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  • WAKE ISLAND

    Wake Island is a friendly ghost in the haunted house of the internet. Hosts David Leo Rice and Paul K explore the darkening undercurrents of contemporary culture, where technology, mythology, media, photography, AI, and fiction overlap.

  • David Leo Rice

    I'm a writer of dark and surreal fiction from Northampton, MA. My novels include The Berlin Wall, A Room in Dodge City, A Room in Dodge City Vol. 2, ANGEL HOUSE, The New House, Drifter: Stories, and The Squimbop Condition.

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    student of history|systems noticer|latent archeofuturism

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