R.J. Huneke
@rj.rjhuneke.com
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
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’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...
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
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
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
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
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
The book launch is tomorrow night, readers in Porto! Let’s read, talk, and sign some books in Portugal! RJHuneke.com #portugal #AntsWaking #booklaunch
Indiana is exhausted by the news cycle. Her thoughts echo my own. #dalmatian
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Indiana is exhausted by the news cycle. Her thoughts echo my own. #dalmatian
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
“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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Read a long excerpt of Ants Waking on Bookshop[.]org here bookshop.org/ebooks/previ... #fantasy #sff #fairytale #noir
"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
"ANTS WAKING is a resoundingly powerful, emotional, and gritty coming-of-age fantasy." bookshop.org/a/6460/97983... #booksky #sff #fantasy
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
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
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
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
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "Ants Waking")
(Here's the opening of "Ants Waking")
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "Ants Waking")
(Here's the opening of "Ants Waking")
“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
~George Orwell, 1984
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
~George Orwell, 1984
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
~George Orwell, 1984
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
~George Orwell, 1984
You better have my steak, bi$&@.
Happy Caturday,
Yours,
Khaleesi
Happy Caturday,
Yours,
Khaleesi
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
You better have my steak, bi$&@.
Happy Caturday,
Yours,
Khaleesi
Happy Caturday,
Yours,
Khaleesi
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
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).
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
chosenwordsmccrone.blog/2025/10/31/a... #sff #fantasy #fantasyreads #myth @jmccrone.bsky.social #booksky
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 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
chosenwordsmccrone.blog/2025/10/31/a... #sff #fantasy #fantasyreads #myth @jmccrone.bsky.social #booksky