a couple okayish sketches done. “We’ll have to come back through here on our way home,” he said. “I need to get a better picture of those mushrooms. And the worms! I can’t even tell what they look like from here, they’re just bright green lines.” Aaron snorted. “We’ll see about that.” “Aw, sweetheart, I’m sure we can at least come back for photos,” Brian said. “Maybe if we find hazmat suits somewhere—” “I’m serious,” Ripley said. “They can’t be poisonous. Look how many other people are driving through the tunnel.” He started scanning the other cars, then pointed to one slightly ahead of them. “Look, their window’s open too! It’s fine!” “What if they’re, ah,” Aaron began, but as they pulled up beside the car in question, both he and Ripley could see that the family in the car were all human. “See! They’re fine,” Ripley said. “Sure, okay,” Aaron chuckled. “But you’re not rolling down that window. I don’t want any of those mushrooms growing in my car.” “I won’t! But we’ll be back for photos, right?” “Yes, we’ll be back for photos.” “Promise? No— double, triple, upside-down, banana split with whipped cream promise?” Aaron and Brian both laughed lightheartedly as they repeated their special promise back to him. Ripley pumped his fist and said, “Yes!”

a scene from a short story in my upcoming book, Shimmering Lake Summer Camp Collection 1, that's coming out January 2026
check alt text if you can't read it, i'm not sure how good the screenshot came out

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Cover for The Knight Saves the Dragon by Rebecca Crunden; background is a water colour type picture of a castle with trees and mountains behind, leaves surround the edges

✨ FANTASY SHORT STORY ✨

🐉 a dragon (with a princess)
🗡️ a knight (with a plan)
👑 a palace (with a cruel king)
🏰 second pov

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/eJsBfU
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-knight-s...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

I stood on business today because my local authors’ Facebook group asked basically “what is your limit for how much AI an author can use before you don’t want to buy their book?” And I went on a RANT. Some of it is cropped out because I don’t want to doxx the group/location.

@smashwords.bsky.social is having their #endofyearsale and all 4 of my ebooks are 25% off, the lowest they can go!

KDP coming in clutch with a sale of The God Sun. December is already a better month than November 😂

Just a reminder if you're in the UK you can get signed paperbacks of my Augment Saga books from my web store.

(Please I need to clear out this stock somehow lmao)

www.alankdell.co.uk/store

Look what has a cover (minus text so far)!!

This has been delayed til January 2026, but it's still gonna be great :3

I won NaNoWriMo!!! Something like my 11th year participating but my first year that I told myself I'm gonna do it, no excuses. And I did!! I even got charms to show for it

Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.

I'm still on track for nanowrimo!! About 5k words left 🫡 it hasn't all been the same project, but it's about getting 50k words this time. I may try 50k words of a single brand new novel next time, who knows

Very soon, all 4 of my books will be part of the @smashwords.bsky.social end of year sale!!

I forgot to say at the start of Nov bc I keep forgetting bluesky exists but I'm doing nanowrimo this year and I intend to win this time!! It would be my first win in the 11 years ive been doing it. Im on track, just broke 20k words last night 🫡

The 4th book in the Shimmering Lake Summer Camp Series will be out this December! This collection of short stories, explores the pasts and futures of the 2018-2019 campers as they look for kelpies, meet werewolves, go on road trips, and get their first apartments :3 cover pending

I'm editing the last short story in Shimmering Lake Summer Camp Collection 1 🫡💪 it will be done soon and then I'm off to editing Heart Crushed

Some highlights...
Love triangle (or square?)
Who's hiding more from who, the campers or the counselors 🤔
Diverse families & adoptee struggles
Mental breakdown haircuts
Nobody trusts anybody (but if they did we wouldn't have a story)
Baby kelpie time
Autism be damned my boy can identify an animal

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Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded by red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

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🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🪾 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

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Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
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📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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I 🩷 u if you order this at your local libraries/bookstores
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Some highlights...
Love triangle (or square?)
Who's hiding more from who, the campers or the counselors 🤔
Diverse families & adoptee struggles
Mental breakdown haircuts
Nobody trusts anybody (but if they did we wouldn't have a story)
Baby kelpie time
Autism be damned my boy can identify an animal

A new set of campers return to Shimmering Lake, but this time, there's new dangers lurking in the water. Budding romance & secretive counselors are the least of Sid’s problems as he gets swept up by a lonely kelpie’s cries. Ava is trying to hold onto herself as her brother tries to tear them apart.

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If you request this at your local libraries/bookstores I'll owe you my life (it needs all the help it can get. I kinda flopped w the cover)
Free reading here: archive.org/details/love...

Some highlights...
Trans lesbian polycule, obvs
Cartoonishly bad family vs wholesome chaos family
Christmas scenes, both cute and stressful
Learning how to be loved 🥺
Teenagers trying to be adults when they maybe shouldn’t be...
But it all works out in the end 🩷
Self indulgent wish fulfillment ngl

Love Like This picks up where Whisper in the Woods left off, following Morgan as she stumbles through being a 16yo in a brand new triad in their first apartment. Maybe it was crazy-- definitely crazy-- but she and Laurie needed to get away from home, and maybe crazy is what works for these girls.

You can also read it for free here: archive.org/details/whis...
Tell your libraries!! Tell your bookstores!! I'll be forever grateful 🩷
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