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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 7d

Launching Squimbop in LA with @specktor.bsky.social and Chris Zeischegg on Oct 14 -- see you there!

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 7d

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.

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 9d

@specktor.bsky.social @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @charleneelsby.bsky.social

Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 9d

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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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 14d

Happening tonight!! @1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social @kernpunktpress.bsky.social @jchaplinsky.bsky.social @southwestreview.bsky.social

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 14d

@1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @southwestreview.bsky.social

Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · 14d

David Leo Rice at Black Spring Books, Brooklyn reading from “The Sqimbop Condition.” @1111press.bsky.social @raviddice.bsky.social

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 15d

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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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 21d

@1111press.bsky.social @wakeisland.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @kernpunktpress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social

Joe bielecki @noisemakerjoe.bsky.social · 22d

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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Always Crashing @alwayscrashing.bsky.social · 21d

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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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 21d

@1111press.bsky.social @wakeisland.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @kernpunktpress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social

Joe bielecki @noisemakerjoe.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Joe bielecki @noisemakerjoe.bsky.social · 27d

Next time on writing the rapids

David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 27d

Out today!

Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 28d

📣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...

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 27d

Out today!

Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 28d

📣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...

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 28d

📣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...

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · Aug 22

📌 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...

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · Aug 25

@1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @altcurrent.bsky.social @xraylitmag.bsky.social @fullstopmag.bsky.social @johnreedwrites.ft.com

Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · Aug 22

📌 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...

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · Aug 4

@1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @specktor.bsky.social @wakeisland.bsky.social @beyondthezero.bsky.social @kernpunktpress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social

Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · Aug 4

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...

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · Aug 4

@alwayscrashing.bsky.social @propaguleavg.bsky.social @ergot.bsky.social

Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · Aug 4

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...

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · Aug 4

@1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @specktor.bsky.social @wakeisland.bsky.social @beyondthezero.bsky.social @kernpunktpress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social

Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · Aug 4

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...

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ＰＡＵＬＫ | ＷＡＫＥＩＳＬＡＮＤ @wakeisland.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · Aug 1

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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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · Aug 1

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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ＰＡＵＬＫ | ＷＡＫＥＩＳＬＡＮＤ @wakeisland.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · Jul 23

“Storytelling is about exploring the unknown,” says David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social ’10. “Trying to go places, even in your own mind, where there’s some taboo, something holding you back from going.” His novels ask: what lies just out of view?

#Harvard
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David Leo Rice on 'The Berlin Wall' | Harvard Magazine

David Leo Rice explores the strange, unseen forces shaping our world.

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Whiskey Tit Press @whiskeytit.com · Jul 21

This century needs a sequel:

David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · Jul 21

Huge thanks to Propagule Magazine for publishing JAKOB AS BIOGRAPHER from The New House 2: @whiskeytit.com

www.propagule.co/fiction/jako...

Propagule - The Independent Literary Magazine

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · Jul 21

Huge thanks to Propagule Magazine for publishing JAKOB AS BIOGRAPHER from The New House 2: @whiskeytit.com

www.propagule.co/fiction/jako...

Propagule - The Independent Literary Magazine

www.propagule.co

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Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · Jul 10

Also, Bookshop got an Anti-Prime sale going on that includes free shipping:
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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · Jul 10

Part 2 in our summer issue double-feature! 🍿

Barry Gifford on writing LOST HIGHWAY w/ David Lynch in a new podcast w/our man @wmboyle4.bsky.social

Listen to NO SPEED LIMIT ON THE LOST HIGHWAY below & on Spotify or Apple Music 💥 southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...

No Speed Limit on the Lost Highway | A Podcast with Barry Gifford and William Boyle

By William Boyle

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