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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 4h

I can vouch for ANTS WAKING - it's a fantastic tale with a unique and fascinating main character!!

Image of Richard Quist's goodreads review of ANTS WAKING by R.J. Huneke. The review text content is:
ANTS WAKING by R.J. Huneke is a unique, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ dark fantasy tale of identity, loss and discovery. The Massachusetts setting may be familiar to many but Huneke has imbued it with an almost Victorian feel. I think Dickens would have felt right at home walking these streets along with Erica, the main character, as they seek to undo the mistake that caused the death of their best friend before midnight while fighting the Dark and a vengeful god.

While it features a trans character It is not, to my mind, a "trans" story. Rather it is the story of anyone who's had to find their identity, deal with not being accepted for who they are, wrestle with their past, overcome both internal and external obstacles, and find the strength to move forward.

Erica is fascinating - a protagonist with challenges and a surprising strength of character. Someone who is able to do what's needed while recognizing and owning the cost.

The story presents an interesting mythology in the appearance of Lobodomar Devorador, recounted against the backdrop of a city unknowingly falling to the coming of the Dark, with seemingly few beings aware of and able to defend against it. I hope that there will be more stories set in this world and that we learn more about the evil of the old gods that Erica battles.

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Thanks to author R.J. Huneke for providing me with an ARC of ANTS WAKING to review.

Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 1d

It's officially #SpookySeason so you should get yourself some tasty bite-sized #horror snacks, like DARK DOORS by John L. Davis IV

www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZHW4GJF

💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing wrong with a good gruesome death as long as it "fits" the story and isn't there to fill some quota, but I 100% agree that there can be more horror in a scene without any violence. Create a suspenseful atmosphere, eerie setting, unexplained noises/sights. Anticipation can feed the fright!

Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 5d

Here's a "completely random" (😁😁) Goodreads review, and a link to it..
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 6d

Received my signed copy of WIDOW'S POINT: THE COMPLETE HAUNTING by @richardchizmar.bsky.social and @whchizmar.bsky.social today from @caprichosbooks.bsky.social (packaged perfectly & shipped quickly!)

Can't wait to dive into this found footage haunted lighthouse story!
💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Release Day for 2 books by 3 wonderful authors:
WIDOW'S POINT: THE COMPLETE HAUNTING by @richardchizmar.bsky.social & @whchizmar.bsky.social and THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE by @pfracassi.bsky.social

💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookrec

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 10d

Just checking... Are we great again yet?

Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 10d

It's not just this year's crop. We need to decide what we want to grow next year right now, too.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11d

Farmers planted in April or May. They have to sell in the next couple months. There isn’t any way they can react to the Trump havoc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 11d

Just a few days left before the Sept 30th release of @pfracassi.bsky.social's THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE. It's on your TBR pile, right? RIGHT????

💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookrec

Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 19d

Really looking forward to the Sept 30th release of @pfracassi.bsky.social's THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE. A fantastic slasher - both horrifying & sweet w/a kick-ass final girl!

Spoiler free review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookrec

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 12d

While I haven't had a chance to read the new WIDOW'S POINT yet, here's a spoiler-free review of the @richardchizmar.bsky.social & @whchizmar.bsky.social's WIDOW'S POINT novella, released in 2018: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookrec

Richard Quist's review of Widow's Point

5/5: This review is for the WIDOW'S POINT novella, published in 2018 by Cemetery Dance Publications. Richard Chizmar and Billy Chizmar (AKA W.H. Chizmar) really knock it out of the park with this cr...

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 12d

Just a few more days until the release of @richardchizmar.bsky.social & @whchizmar.bsky.social's WIDOW'S POINT: THE COMPLETE HAUNTING on Sept 30th
💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookrec

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 13d

To my mind, a large part of the success comes by writing characters that readers care about. To do so in a short story makes the feat that much more remarkable.

Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 15d

One of several stories in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: New Tales of Stephen King's THE STAND not set in the United States.

Spoiler-free review of @briankeene.bsky.social & Christopher Golden's anthology www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookrec

Richard Quist's review of The End of the World As We Know It

5/5: I recently finished THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND and have to say that I really enjoyed the anthology. I liked some stories better than others but I wa...

www.goodreads.com

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 15d

THE MOSQUE AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Usman T. Malik is a fantastic tale of the aftermath of Captain Trips on other parts of the world, where local customs, legends and beliefs have their own power.

💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookrec

Picture of the US first edition cover of THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND

Picture of the first page of THE MOSQUE AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Usman T. Malik from THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 16d

ANTS WAKING by R.J. Huneke (@rj.rjhuneke.com) is a wonderful dark fantasy tale with a compelling protagonist, ancient gods and faeries. Coming in late October it should be on your TBR pile

Spoiler free review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

💙📚🩸📚 📚⚔️ #booksky #horrorbooks #fantasybooks
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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 18d

Aaron R. Tyler's latest book, M.I.R.E.: Memory Implantation for Rehabilitation and Empathy, is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ disturbing, graphic and riveting read.

Spoiler-free review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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#booksky #horrorbooks #scifi #bookreview #bookrec

Image of Richard Quist's Goodreads review of Aaron R. Tyler's novel, M.I.R.E.: Memory Implantation for Rehabilitation and Empathy. The text of which reads:
Aaron R. Tyler's latest novel, M.I.R.E.: Memory Implantation for Rehabilitation and Empathy, is a visceral, grab you by the throat and squeeze, experience. In this medical thriller monsters are all too human, and the line between hero and villain is thin.

I'll warn you up front. This novel is graphic - Tyler pulls no punches in his descriptions of physical and sexual violence throughout the story. This is intended, I think, to ensure the reader has a more than casual understanding of what far too many victims experience.

Brilliant brain surgeon, Dr. William Stonehurst, has discovered he can cure PTSD by removing the memory of the traumatic event - a blessing for veterans and many others who find their lives severely limited by the trauma they re-experience. His research also leads him to the understanding that those removed memories can be stored and later implanted in another person's brain. He suspects these memories can trigger PTSD in violent criminals and generate empathy for their victims, preventing future attacks.

But Dr. Stonehurst has a secret - his research was inspired by his twin sister who committed suicide due to trauma she continued to experience after being brutally assaulted and raped. He also has a desire to exact vengeance upon her attacker, John Kiel, who got away with the crime on a technicality. When the M.I.R.E. procedure gets approved as a sentencing option for repeat, violent offenders, he may finally get his chance for revenge.

Tyler doesn't shy away from the moral questions raised by M.I.R.E. To say that many of the characters are not nice is an understatement, but do the ends justify the means? Is it appropriate knowingly inflict PTSD, even on violent criminals, in hopes of preventing future crimes? Is this justice or vengeance... or both? These are questions that Tyler's charact…

Image of the cover of Aaron R. Tyler's novel, M.I.R.E.: Memory Implantation for Rehabilitation and Empathy

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 19d

Really looking forward to the Sept 30th release of @pfracassi.bsky.social's THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE. A fantastic slasher - both horrifying & sweet w/a kick-ass final girl!

Spoiler free review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookrec

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 20d

Oh, and @jonathanjanz.bsky.social's latest book, VEIL, "ain't half-bad either" 😁😁😁
Here's my ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ spoiler-free review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Richard Quist's review of Veil

5/5: Veil by Jonathan Janz is Predator meets Falling Skies and The A-Team all rolled into one fantastic, wild ride! What starts out as a simple story of John Calhoun, a father desperately trying to k...

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 20d

Teachers are special - the best ones impact students far beyond the facts or lessons of whatever subject they teach. Having one in the classroom who can speak about the writing process and the journey to becoming a published author from their own experience is an amazing gift for these students!

Jonathan Janz @jonathanjanz.bsky.social · 20d

Here it is, the NBC (WTHR Indianapolis) segment about my double life as a teacher and an author. HUGE thanks to Emmy-winning anchor Dustin Grove for doing such an incredible job! @blackstonepub.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social www.wthr.com/video/news/l...

A tale of 2 passions | Indiana English teacher by day, horror novelist by night

Craig Shaeffer teaches English in West Lafayette. He also writes acclaimed horror as Jonathan Janz. He told 13News how he balances both careers.

www.wthr.com

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 21d

(I got the Seinfeld reference too 😁)

I haven't listened to many audio books recently since I'm not commuting, but the snippets I've heard of the VEIL narration are excellent!

My spoiler-free review of this amazing, action packed scifi/horror/thriller is here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 22d

Let the invasion begin! VEIL by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social is out today! A ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ horror/sci-fi/action-packed thriller Published by @blackstonepub.bsky.social

💙📚🩸📚 🪐📚 #booksky #bookreview #bookrec #horror #scifi

My review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Thanls @netgalley.bsky.social

Screenshot of Richard Quist's review of Jonathan Janz's sci-fi/horror/thriller novel VEIL on Goodreads, the text of which says:
Veil by Jonathan Janz is Predator meets Falling Skies and The A-Team all rolled into one fantastic, wild ride!

What starts out as a simple story of John Calhoun, a father desperately trying to keep his family from falling apart, turns horrific as first his son, then his separated wife, and finally his daughter are abducted in the midst of nation-wide series of unexplained disappearances. Rumors spread that the abductions are part of an alien invasion as reports surface of people literally vanishing into thin-air. As the world around him devolves into chaos, John wants nothing more than to bring his family back together, and joins with a small group of misfits who have a risky and radical plan to find and battle the abductors and bring their loved ones home.

With Veil, Janz has crafted a tension-filled story that evolves into an action-packed thriller, with strong and interesting characters and skillfully applied echoes of government and citizen reactions to the 2020 pandemic.

I'll be looking for more books by Jonathan Janz.
Recommended!

Thanks to #NetGalley for the early review copy of #Veil

Image of the book cover for Jonathan Janz's novel VEIL

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations!!

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 23d

Hopefully the aliens don't grab it before you do....😁👾😁

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 23d

Look what arrived a day early from @2ndflightbooks.bsky.social !!
VEIL signed by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social - a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ horror/sci-fi/action-packed thriller published by @blackstonepub.bsky.social
Spoiler-free review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks for the wonderful story!

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 24d

Spoiler-free review of @brian_keene & @christopher_golden's anthology: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

💙📚🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookrec

Richard Quist's review of The End of the World As We Know It

5/5: I recently finished THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND and have to say that I really enjoyed the anthology. I liked some stories better than others but I wa...

www.goodreads.com

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