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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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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 โ…
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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 โ…
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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
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My Transphobic Uncle Threatened to Kill Me This Weekend
Blog post. I wish this shit was fiction. As you may have seen on my socials, I was visiting my grandfather in Greece and was meant to fly back home tonight, but my uncle flipped his lid, started screaming at me, tried to fight me in the kitchen, blurted out half an hourโs worth of transphobic abuse, and culminated in declaring that it would be easy to kill me, and he would feel fine about doing so. As you can imagine, following this, I went to pack all my bags, lock myself in my bedroom overnight, and then go for…
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New Fanfic & Mini Update
Hello, all! I am taking a mini-holiday of sorts at the moment, as I’m currently visiting my grandfather in Greece! I am of course missing Lorenzo and my babies, but the warmer air here is doing absolute wonders for my fucked-up body, and I am spending time with my grandfather’s tubby little tabby, Kaluki and my uncle’s little dog Georgia. Kaluki is naturally quite a timid cat but she’s become a lot more confident with me the past few years, so we’ve been playing string a lot, and she keeps sleeping in bed with me at night. She’s got a…
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Experiments in Fudge #2: Cocoa Caramel Fudge
I took the cinnamon fudge with us when we went to see Marty Supreme at the cinema, and it was well-received by both our friends and a homeless gentleman that asked us for money after we came out of the cinema, who also happily had some of it. I added more milk to the recipe because I was adding in more semi-solid ingredients with the caramel and cocoa mix, and I also had a little bit of difficulty whipping it as much as I ought to have done because my body has been so wrecked after going out a few…
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Quick poll on readership for my original serials!
Just a mini poll here on which of my original serials you might follow – as in, which ones you go to read whenever I release a new chapter. I’m not including fanfic serials in this poll – all the readers for those are concentrated on Ao3, so it’s easy for me to see how many people are subbed in one place! Links and descriptions are below the poll if you can’t remember a specific name! Some of these serials are on the backburner and I haven’t updated them in a while, but I’m including them in the poll anyway…
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Experiments in Fudge: Attempt #1 – Cinnamon Fudge
New categories for recipes in place! Lorenzo’s friend made some fudge recently and L commented how easy it is to make, and I’ve been very frustrated the past few weeks with how little I’ve been able to bake with my hands being the way that they are of recent. We’re still cooking different recipes regularly – most recently I’ve been experimenting with a Vietnamese-style coconut and lemongrass curry in the slow cooker – especially as my new salad spinner has made chopping vegetables much easier, but I’ve not been baking as much. Fudge, at least, doesn’t demand bending down to…
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Domesticating A Pig: Part V
Dark romance. Adrian has a chat with Tevye. Continuing on from A Clean Pig. Phil Hutchinson, a detective inspector, has stumbled into being the kept pig of the beautiful young Adrian Gillespie โ 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 of…
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January Crossword
Here’s this month’s crossword, themed around Arctic Exploration for you Terror fans! For Clue 7, the painting Man Proposes, God Disposes:
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My Favourite Films ofย 2025
My top watches of the year! 2025 was a really good year for me flicks-wise, and itโs been a great year for film in generalโโโa lot more of my favourites are new releases than usual, and a fair few of them I actually watched in the cinema. I watched 120 films in 2025โโโa few were rewatchesโโโand I rated 46 of them 4 stars or more. Hereโs the full list on Letterboxd for easy browsing. Boarding School (2018, dir. Boaz Yakin) I fucking adored this filmโโโitโs Problematique, so say the least, but if Iโd watched this when I was fourteen or fifteen I…
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How Much I, A Queer Self-Published Indie Author, Made In Aย Year
My end of year report, looking at earnings, expenses, and achievements this year. My name is Johannes T. Evans, and for those unfamiliar with me, I am a self-published author of queer fiction, especially fantasy, romance, horror, and erotica. I live in Yorkshire in the UK, and I have been a full-time author since 2021 after the publication of my first M/M romance novel, Heart of Stone, in 2020. Each year Iโve been writing, Iโve made more than the year before, and I donโt make a lot, but I do mostly make enough to live on. I am a gay trans…
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Crossword: December 2025
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Indie Ink Awards, Smashwords Sales, and the Kink Survey!
Hello, all, and chag sameach! I am sorry I haven’t been writing much, replying to messages, or doing anything in general. I obviously had to go home from the Manchester Queer Market early the week before last, and wasn’t even able to make it along to the Queer Affaires one in York. I am currently experiencing the most agonising EDS flare-up of my life, and basically every day at the moment I’m going between sleeping for hours at a time and then sitting as stationary as possible in my chair before going back to bed, interspersed between pain pills and…
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Last Train
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Johannes T. Evans Gift Guide
Interested in purchasing a book of mine for a loved one? Here’s a handy guide! You can purchase eBooks from me from: You can purchase paperbacks from me from: Remember, if you’re interested in purchasing eBooks for friends and loved ones, it’s very nearly the Smashwords End of Year Sale, and many of my eBooks will be heavily discounted or available entirely for free! That sale begins on December 8th and runs until January 1st, and it’s extremely easy to send gift copies out through Smashwords – you can even buy gift copies and keep them aside to send out…
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Lambing Season: Chapter One
At the behest of his boyfriend and his boyfriend’s brother, Aimรฉ Deverell is whisked away to the magical land of South Kerry: it’s lambing season, and they’re mucking in to help. Note: I’m currently out of the house, so I’m going to add a more in-depth description of this serial and more tags later today or tomorrow. For now, enjoy! The little bell over Aimรฉโs entrance door jangled quietly just as he was tidying up his work station for the evening, and as he wiped off his hands, he called, โIโll be with you in just a second!โ over his…
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Looking For ๐๐๐ฆ: A Beginnerโs Guide to Grindr for Transย Men
Repost from Medium, originally published November 2022, which is why I look so young and fresh-faced in the pictures, unlike today. Evidently I missed this one in my original porting over. Approaching Grindr (and cruising culture) as a transย man. As a trans man Iโve been using Grindr for years, and especially in the past year Iโve been way more sexually activeโโโIโm two years on testosterone now, and I pass pretty consistently as a cisgender man, but Iโm out as trans on Grindr. With that said, I was using Grindr pre-T and I still got a lot of engagement from other…
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Crossword: November 2025
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Gregory House, Disabled Bastard, in House MD Seasonย 1
Starting with E1: Everybody Lies. Analysing House MD S1โs approach to disability and ableism within its narrative.ย House MD is one of the most shows ever made, and I love it, I think itโs great, I think itโs really fucked up. House MD, if you are not familiarโโโor, more likely, if youโve seen it posted about online but never actually watched itโโโis a modern day reimagining and adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyleโs Sherlock Holmes. Mr Holmes, rather than being an esoteric and blatantly autistic genius consulting detective, is reincarnated in the form of Gregory Houseโโโa just as esoteric and blatantly…
Theme: Ableism, Theme: Alcoholism & Drug Use & Addiction, Theme: Autism & ADHD, Theme: Character Study, Theme: Chronic Pain, Theme: Close Reading & Analysis, Theme: Disability, Theme: House MD, Theme: Identity & Personality, Theme: Mobility Aids & Assistive Devices, Theme: Self-Esteem Issues, Theme: Shame & Self-Loathing, Theme: Television & Entertainment -
Three sleeps ’til disabled hotties getting gay with it in paperback!
An Uncommon Betrothal is releasing in paperback this Sunday the 16th! The book is about a lonely and isolated disabled gentleman, Alexos Fox, who basically buries himself in his classical study and avoids virtually all socialisation outside of the house. He feels listless and undesirable as a result of his scars and limited mobility, being a polio survivor, and more than that, he’s terrified of being caught easily by policeman if he ever does go where the gay people are: he’s resolved himself to being alone and unfucked, unfucking, for the rest of his life. Enter the new butler, Henry…
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Trans People Take on the World Itch Bundle
First, a favour to ask – if you have especially enjoyed any of my newest publications, or the newest publications of any of your other favourite indie or small press-published authors, it would be deeply appreciated if you might nominate your favourites for the Indie Ink Awards 2025, especially An Uncommon Betrothal and Historic Brotherhood, if those measure in your estimations! Secondly, thank you very much for a very wonderful BristolCon! It was definitely on the quieter side because of FantasyCon coming up the weekend following, and this quietness was definitely noticed in the Dealer’s Room and the Art Room,…
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BristolCon Livestream Link
Hello, all! Here is the link for this year’s BristolCon Livestream, which I believe is just going to stream all the panels running from Panel Room 1. My first panel is Pets In Space at 10am, and then the other panel I’m on, Two Genders? That’s All? is tomorrow at 2pm, also in Panel Room 1. One of the panels I’m moderating, What Potions Can’t Heal, is also in Panel Room 1 tomorrow morning at 10am again. You can see the full BristolCon schedule here, and of course, you can always go back and zoom through previous years’ livestreams if…
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BristolCon this weekend!
Getting ready for my train down south tomorrow and for two days at BristolCon! I’m not running a stall this year, so I won’t be in the market room, but I’ll be around here and there about the hotel over the next few days until I come back home Sunday evening. The full convention schedule is here, and if you’re around South Wales and the West Country and thinking of travelling for the day out, you may still be able to pay membership on the door for the day or the weekend, and some of the panels are also planned…
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October Crossword