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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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Alarm Clock
Doing short requests (<1000w)! Feel free to drop requests in the replies or into my askbox. If you’d like a leave a tip for your own request or someone else’s, my tip jar is here. He’s not handsome like this, because Aimé is rarely ever handsome, but Jean-Pierre adores to look on him nonetheless, loves these moments where he comes in after Aimé’s been painting and drinking wine by the bottle, and he is able to find him fast asleep, snoring quietly. Jean-Pierre undresses himself, drops the jumper of Aimé’s he’d been wearing onto the pile with the rest of…
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The #MonstrousMay Challenge 2024!
It’s that time of year again — an art and writing prompt challenge for May. Monstrous May was first established in 2021, and I’ve arranged prompts for each May since — for each day of the month of May, there is a prompt involving and invoking the monstrous. Create art, sculpture, write fiction, poetry, make whatever you feel inspired to! Create for as many or as few days as inspire you, collaborate with friends, and have fun. Fan creations are just as welcome as original ones, and naturally, erotic and adult creations are as well as SFW ones! And of course, if you’re creating original…
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Careful
Doing short requests (<500w)! Request was for dyspareunia. Feel free to drop requests in the replies or into my askbox. If you’d like a leave a tip for your own request or someone else’s, my tip jar is here. Kai grits their teeth, gripping tightly at the sheets and pressing their shoulders back into the pillows as they look down at Ivan, look down at his focused face as he spreads their thighs further apart. It’s a horrible parody of the doctor’s office, their ankles in the stirrups, but Ivan’s expression is tender, and his fingers are gentle as they…
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The Devouring Gaze in The First Omen
The horror of surveillance and surveilling in Arkasha Stevenson’s The First Omen (2024). Cap via ScreenAnarchy. I was saying the other night after we came out of the cinema that for the past few years, it really feels like I can trust horror films more than virtually any other film — horror films generally have a specific, presumed audience of older teens and adults who know what they’re in for, and subsequently, they don’t always fall in the same trap of overproduction that other films fall prey to. When I watch a lot of new horror releases, even though they are as much…
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Crimson Peak: A Love Letter To Gothic Romance
Adoring thoughts on Guillermo Del Toro’s 2015 masterpiece. This review and bit of analysis is related to the talk I’ll be giving on Crimson Peak tomorrow, responses to misogyny and marginalisation in and around Gothic fiction, and how much of this social conservatism is mirrored in BookTok and modern retorts to problematic fiction. All proceeds from the Romancing the Gothic Goths for Breakfast talks go to charity, feeding school children free breakfasts! You can sign up for tickets here. Crimson Peak (2015) frustrated me when it came out, and often frustrates me today — I was desperately excited about it when it…
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The Real Harm in “Harmful Content”
Exploring the true harm in “harmful content” and “problematic” media. Originally published in An Injustice! We live, unfortunately, in a world increasingly defined by people’s lack of media literacy. It isn’t as simple as people not reading, because people do — as schools and universities increasingly cut or allocate resources away from English literature, history, and other humanities, students are robbed of their opportunities to exercise their critical thinking stills; in the USA, “balanced literacy” strategies all but ensure many children don’t learn the vital skills to read text in the first place; many CinemaSins and Ending Explained- style videos are critiqued…
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Addressing Common Arguments Against “Consuming Harmful Content”
Challenging purity culture in online spaces and their fears of “problematic media”. Constant and continuous arguments endure on social media about the dreaded and frightening spectre of problematic media — from television shows that supposedly “glorify” unhealthy relationships or “sexualise” and “excuse” abusive relationships; to erotica, adult books, and 18+ fanfiction that supposedly teach teenagers bad life lessons and impact their ethics; to anime and manga that surely must be the cause of child abuse the world over. I wrote an in-depth essay about the intellectual flaws in these reactionary assumptions, delving into their roots in lacking media literacy and rising anti-sex…
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Mating Season
A mage’s apprentice is set upon by horny dragons during mating season. Photo by ROMAN ODINSTOV via Pexels. 3k, rated E, trans M/a bunch of dragons. A return of Tiresias Everhardt and introducing his dutiful apprentice, Anso Laden: Anso is out gathering herbs and doesn’t realise that one is a powerful aphrodisiac for local monsters. Sex pollen and dragons in rut, loads of come inflation, cervix penetration, gaping, size difference, sex in the air, belly bulging, D/s dynamics, overstimulation. Mild consent issues at first, but then Anso gets into it. The morning, even before the sun has fully risen, is hot and…
Category: M/M, Character: Anso Laden, Character: Tiresias Everhardt, Kink: Belly Bulge / Stomach Deformation, Kink: Cervix Penetration, Kink: Cumflation / Come Inflation, Kink: Dom/sub, Kink: Gangbang, Kink: Gaping & Stretching, Kink: Pheromones & Aphrodisiacs, Kink: Sadomasochism, Kink: Sex Pollen, Kink: Size Difference, Theme: Apothecaries & Pellars & Potioneers, Theme: Drakes & Dragons, Theme: Mages & Sorcerers & Witches, Theme: Monsters & Monsterfucking, Theme: Potions & Alchemy, World: The Dragonplanet -
An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Seventeen
Alexos takes a bath at the hotel. Alexos Fox is of course quite sad when the long-time butler of his household, the man who all but raised him, retires. He is not at all prepared for the old man’s replacement: his exceedingly attractive and painfully tempting nephew, Harry Sutton. Alexos, overcome with feelings that are simply too much to repress, tries his best to avoid him, but it seems that Mr Sutton has more than his employment on his mind as he attends his new employer with keen and concentrated focus. Previous Chapter Directory of Chapters Next Chapter They arrived at…
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Finding Your Style, Part I: Shape & Silhouette
A deep dive into deciding on your own personal fashion and tailoring your clothes to fit. Introduction Before I start with the actual meat of this piece, I want to establish what this series of guides is not going to be. These guides are going to be about building and cultivating your wardrobe and accessories for you and your preferences. I have no interest in and will not be going into how to look good (or revoltingly, how to look “slimmer” or similar), how to be fashionable or trendy, or alternatively, how to look unique or dress differently to everybody you…
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An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Sixteen
The boys take the train down to Brighton. Alexos Fox is of course quite sad when the long-time butler of his household, the man who all but raised him, retires. He is not at all prepared for the old man’s replacement: his exceedingly attractive and painfully tempting nephew, Harry Sutton. Alexos, overcome with feelings that are simply too much to repress, tries his best to avoid him, but it seems that Mr Sutton has more than his employment on his mind as he attends his new employer with keen and concentrated focus. Previous Chapter Directory of Chapters Next Chapter Alexos…
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Prophet’s Cry: Chapter Five
Vance fucks Prophet over his desk, and reduces him to tears in the process. Prophet Shulman, Administrative Secretary at the Middlesbrough branch of Friar Holdings, has been on the verge of divorce for the past twenty years, almost ever since he got fucking married. Fucking his boss might make him as bad as his husband, but what the fuck’s the point in trying to be good anymore? Meanwhile, Vance Vixen, recently emerged from his own divorce and also the closet, when not fucking his Admin Secretary in the stationery cupboard, begins a delicate romance with a bartender named Gideon Shulman. Previous…
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Rescue Dogs: Chapter Seventeen
Valorous’ Uncle Heinous picks him up from work. 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 When Valorous finished up at the office on Saturday morning, he felt like there was a subtle vibration under his skin, his clothes feeling too tight and too heavy, his hands…
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The Captain’s Clerk
Erotic short. A new sailor is curious about the captain’s kept man. Photo by César Coni via Pexels. Just a short taste of something. 1.2k, rated E, M/M. Adapted from a TweetFic. Bernardt isn’t much of a talker. That was what Ruiz had said when he’d welcomed Pharon aboard — he’s been on pirate ships before, but Captain Des Voeux had picked him out in the tavern and brought him only recently aboard the Vista, and he’s still getting used to the space. It’s small and cramped and busy, and he’s missed it, work at sea — after he’d broken two of his fingers, he’d decided…
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Rescue Dogs: Chapter Sixteen
Coshel and Cecil go for a pint, and they talk boys. 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 When Cecil came into the pub, Coshel was already waiting for him, sitting against one of the back walls near to the fireplace with a pint on a…
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Woe, Boypussy Be Upon Ye: Transing Characters in Fanfic & Fanart
What’s the deal with envisioning your blorbos as transgender? Originally published in Prism & Pen. It’s been unbelievably positive for me as a trans dude, the change in approach to trans characters in fandom and subsequently in media in general, and I just wanted to write a bit about my experiences with the cultural shift and how positive it’s been for me personally. What’s weird about people in fandom confidently, nay casually, writing characters as transgender and just having them be a regular dude with a pussy or a regular girl with a dick is that like… I remember when…
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My Top 6 Films of 2023
Just some recommendations for my favourite new releases of last year! Photo by Wyron A on Unsplash 2023 had a few knock-out hits as far as the cinema goes — obviously, people were very excited about the respective releases of Barbie and Oppenheimer, but my top films of the year were a bit different. One thing I do think unites a lot of these — and a trend I hope to see from more films in the next few years — is a trend toward more earnestness and sincerity in scripts and plot lines, and I’m hoping that trend continues! Without further ado, my top films of 2023:…
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Rescue Dogs: Chapter Fifteen
Valorous comes to some hard conclusions. Cecil watches on. 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 They walked home from the cinema in silence. Valorous could feel his skin twitching, feel the prickle on it under his skin — it wasn’t an especially warm night, but he’d been…
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My Top Stories for 2023!
In case you missed ’em: these were my most popular works of fiction and non-fiction of the year! It’s very nearly 2024, and it’s been a big year for me! I’ve published so many short stories and new essays, I had a great time at EasterCon and BristolCon, and have published pieces with several new (for me!) publications on top of moving into my new apartment. I’m now based in Yorkshire instead of Ireland, and that means I’ll be attending a bunch more conventions and other events across Wales, Scotland, and England as well as still going back to Ireland from…
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Where do I find the queer people?
Making friends and finding social & community spaces as an LGBTQ+ adult. This piece originally published in Prism & Pen on Dec 31, 2023. A friend and I recently went to a Queer Open Mic night after I saw it advertised on the same afternoon. While we were on the way back, she asked about how I’d found it. “I just feel like you always know loads of queer events that are on,” she said, “and I don’t know how to begin to find them.” I sat down with her a few weeks later and showed her some of the ways…