The Squimbop Condition

David Leo Rice

From the Author of Drifter

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The Brothers Squimbop are everywhere—and nowhere.

Leaping across time, slipping between realities, and reshaping history in their wake, the enigmatic duo weaves a saga as bizarre as it is relentless. Sometimes slapstick comedians, sometimes ruthless tricksters, sometimes reluctant prophets, the Brothers shift identities, betray and resurrect each other, and leave a trail of chaos in their pursuit of an impossible mission: to bring about the Golden Age—over and over again.

Set in a world that thrives on spectacle, where mountain retreats and flickering cinemas hold the echoes of history, The Squimbop Condition is a wild, mind-bending journey through myth, madness, and the nature of storytelling itself.

PUBLICATION DATE: September 1, 2025
ISBN: Forthcoming
PRICE: $30
PAGE: 336 / Hardcover

Distributor: Asterism

Cover art +
Illustration +
Lettering and Design:
jr duennweller

Typeset +
Additional design elements: Mike Corrao

PRAISE FOR ‘Drifter

One of the Southwest Reviews’10 Must-Read Books of 2021

Rice’s fiction touches on the strange, phantasmagorical, and horrific, but juxtaposes those elements with headier explorations of narratives and the self; it’s like little else out there. — Vol. 1 Brooklyn

Like peering through a slit at some brilliant, brutal new world. — Kimberly King

A grotesque spectacle of unreality. — Matthew Baker


Somewhere between Bradbury and Ligotti, Rice folds centuries of Americana into a space unstuck from time. — B.R. Yeager

About the Author

David Leo Rice is a writer and animator from Northampton, MA. His interests cluster around metaphysical horror, dark comedy, dreams, myth, hauntings, the uncanniness of small towns, and the grotesque.

Learn more about David here