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Sticky Post: Where Do I Start Reading?
I’ve just found your work and there’s a lot of it, where do I start? Welcome to my website! First off, my name is Johannes (Yo-Han-Ehz) T. Evans. I’m a gay, disabled, transgender man originally from Chepstow in the South of Wales, and I now live in Bradford in West Yorkshire, though for several years before now I lived in Galway, in the west of the Irish Republic. I’ve been writing for years, and you might actually already be familiar with my work – I’ve been on Tumblr under various URLs (before using my own name, JohannesTEvans, I was at…
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Bad Feminist
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Welcome our new family member!
I have desired this addition for over a year now, but missed out on my chance to make it happen last year after Halloween came and went, so as soon as B&M dropped their Halloween stock, I snapped him up. If you follow my socials, you’ll have already seen him, but if not, here he is: Isidore B. Yarwood is our new skeleton. He is 5’4″ and fully posable, and now that I have appropriately dressed him in some of my old clothes, he will be joining me at conventions from here onwards! All the ladies in B&M were very…
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Lashton Sounds: Chapter Four
Oidhche muses on life, crime, and family between laps in the pool. Gellert Osgodby is beginning to settle into his position as Lucien Pike’s secretary, but nothing in Lashton ever stays the same for long. Chapter One / / Chapter Two / / Chapter Three / / Chapter Four Oidhche reached the other end of the pool, his fingertips touching against the tile before he loosely curled his fingers about the edge and pushed himself up. He didn’t draw himself fully out of the water to sit up on it, but rested his forearms on the pool’s edge with his…
Character: Cosmo Pike, Character: Dafydd “Dai” Laithe, Character: Damien Pike, Character: Laborious King, Character: Noble King, Character: Oidhche Laithe, Serial: Lashton Sounds, Setting: Lashton Town, Setting: Modern Day | 2020s, Theme: Chronic Pain, Theme: Fathers & Paternity, Theme: Incest & Incestuous Abuse, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Sibling Relationships, World: Magic Beholden -
Rescue Dogs, Upcoming Conventions, & New ThreadFics
Hello, all! Just a little update: I have two new threadfics out now on Bluesky from this week. First one: A sex worker in an abusive relationship is rescued by an ex-criminal librarian. Some abuse and coercion and nastiness referenced throughout, but it’s generally quite sweet despite the potential for horrible. Second one: A mother and her children discover after a nasty accident that the husband she’s been secretly separated from for several years has a partner called Marian… who is not a younger or hotter woman, but a man, and one who jumps in to help take care of…
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Godfrey Digbett III and the Silent Caverns: Chapter Five
Fantasy serial. The silence reaches the team. Godfrey Digbett III, to his anxiety and chagrin, is drafted into a crew of adventurers delving into an ancient elvish catacomb, which is not so silent, nor so dead, as it appears from the outside. Cleric to the minor god Halloran, he stands most of all for servants and their service, and must be a good servant himself to the Oghmian religious order that employs him. In studying the music of the tunnels, he is forced to reckon with the things that he lacks, and the things that he aches for – and…
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Lashton Sounds: Chapter Three
Dai Laithe makes collections for the family. Gellert Osgodby is beginning to settle into his position as Lucien Pike’s secretary, but nothing in Lashton ever stays the same for long. Chapter One / / Chapter Two / / Chapter Three It looked as if it was raining blood, and Dai stood in the balcony doorway with his shoulder leaned against the frame, underneath the overhang so that he wasn’t getting wet. Dai observed the downpour with detached interest. It was a very bright red and rather thin, not like arterial blood, but when it landed at street level it congealed…
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Rescue Dogs: Chapter Twenty-Six
Final chapter! Cecil and Valorous go to dinner with Noble and Jack. Cecil Hobbes, an ex-PE teacher disgraced and looked down on in his hometown, has a new partner: Sir Valorous King, a knight of the realm, once a child of prophecy, and Cecil’s stalker. A few months into their relationship, Cecil finally convinces Valorous to see a therapist, on the condition that Cecil attend one himself. Previous Chapter Full Chapter Directory For the better part of six weeks, Valorous had spent a lot of time on buses and trains. It was a shame not to have the novelty of…
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Domesticating A Pig: Part VI
Phil’s not had a hard day, but Adrian has. Continuing on from A Clean Pig. Phil Hutchinson, a detective inspector, has stumbled into being the kept pig of the beautiful young Adrian Gillespie – half his age, devastatingly attractive, and sick. Uses a wheelchair, takes a bunch of meds, is weak and ill and has a thousand allergies sick. So why the fuck does this kid have such a hold over him? Why does Phil feel like falling to the floor at his feet whenever he lays eyes on him? Dom/sub dynamics, age gap with the younger one domming, lots…
Category: M/M, Character: Adrian Gillespie, Character: DI Phil Hutchinson, Character: Hanzalah Biswas, Character: Laborious King, Kink: Age Gap / Age Difference, Kink: Massage Kink, Serial: Domesticating A Pig, Setting: Modern Day | 2020s, Theme: Chronic Illness, Theme: Chronic Pain, Theme: Disability, Theme: Intimacy, Theme: Spooning & Cuddling, Theme: Trans Male Characters, World: Magic Beholden -
Daniel Kahn’s Der Zinger fun Noyt from Word Beggar (2021): Yiddish Lyrics & Vocabulary
Something a bit different – just some lyrics in transliteration and in Yiddish side by side, I’m going to be doing a series of these throughout Daniel Kahn’s discography and possibly a few other Yiddish artists as part of an aid with my Yiddish studies. Even if you have no interest in Yiddish, you might still enjoy checking these out – there’s a lot of really great leftist poetry in Kahn’s body of work, both original and in translation from older Jewish artists, and I love his work to bits. Kahn is a klezmer artist – klemzer is a traditional…
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Where I Would Recommend Starting Star Trek as a Newbie
It depends on how much you enjoy and gel with older media. I grew up on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, then went back and watched the original, as well as seeing the 2009 film went it came out. I personally think that one of those three is the best place to start as a new fan – The Original Series (3 seasons, 1966-69, later they got movies as well), The Next Generation (7 seasons, 1987-1994, also movies), and then Star Trek (2009). 2009 I only mention basically if you’re trying to fishhook less easily convinced people into…
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So, I’ve Been Hanging Out In Graveyards A Lot Recently
About two months ago, somebody on Tumblr posted a tag game about what people’s great grandfathers did for a living – I knew that two had been farmers and that one had been in the RAF, but I didn’t know about the other one, and on a whim, I started building my family tree again. I did a course on how to do it when I was fifteen or so – nearly fifteen years ago now! – at my local library, and I’m a lot better at collating information and data, as well as having a far greater attention span,…
Setting: 1800s | 19th Century, Setting: 1837 to 1901 | Victorian Era, Setting: 1900s | 20th Century, Setting: 1901-1910 | Edwardian Era, Setting: 1918-1939 | Interwar Period, Setting: Bradford, Setting: Leeds, Theme: Death, Theme: Family Trees & Geneaology, Theme: Graveyards & Cemeteries, Theme: Headstones & Monuments, Theme: Histories & Records, Theme: Local History, Theme: Photography, Theme: Wildlife & Natural History, Themes: Funerary & Burial Customs -
Queer Affaire in York tomorrow!
Hello, hello! If you’re Yorkshire way, I will be at Queer Affaire in York tomorrow afternoon – I shall mainly have paperbacks and badges on sale, and Spark is a really nice venue, it’s very near to the Georgian house museum. I know a few other vendors at this event and I’m really excited about it – Spark is a nice venue that I’ve been to for other events, and if you haven’t been to York before or lately, it’s a great little town, lots of antique shops and bookshops and museums, and as well as this event running, there’s…
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My Birthday & Power of Pride Itch Bundles
Hello, it was of course my birthday on Saturday, May 30th, and thank you very kindly for the well wishes. I would love to say that I have only been working on Natural Recovery recently because I have been gallivanting about enjoying my birthday week, but unfortunately what is actually the case is that I have largely been quite sick and mostly going between bed, coughing miserably, and back to bed again. A lot of people have sent asks to my Tumblr and I’ve answered them over the past few days and still have a few more to answer, but…
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Natural Recovery: Part Four
Romance. Avi, restless, goes for a walk on Friday and runs into Yuri. Yuri Jentis, retired from paramedicine with a back injury, teaches IT and other skills in a town community centre. When Abraham Smith joins the attached library as an assistant, a painfully shy young man recently off a long-term hospital stay, Yuri finds himself quite attracted to him – though not as attracted to him as Abraham is clearly attracted to Yuri. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Avi gets through a stack of three books on Friday afternoon. Usually, once the sun sets, he lingers…
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Natural Recovery: Part III
Romance. Yuri heads home to the cat after his date with Avi. Yuri Jentis, retired from paramedicine with a back injury, teaches IT and other skills in a town community centre. When Abraham Smith joins the attached library as an assistant, a painfully shy young man recently off a long-term hospital stay, Yuri finds himself quite attracted to him – though not as attracted to him as Abraham is clearly attracted to Yuri. Part I Part II Part III Yuri doesn’t jog home, but he walks faster than he fucking should, kinda speed-walks and tries to minimise the impact on…
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Natural Recovery: Part II
Romance. Avi goes for drinks with Yuri. Yuri Jentis, retired from paramedicine with a back injury, teaches IT and other skills in a town community centre. When Abraham Smith joins the attached library as an assistant, a painfully shy young man recently off a long-term hospital stay, Yuri finds himself quite attracted to him – though not as attracted to him as Abraham is clearly attracted to Yuri. Age gap romance (49/31), suicidality and mental health issues discussed throughout, particularly anxiety, some PTSD, past abuse, and some chronic pain and disability stuff. Very Jewish-heavy cast with lots of Jewish jokes,…
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Rescue Dogs: Chapter Twenty-Five
Cecil joins Ava and some angels for a nice lunch. Cecil Hobbes, an ex-PE teacher disgraced and looked down on in his hometown, has a new partner: Sir Valorous King, a knight of the realm, once a child of prophecy, and Cecil’s stalker. A few months into their relationship, Cecil finally convinces Valorous to see a therapist, on the condition that Cecil attend one himself. Previous Chapter Full Chapter Directory Next Chapter Cecil wasn’t sure what to expect when he headed up the hill and toward the address Ava had given him on a beautifully written formal invitation card –…
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And Relief
Category: M/M, Kink: Age Gap / Age Difference, Setting: Modern Day | 2020s, Theme: Antisemitism, Theme: Banter & Flirtation, Theme: Books & Literature, Theme: Desk Jobs & Office Dynamics, Theme: Jews & Judaism, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Mentorship, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Professors & Teachers, Theme: Schools & Libraries & Archives, Theme: Sugar Daddies & Mommies, World: Magic Beholden -
Happy birthday, Terry Pratchett!
Here’s a Discworld-themed crossword for the month.
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Most Rewatched Movies by Tumblr Users
Hello, all! First, a new threadfic for you, here on Bluesky: As for my lack of regular stuff at the moment, I am currently super exhausted and very miserable about it. I am at the moment two weeks late on what should be a 12-weekly shot of my testosterone because my GP refuses to administer it and I have to get it done privately, which is proving more annoying than one would hope. Low T is no joke, especially given that the sunshine and my higher meds dose have been helping me so much in general, it’s maddening to basically…
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EasterCon 2026: Iridescence
I have been attending different conventions on and off for a little over a decade now – comic cons, Star Trek conventions, literary conventions like EasterCon, WorldCon, BristolCon, smaller lit cons like TeratoCon, and honestly, I think this is the best con experience I’ve had in all that time. Made a lot of new friends and connected with con regulars, had great fun watching panels and being on them, and I’m very excited indeed to go back through and listen to panels I wasn’t able to attend through the course of the con. It wasn’t our first time at the…
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We are live and trading at EasterCon!
If you’re in and around Birmingham, come and see us at the Hilton Metropole with an EasterCon day ticket – or a HaruhiCon one, as that convention is also running this weekend, and con-goers are welcome at both sets of dealers and art rooms!
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Upcoming Conventions & Markets
We’re very nearly into April, and I have a bunch of events scheduled for the year! Eastercon 2026 – 3rd April to 6th April in Birmingham Leeds Sex, Kink, & Fetish Market – 12th April at The Nests in Leeds Once Upon A Tyne – 26th – 27th September in Newcastle Bath Monster Market – 18th October in Bath I will edit these into my events calendar soon. If I can, I do want to do FantasyCon and BristolCon, which are in Glasgow and Bristol respectively, but they’re both in October, and depending on the weather and my health in…
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Godfrey Digbett III and the Silent Caverns: Chapter Three
Fantasy Serial. The team enter the Silent Caverns. Godfrey Digbett III, to his anxiety and chagrin, is drafted into a crew of adventurers delving into an ancient elvish catacomb, which is not so silent, nor so dead, as it appears from the outside. Cleric to the minor god Halloran, he stands most of all for servants and their service, and must be a good servant himself to the Oghmian religious order that employs him. In studying the music of the tunnels, he is forced to reckon with the things that he lacks, and the things that he aches for –…
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Goths For Breakfast 2026: Charity Teach-a-Thon to feed hungry kids!
It’s that wonderful time of year again – Romancing the Gothic, run by the inimitable Doctor Sam Hirst, is raising money for Magic Breakfast, a UK-based charity that provides free breakfasts for hungry school kids across England and Scotland. I am privileged to be a part of the incredible line-up for tomorrow, where you can choose your ticket price to donate as much as you’re able to the cause – and don’t worry if your Saturday is already booked and you’re not able to join online, as all the non-interactive sessions will be recorded and available to peruse afterwards. Here’s…
Event: Romancing the Gothic, Theme: Books & Literature, Theme: Clothing & Tailoring, Theme: Conventions & Literary Events, Theme: Film & Cinema, Theme: Gothic Horror, Theme: Gothic Romance, Theme: Guillermo del Toro, Theme: Horrors & Thrillers, Theme: Television & Entertainment, Theme: Uniforms & Costumes -
Godfrey Digbett III and the Silent Caverns: Chapter Two
Fantasy serial. Godfrey meets King Lara of Passon. Godfrey Digbett III, to his anxiety and chagrin, is drafted into a crew of adventurers delving into an ancient elvish catacomb, which is not so silent, nor so dead, as it appears from the outside. Cleric to the minor god Halloran, he stands most of all for servants and their service, and must be a good servant himself to the Oghmian religious order that employs him. In studying the music of the tunnels, he is forced to reckon with the things that he lacks, and the things that he aches for –…
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Some Favourite Jewish Movie Recs
I’ve been having a great deal of fun watching The Pitt recently, it’s been wonderful watching a show that’s so joyful and complex not just in its Jewish characters and storylines, but also in its complex approach to ethics and philosophy within a medical workplace. I definitely understand what they mean about intending it as a spiritual successor to ER, which I’m on Season 6 of my watch-through! I’m obviously really enjoying writing fanfic for the series, as evidenced by the 60k of fic I’ve written in the past month. Michael Robinavitch, who’s a main character and is depicted by…
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February’s Crossword: Saints & Martyrs
Happy Valentine’s Day, just a short crossword today with a bunch of queer saints and iconic figures! Built by Johannes T. Evans using the crossword generator from Amuse Labs