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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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An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Nine
Alexos and Harry are introduced to expected and unexpected parts of one another. 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. CWs for period-typical homophobia…
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I’m just in the mood for a movie with gay (or bi) dudes!
That’s not Call Me By Your Name or Love, Simon or another one that’s been recced to me a hundred times already. Disclaimer: this is not an official rec list of The Best Movies with MLM That You Absolutely Must See! There’s a pretty wide variety to content and tone. Not all the movies I’m going to recommend are explicitly queer — some of them center heavy implications or are easily read as homoerotic and/or homoromantic, but part of the reason I want to recommend them anyway is because for me, it doesn’t make them less satisfying or exciting to engage with, especially…
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The Widower’s Garden
Horror-Fantasy short. After a man is widowed, his husband begins to appear at the foot of his garden every night. Happy Halloween, here’s something a little spooky! Rated M, 12.5k. Content warnings for horror, violence, trauma, infidelity, nasty guys being nasty. All the usual fun stuff. Enjoy! It didn’t start until some weeks after Doug was cold in the ground in the cemetery on top of Fan Hill. The grass was just beginning to grow again, covering up the seam between the disturbed ground and the rest of the graveyard’s ground, when Mel looked out of the kitchen window, saw him…
Category: Gen, Length: 10k+, Setting: 2010s, Setting: Harken, Theme: Cheating & Infidelity, Theme: Emotional Manipulation, Theme: Fae Deadland, Theme: Ghosts & Necromancy, Theme: Grief & Loss, Theme: Isolation & Loneliness, Theme: Magic & Powers, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Power Struggles, Theme: Violence & Killing, Theme: Weddings & Marriages, Theme: Woods & Forestry, World: Magic Beholden -
An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Eight
Harry Sutton finally makes the proposal he came to the Foxes’ household for. 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. CWs for period-typical…
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A Hike
Fantasy short. A young mage discusses his youth with his favourite stablemaster. Just a little Cicero Penllwynog and Coshel Fenwick bickering! 1.2k, light humour. CW for passing reference to corporal punishment and underage sex. “You know how to ride?” asks Fenwick. Cicero, sprawling further into Fenwick’s bed and pressing his skin back into the sur he’d thrown over it for the winter chill — only because Cicero had complained about the cold — says, “I think you know I do.” “Horses, slag.” “Yes, I do,” says Cicero. “One of my sisters leads a mounted battalion, you know.” Fenwick glances at him, a deep frown…
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An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Seven
Mr Sutton attends to Alexos in his bath, and the two talk. 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. CWs for period-typical homophobia and…
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Return to Terok Nor: Past Prologue
Liveblog & analysis of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S1:E4. Spoiler Notice: I have seen every episode of Deep Space Nine, The Original Series, and The Next Generation multiple times, and I have seen most of Voyager and Enterprise at least once. I will not be holding back late-season knowledge or knowledge from other shows as spoilers, and it is likely that there will be spoilers for both throughout. Season One: Emissary (E1-E2) | A Man Alone (E3) | Past Prologue (E4) Elim Garak grinning brightly. Via Memory Alpha. Past Prologue: (from Netflix) Dr. Bashir is excited to meet Garak, the last…
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Return to Terok Nor: A Man Alone
Liveblog & analysis of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S1:E3. Spoiler Notice: I have seen every episode of Deep Space Nine, The Original Series, and The Next Generation multiple times, and I have seen most of Voyager and Enterprise at least once. I will not be holding back late-season knowledge or knowledge from other shows as spoilers, and it is likely that there will be spoilers for both throughout. Season One: Emissary (E1-E2) | A Man Alone (E3) Odo looking up disgustedly as Quark looks up at the same thing in delight. Via Memory Alpha. A Man Alone: (from Netflix) The adjustment…
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Return To Terok Nor: Emissary Parts 1 & 2
Liveblog & analysis of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S1:E1–E2. Ben Sisko with his hand on Jake Sisko’s shoulder, the two of them looking out of a viewport at Deep Space Nine. Via Memory Alpha. This is a new format I’m going to be experimenting while working my way through Star Trek: Deep Space Nine over the next few months — I’ve seen the whole series many times before, and it’s my plan to do these write-ups which will be a mix of blog and live-reaction, character and story analysis and commentary, and other ephemera and thoughts on the show and the episode…
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An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Six
After Alexos lets off some steam, Sutton takes it upon himself to release the rest. 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. CWs for…
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An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Five
Sutton winds Alexos up tighter and tighter, until he feels about ready to break. 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. CWs for period-typical…
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An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Three
Alexos slips when he goes for a bath. 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. CWs for period-typical homophobia and repression, internalised ableism.…
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An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Four
Alexos, overwhelmed, attempts to distance himself from the house’s butler. 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. CWs for period-typical homophobia and repression, internalised…
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Belle Flees Her Bounty
Belle had been riding since dawn. Content warnings for references to period-typical misogyny and rape culture, and primarily off-screen violence. Belle had been riding since dawn. It was now past dusk, and the Saddler was flagging underneath her. She finally pulled off the trail for an hour or so, careful of snakes and traps alike as they made their way over the underbrush, picking their way down into a valley, out of sight of the main roads. She stayed close to one tall tree to make her camp, the better to obscure any smoke from her fire, and laid out her…
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Gerald Poole & the Pirates: Part III
Amongst pirates, Wicks and Poole discover more about one another. Photo by Elena Theodoridou via Unsplash. A little bit of adventure, romance, and queerness in the 18th century Mediterranean! An adaptation of my TweetFic, Gerald Poole & the Pirates. This part is 9k in length. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Content warnings: consent issues throughout for sexual threats, violence, period-typical racism and homophobia, self-esteem and identity issues. In this chapter, in-depth discussion of institutionalized racism typical of the period, discussions of homophobia, and ableism`- specifically in this chapter there’s a scene where one NT guy…
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Gerald Poole and the Pirates: Part II
Held captive by pirates, Wicks and Poole struggle to rely on one another. Photo by Elena Theodoridou via Unsplash. A little bit of adventure, romance, and queerness in the 18th century Mediterranean! An adaptation of my TweetFic, Gerald Poole & the Pirates. This part is 10k in length. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Content warnings: consent issues throughout and sexual threats, violence, period-typical racism and homophobia, self-esteem and identity issues. In this chapter, choking. It was colder in the little room that had been set aside for Wicks’ imprisonment than it had been in the…
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Gerald Poole and the Pirates: Part I
A distinctly queer adventure full of internal conflict ensues when a gentleman and a sailor are captured by pirates. Photo by Elena Theodoridou via Unsplash. A little bit of adventure, romance, and queerness in the 18th century Mediterranean! An adaptation of my TweetFic, Gerald Poole & the Pirates. This is going to be posted in several parts, with this one being 14.2k in length. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV Content warnings: consent issues throughout and sexual threats, violence, period-typical racism and homophobia, self-esteem and identity issues. “… and this is Second Lieutenant John William Wicks,”…
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A Prologue
Slice-of-life short. A doctor and a nurse discuss changing conditions. 1.6k. Ephraim Margolis, an obstetrician at the Caer Afon Magical Hospital, stops to speak with their nurse lead — Colleen Pike, the daughter of the infamous Lucien Pike. They talk about things that are, and things to come. Colleen’s office was dark, but the door was slightly ajar, and Ephraim drummed his knuckles against the wood before he leaned his shoulder against it, and looked inside. Colleen’s shift had finished half an hour ago at ten, but she would only take the eleven or the midnight bus, didn’t like to catch any…
Character: Colleen Pike, Character: Doctor Ephraim Margolis, Setting: Bristol, Setting: Caer Afon Magical Hospital, Setting: Modern Day | 2020s, Theme: Angels, Theme: Doctors & Nurses, Theme: Found Family, Theme: Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities, Theme: Trauma & Trauma Recovery, World: Magic Beholden -
Soaked
A butler and his gentleman seek respite from a demanding morning. It was very early, only a little after dawn. Don was only awake because it had been raining so heavily the night previous, and still was. The raindrops were coming down in such fat, heavy drops that it almost sounded like hail when it hit the roof tiles, and he could hear it gushing in the gutters and pouring down onto the stone, too. “You ought return to bed,” murmured Mead in his ear, even as he pushed Don over at the waist, Don’s hands gripping the edge of…