David Leo Rice
@raviddice.bsky.social
Author of THE BERLIN WALL, A ROOM IN DODGE CITY, ANGEL HOUSE, THE NEW HOUSE, DRIFTER, ed. of CHILDREN OF THE NEW FLESH, etc. www.raviddice.com
Co-host of WAKE ISLAND podcast
Co-host of WAKE ISLAND podcast
Had a great time talking SHADOW TICKET with Brad Kelly on Method and Madness!
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Ep. 11.1 - Thomas Pynchon’s SHADOW TICKET w/David Leo Rice — Method and Madness
The brilliant writer David Leo Rice joined me to talk Thomas Pynchon’s latest, and possibly last, novel SHADOW TICKET. Pynchonian Zones, the warp and weft of history, the end of the systems novel, a...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Had a great time talking SHADOW TICKET with Brad Kelly on Method and Madness!
www.madmethodpod.com/podcast/shad...
www.madmethodpod.com/podcast/shad...
New Squimbop interview in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social -- thanks to Raphael Helfand for conducting! @specktor.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New Squimbop interview in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social -- thanks to Raphael Helfand for conducting! @specktor.bsky.social
Very excited to be in conversation about SQUIMBOP with the great @specktor.bsky.social
in LA this coming Tues -- we started the conversation several years ago, w/r/t DODGE CITY 2: @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @southwestreview.bsky.social @1111press.bsky.social
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in LA this coming Tues -- we started the conversation several years ago, w/r/t DODGE CITY 2: @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @southwestreview.bsky.social @1111press.bsky.social
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The Mythmaker Gazes at Himself: A Conversation with David Leo Rice | Los Angeles Review of Books
Matthew Specktor and author David Leo Rice discuss his book series, “A Room in Dodge City.”
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October 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Very excited to be in conversation about SQUIMBOP with the great @specktor.bsky.social
in LA this coming Tues -- we started the conversation several years ago, w/r/t DODGE CITY 2: @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @southwestreview.bsky.social @1111press.bsky.social
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
in LA this coming Tues -- we started the conversation several years ago, w/r/t DODGE CITY 2: @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @southwestreview.bsky.social @1111press.bsky.social
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
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Just when y'all thought we were done w/ the hype 😅
In addition to our spooky af horror issue, we're hooking you up w/ some new Squimbop lore from the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥
Preorder below...
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In addition to our spooky af horror issue, we're hooking you up w/ some new Squimbop lore from the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥
Preorder below...
southwestreview.com/subscribe/
September 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just when y'all thought we were done w/ the hype 😅
In addition to our spooky af horror issue, we're hooking you up w/ some new Squimbop lore from the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥
Preorder below...
southwestreview.com/subscribe/
In addition to our spooky af horror issue, we're hooking you up w/ some new Squimbop lore from the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥
Preorder below...
southwestreview.com/subscribe/
Really looking forward to this, on Tuesday night! Eastsiders, come through! (And don't forget to RSVP at the link . . . it's free)
LA Squimbop launch next Tues with @specktor.bsky.social and Chris Zeischegg -- RSVP here! @southwestreview.bsky.social @1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @wakeisland.bsky.social
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October 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
LA Squimbop launch next Tues with @specktor.bsky.social and Chris Zeischegg -- RSVP here! @southwestreview.bsky.social @1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @wakeisland.bsky.social
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RSVP to Book Launch: The Squimbop Condition | Partiful
David Leo Rice is the author of the novels Angel House, The New House, The Berlin Wall, and the Dodge City trilogy, as well as the story collections Drifter and The Squimbop Condition, out later this ...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
LA Squimbop launch next Tues with @specktor.bsky.social and Chris Zeischegg -- RSVP here! @southwestreview.bsky.social @1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @wakeisland.bsky.social
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Launching Squimbop in LA with @specktor.bsky.social and Chris Zeischegg on Oct 14 -- see you there!
October 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Launching Squimbop in LA with @specktor.bsky.social and Chris Zeischegg on Oct 14 -- see you there!
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It brings me such joy to have stories out on the same day in Southwest Review (the third oldest lit quarterly in the US) and Speculative Erotics/God's Cruel Joke (young queer experimental zine).
When I said I write literary horror and surrealist trash I was not playing.
When I said I write literary horror and surrealist trash I was not playing.
October 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It brings me such joy to have stories out on the same day in Southwest Review (the third oldest lit quarterly in the US) and Speculative Erotics/God's Cruel Joke (young queer experimental zine).
When I said I write literary horror and surrealist trash I was not playing.
When I said I write literary horror and surrealist trash I was not playing.
Just when y'all thought we were done w/ the hype 😅
In addition to our spooky af horror issue, we're hooking you up w/ some new Squimbop lore from the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥
Preorder below...
southwestreview.com/subscribe/
In addition to our spooky af horror issue, we're hooking you up w/ some new Squimbop lore from the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥
Preorder below...
southwestreview.com/subscribe/
September 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happening tonight!! @1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social @kernpunktpress.bsky.social @jchaplinsky.bsky.social @southwestreview.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
David Leo Rice at Black Spring Books, Brooklyn reading from “The Sqimbop Condition.” @1111press.bsky.social @raviddice.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Fantastic reading of THE BERLIN WALL in terms of the permanent dream-state we've all entered: @whiskeytit.com
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Apocalyptic Consciousness: The Philosophy of Pure Perception and Speculative Fiction
Kitaro Nishida and the Subject-Object Collapse in David Leo Rice's "The Berlin Wall" and Michael Faber's "The Book of Strange New Things". Excerpt from "Apocalyptic Consciousness", a book-length philo...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fantastic reading of THE BERLIN WALL in terms of the permanent dream-state we've all entered: @whiskeytit.com
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The newest Episode of Writing The Rapids is out now! I talked to @raviddice.bsky.social about his new book The Squimbop Condition ( @1111press.bsky.social ), and all that wild ride of a book entails. Take a listen.
Rejoinder: The Squimbop Condition with David Leo Rice
YouTube video by Joe Bielecki
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September 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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New email edition features work by Gina Hay, an important dispatch on fragrances from AC special correspondent @alec-ivan.bsky.social, plus updates on @perfidiousscript.bsky.social, @raviddice.bsky.social, and an upcoming performance from AC ed Meghan Lamb
"Then, oh! The curse!"
Featuring eyeless spirits, marrowless care, drone mysticism, cemetery performances, and the top seven fragrances of 2025—so far!
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September 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New email edition features work by Gina Hay, an important dispatch on fragrances from AC special correspondent @alec-ivan.bsky.social, plus updates on @perfidiousscript.bsky.social, @raviddice.bsky.social, and an upcoming performance from AC ed Meghan Lamb
@1111press.bsky.social @wakeisland.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @kernpunktpress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social
The newest Episode of Writing The Rapids is out now! I talked to @raviddice.bsky.social about his new book The Squimbop Condition ( @1111press.bsky.social ), and all that wild ride of a book entails. Take a listen.
Rejoinder: The Squimbop Condition with David Leo Rice
YouTube video by Joe Bielecki
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Reposted by David Leo Rice
Next time on writing the rapids
Out today!
📣Tomorrow!!
THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social is out in the mf world thx to the homies at @1111press.bsky.social 💥
Last chance to preorder and score a free copy of the fall edish of SwR 🍂
Order now below…
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social is out in the mf world thx to the homies at @1111press.bsky.social 💥
Last chance to preorder and score a free copy of the fall edish of SwR 🍂
Order now below…
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
September 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Next time on writing the rapids
Out today!
📣Tomorrow!!
THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social is out in the mf world thx to the homies at @1111press.bsky.social 💥
Last chance to preorder and score a free copy of the fall edish of SwR 🍂
Order now below…
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social is out in the mf world thx to the homies at @1111press.bsky.social 💥
Last chance to preorder and score a free copy of the fall edish of SwR 🍂
Order now below…
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
September 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Out today!
Reposted by David Leo Rice
📣Tomorrow!!
THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social is out in the mf world thx to the homies at @1111press.bsky.social 💥
Last chance to preorder and score a free copy of the fall edish of SwR 🍂
Order now below…
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social is out in the mf world thx to the homies at @1111press.bsky.social 💥
Last chance to preorder and score a free copy of the fall edish of SwR 🍂
Order now below…
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
September 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📣Tomorrow!!
THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social is out in the mf world thx to the homies at @1111press.bsky.social 💥
Last chance to preorder and score a free copy of the fall edish of SwR 🍂
Order now below…
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social is out in the mf world thx to the homies at @1111press.bsky.social 💥
Last chance to preorder and score a free copy of the fall edish of SwR 🍂
Order now below…
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
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📌 ICYMI, from the homies at @1111press.bsky.social: THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social
Out 11-SEP & ALL pre-orders come w/ the fall issue of SwR. Jump now bbs 💥 1111press.com/the-squimbop...
Out 11-SEP & ALL pre-orders come w/ the fall issue of SwR. Jump now bbs 💥 1111press.com/the-squimbop...
August 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📌 ICYMI, from the homies at @1111press.bsky.social: THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social
Out 11-SEP & ALL pre-orders come w/ the fall issue of SwR. Jump now bbs 💥 1111press.com/the-squimbop...
Out 11-SEP & ALL pre-orders come w/ the fall issue of SwR. Jump now bbs 💥 1111press.com/the-squimbop...
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📌 ICYMI, from the homies at @1111press.bsky.social: THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social
Out 11-SEP & ALL pre-orders come w/ the fall issue of SwR. Jump now bbs 💥 1111press.com/the-squimbop...
Out 11-SEP & ALL pre-orders come w/ the fall issue of SwR. Jump now bbs 💥 1111press.com/the-squimbop...
August 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Introducing THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥
This collection includes stories previously published in SwR so we're collabing with @1111press.bsky.social
Pre-order the book and get our fall issue FREE 💥
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
This collection includes stories previously published in SwR so we're collabing with @1111press.bsky.social
Pre-order the book and get our fall issue FREE 💥
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
August 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Introducing THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥
This collection includes stories previously published in SwR so we're collabing with @1111press.bsky.social
Pre-order the book and get our fall issue FREE 💥
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
This collection includes stories previously published in SwR so we're collabing with @1111press.bsky.social
Pre-order the book and get our fall issue FREE 💥
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
August 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
@1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @specktor.bsky.social @wakeisland.bsky.social @beyondthezero.bsky.social @kernpunktpress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social
Introducing THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥
This collection includes stories previously published in SwR so we're collabing with @1111press.bsky.social
Pre-order the book and get our fall issue FREE 💥
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
This collection includes stories previously published in SwR so we're collabing with @1111press.bsky.social
Pre-order the book and get our fall issue FREE 💥
1111press.com/the-squimbop...
August 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by David Leo Rice
In the end,you can’t turn your head from the flood and be spared its damage. And even in doing so, you sense something is being withheld. Like an Escher drawing of a man staring at the back of his own head, looking away fuses with looking in, until you can’t separate walking away from walking toward
August 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In the end,you can’t turn your head from the flood and be spared its damage. And even in doing so, you sense something is being withheld. Like an Escher drawing of a man staring at the back of his own head, looking away fuses with looking in, until you can’t separate walking away from walking toward
July edition of WAKE ISLAND: wakeisland.substack.com/p/wake-islan...
Wake Island: Exploring the Imagery, Sickness, and Energy of 2025
July Edition
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August 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
July edition of WAKE ISLAND: wakeisland.substack.com/p/wake-islan...