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R.J. Huneke
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I'm an author of SFF, Thrillers, Comics, Poetry & a new book of fantasy ANTS WAKING! Editor @ TheForgottenFiction.com magazine | He/him/ally 🏳️‍⚧️ | #neurodivergent #autistic | New York-er in Portugal 🇵🇹 https://linktr.ee/rj_huneke

Cover: Berni Wrightson
I’ve actually never written faster or be more easily inspired than the past couple of years or so since I started writing novels in longhand. Science backs up some reasons www.sfwa.org/2024/04/23/w...
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I want to give a big thank you to Rose @rosebud_bookshop, @igor_o_rocha, David, and everyone who came out to see the literary discussion and reading! ~RJ
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today at @rosebud_bookshop in #Porto will be a signing and launch event for readers! #sff #booksky #portugal #poetry RJHuneke.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Twice I've now been compared to #Dickens! 'I read...Charles Dickens would “feel right at home”...I am a Dickens fanatic and I worry when something is compared...The streets, the environment Huneke has described definitely gives off a flavour o a dark, miserable Dickens tale' rjhuneke.com/ants-waking
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The book launch is tomorrow night, readers in Porto! Let’s read, talk, and sign some books in Portugal! RJHuneke.com #portugal #AntsWaking #booklaunch
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Indiana is exhausted by the news cycle. Her thoughts echo my own. #dalmatian
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
No, John Wick! Treebeard thought the dog was an orc! #writingdesk #shenanigans #lotr
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A great review for ANTS WAKING!

“Yes it’s a fantasy world where the dark aims to claim everything around it, but at its heart is a very human story. It has elements that any reader can identify with.” @booksbyyourbedside -> RJHuneke.com #booksky #fantasyreads #trans #sff #autistic #audhd
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ants Waking by R.J. Huneke is a thrilling, visceral magical realism tale about an autistic college freshman in the magical city of Cambridge rjhuneke.com #fantasyreads #fantasy #booksky
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Come join us for an exciting book event featuring authors David Moscovich and RJ Huneke and moderated by Igor Rocha! It's going down at Rosebud Bookshop, so reserve a spot free for and celebrate literature. www.eventbrite.com/e/bilhetes-b... #porto #portugal #booksky #booksigning #sff #fantasy #poem
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A friend has gifted me Figure Drawing For All Its Worth by Andrew Loomis to help me learn more of the craft —and it’s brilliant! #drawing
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
NEW REVIEW ALERT! "It’s an intense look at identity, the sense of self, sense of belonging and discovery, about finding acceptance where there may be none, wrapped up in a magical world. It packs a punch." Books By Your Bedside’s Reviews rjhuneke.com #booksky #sff #fantasy @byyourbedside.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Read a long excerpt of Ants Waking on Bookshop[.]org here bookshop.org/ebooks/previ... #fantasy #sff #fairytale #noir
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"ANTS WAKING is a resoundingly powerful, emotional, and gritty coming-of-age fantasy." bookshop.org/a/6460/97983... #booksky #sff #fantasy
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The hardcovers are gorgeous! Here’s a quick look! (The Ebooks are pretty too). Did you know that I illustrated the cover art to represent my favorite part in the book? -> RJHuneke.com #booksky #sff #fantasyreads
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Join me tomorrow as renowned author of the Angela Hardwicke Series Russ Colchamiro Speaks To R.J. Huneke LIVE on TFF's Zoom this Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 7pm EST! theforgottenfiction.com/author-russ-... #booksky #writing #author @read.theforgottenfiction.com @authorduderuss.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(Here's the opening of "Ants Waking")
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
~George Orwell, 1984
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
You better have my steak, bi$&@.

Happy Caturday,
Yours,
Khaleesi
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
You can start with Berni Wrightson’s illustrations for Frankenstein—that’s what @realgdt.bsky.social used as a foundation for concept art (and the overall aesthetic for the characters).
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Writing SFF With Paper and Pen Spurs Memory and Creativity www.sfwa.org/2024/04/23/w... #writing #sff #pen #creativity #fountainpen #scifi #fantasy @sfwa.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Fountain Pen day, folks! I’m signing free bookplates for those who pick up my new book; this is a 1950s Pelikan 140. RJHuneke.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
ANTS WAKING is a visceral tale of magic, grief & survival & for every copy sold, I donate $1 to GATE and $1 to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). Every book bought directly supports #trans + #neurodivergent folks linktr.ee/antswaking @gateorg.bsky.social @autisticadvocacy.org #booksky #sff
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"A surprising story about the power of myth and identity. Recommended." ~Chosen Words - James McCrone

chosenwordsmccrone.blog/2025/10/31/a... #sff #fantasy #fantasyreads #myth @jmccrone.bsky.social #booksky
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM