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About Thistle

Queer, neurospicy, chronically longwinded oversharer. 40s; they/them. ✍️📷🐈📚🥾🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈😇💖🐍

Fanfic Minis – May 2026

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Thistle

I didn’t read much this month. My brain is starting to float away from fanfics and back into tradpub. It’s funny how these things float around. I thought I’d have much more drive to read FF after S3 but…yeah. First: … Continue reading →

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May 2026 in Review

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Thistle

I thought this month was going to be a good one. It was not. Tarot of the month (full year, month by month, drawn Dec 2025): The Two of Cups. This card is the closest thing in the minor arcana … Continue reading →

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Best Laid Plaids, by Ella Stainton (audio)

Posted on May 29, 2026 by Thistle

Joachim is a student on the verge of finishing his thesis on delusional minds. He goes to Scotland to study his friend’s brother, Ainsley, a once-prominent academic who lost his reputation by claiming to speak with ghosts. Ainsley is determined … Continue reading →

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Good Omens Finale

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Thistle

Two weeks ago, the last chapter of the Good Omens TV series came to an end. Due to the allegations against NG a few years back, the show was nearly canceled, and when enough folks advocated for it, eventually Amazon … Continue reading →

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Platform Decay, by Martha Wells (audio)

Posted on May 23, 2026 by Thistle

Volume 8 in the Murderbot series. Murderbot is on a mission to rescue some of Mensah’s family. The mission takes a turn when Murderbot gains a second request to rescue a second family. Lots of bad things happen. Feelings are … Continue reading →

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All of Us Murderers, by KJ Charles (audio)

Posted on May 18, 2026 by Thistle

Trapped in a remote mansion with his insane relatives, Zeb tries to escape forced marriage to a cousin, a supposed family curse, and specters that may or may not be ghosts. Oh, and his ex-boyfriend is there, to complicate things … Continue reading →

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The Escape Game, by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss

Posted on May 11, 2026 by Thistle

After the brutal murder at the end of Season 4 of reality TV series The Escape Game, no one expected the show to continue. But continue it has, with a whole new round of contestants, including the younger sister of … Continue reading →

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Tattoo Tour: Spooky Pop (22)

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Thistle

One day in April, Stephanie and I went down to a local tattoo shop we really like, Black Sphinx Tattoos. They have tons of flash, which is what we were both after, and also there is often a sphinx cat … Continue reading →

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Never After, by Alexis Hall (audio)

Posted on May 6, 2026 by Thistle

Micha is an opium-addicted prostitute dying on the streets. Thomas is a third son consigned to the priesthood and unaware of his sexuality until he rescues the most beautiful man he’s ever met and is drawn toward him regardless of … Continue reading →

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Fanfic Minis – April 2026

Posted on May 4, 2026 by Thistle

When I look back at the fics I read this month, I’m startled that these were all in the same month. April was LONG… First: An Architecture of Feelings by thisisshiny. When Crowley loses his vision, he loses everything else, … Continue reading →

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