Author · Poet · Builder
Tommy Kunkel
I write what I lived & build what I need.
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The why & the what
Born Backward is why I think like I do. Second Order is what I think.
Books
The shelf
Out now
Wilson
A novel. “We are not the end of evolution. We are just the now.”
Out now
VaporInspired by Ecclesiastes
A novel inspired by Ecclesiastes. Everything you’re chasing is already dissolving.
Out now
JoshuaThe Man From Galilee
The most human version of the story I could write. Before they called him Christ, his mother called him Joshua.
Out now
The AccuserA History of Satan
Not a theology — a history. Where he came from, what he was originally, and how he became what most people picture.
Out now
Love Is Cursed by Monogamy
Five movements: Fracture, Fire, The Turn, Signal, Stillness.
Out now
Some Days
Poems for the days that don't announce themselves.
In the works
Born BackwardMore Fucking Tommy Stories
The ones that didn't fit in the first book. Including the day I met Mary Vincent.
In the works
The Absence of Light
The collection the press is named after.
Builds
Software, made solo
- MaraYour sobriety companion. A calm AI in your corner for the hard moments — no account, no ads, no judgment. Free to try, $4.99/mo or $99 for life.www.mymara.app/pricing ↗
- Easy ButtonThe one app you need open. Voice notes that map themselves, email drafted for you.easybutton.dev ↗
- FunnelForgeAd copy that converts, written in seconds.funnelforge.us ↗
- HomeForgeA real estate CRM that tells agents what to do today, and lets them do it in one tap. $49/mo early adopter — locked in forever.tommykunkel.com/homeforge →
About
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I've written and published 8 books. One of them is my life, told backward.
I run Absence of Light Publishing out of a home studio where I also record the audiobooks and ship the software. Most of it gets made late at night, after the house is quiet.
Sober, present, honest. That's the whole program. The goal is to be free, with my kids close.