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J.B. Thwaite
@jbthwaite.bsky.social
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🇫🇮 Napukettu (Rawrtic Fox)
🏳️‍🌈 Author, Artist, Atheist, AuDHD
📖 Gaslamp, Scifi, Fantasy, Alt History
🌶️ Queer/straight, open-door, plot-relevant
📚 Out now:
The Catnap Ramblers/Fumblers
📒 WIP: revised editions
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Convincing you to sign up to my newsletter or apply to beta/arc read for me with the unedited openings and the titles of the 3 new books coming next year!

🪼 Help! His D!ck is Shaped Like A Sea Anemone
🦡 Shit! I'm In L*ve With A Bloody Werebadger
🦭 Crap! How Do I Evict a Fr!gging Selkie

💙📚 #books
Screen capture with the text: This kiss was like suckling on a handful of menthol lozenges—crisp, cool and biting as he inhaled—except instead of mint, it tasted of a fair few grapefruit-soda-and-gin long drinks and the lingering rich, roasted flavours of a recently-drunk stout. Lauri let himself be rammed against the tiled wall of the men’s restroom. Screen capture with the text: The last thing Antti Myyryläinen expected to see when he looked up to check the oil pan of his red 1990 Volvo 740 was the face of his ex-best-friend—who'd disappeared without a word two and a half years ago—peeking through a gap in the engine bay. “Hi,” the asshole had the gall to say. Screen capture with the text: Perched on an outcropping by the shore of Lake Saimaa, the cabin with its quaint sauna, pier and fishing boat powered by a spunky electric motor would have had all the makings of a quiet summer paradise for Lukáš Křížek had it not also come with whatever the hell was currently raiding his fridge. That thing was probably not human. It was mostly human-shaped, but it...
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Available now!

⚔️Actual feuding
❤️‍🔥Forced proximity
🐿️ Quick read
🌶️ Open-door spice (mm, ff, fm)
🚀 Alternate history scifi (late Iron Age)
🇫🇮 Folklore (ps. not accurate but cool atmosphere)
🎓 Fun teaching moments 😂
🌱 Seaweed lube...
books2read.com/u/bMyN07
💙📚👀📢📚🌈📚 #books
A framed closeup of two drawn dudes, the bearded one is holding his hand on the daintier one's cheek. Text says Saturday only, $0.99 Feudal Fisticuffs, an extra novella by J.B. Thwaite. In an unhinged feud over a squirrel hide, who will come (out) on top?
February 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Got a burning question? Now's your chance to ask me. 🌸
A framed cutesy chibi avatar image of me with the text "ask me anything".
February 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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⚔️ Looking for an epic & unhinged Iron Age gay enemies to enemies with benefits Scifi "romance"?
books2read.com/u/bMyN07

🕯️ How about a whole Gaslamp Scifi series with a variety of queer 🏳️‍🌈 (and some not so queer) characters?
books2read.com/u/3nk1qB

💙📚👀📢📚 #books
The six book covers of the Catnap Ramblers/Fumblers spread like a hand of cards. Black background, ornate sepia frame. Map of tropes and keywords for the Catnap Ramblers. Amnesia, mind reading, dream world, multi pov, holiday read, slowburn, arctic vibes, bad things happen at night, found family, heart-warming, queer, mystery, atmospheric, whump, seasonal affective disorder, 3rd person limited, bone-chilling, traumatic past, spicy extra novella, gaslamp, insomnia, gut-wrenching, enemies to enemies with benefits, second chance, forced proximity, talking animal sidekick(s), neurodiversity, trans mc, ancient technology, severed limbs, poly, cinnamon rolls. Black background, ornate sepia frame. Five maps from the Catnap Ramblers/Fumblers books. Black background, ornate sepia frame. Character illustrations (3 photos from open books with flowery character images on them). Black background, ornate sepia frame.
January 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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🎊🎄 Merry Everything! 🎄🎊

Whatever you celebrate or don't celebrate, I wish you all the best for this season. May your family and friends be at the very least tolerable, and if you're feeling lonely, I hope you find someone else perhaps in need of company to share the day with. 💙
Chibi figures of the Catnap Ramblers wishing you a Joyous Midwinter!
December 25, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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I can't afford audiobooks, but I have a gaslamp scifi series with disability (mental health & neurodiversity) rep and a trans mc. It's called the Catnap Ramblers and the whole 3-book main series is already finished, so no eait time or uncertainty about whether I'll finish it. 😉
A book cover for Vincent and the Cat with a fox, goose, goat and a raven in the background and the text says Perfect for the Holidays. Http://linktr.ee/napuke Image wishes joyous Midwinter and the 6 book covers for the Catnap Ramblers series. A framed festive five-star review for Vincent and the cat. A framed festive five-star review for Vincent and the cat.
December 23, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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Vincent is stuck on a remote but cozy little Arctic island for the winter.

But what if boredom isn't the worst of his worries? 😬

Whatever happens, the book is wholly unsuitable for kids... 😱

💙📚👀📢📚

books2read.com/u/3nk1qB
The cover of Vincent and the Cat in a tablet surrounded by a fox, a goose, a goat and a raven and some pinecones and Christmas baubles. Dark background. Text says: Perfect for the Holidays. Http://linktr.ee/napuke Two five-star reviews for Vincent and the Cat and some stars and decorative baubles. Dark, fir background. A five-star review for Vincent and the Cat and a Christmas tree with presents underneath. Dark, fir background. A festively decorated five-star review for Vincent and the Cat. Dark, fir background.
December 19, 2024 at 8:18 AM
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But please pleeeaaassseeee read the garbage. I need to know. 😭😭😭😭
Alexander Pennington's quote/meme: "Writers handing their story to beta readers: Here is an insurmountable amount of garbage. It disgusts me as well. I apologise in advance." An illustration of a frog handing an envelope to a snail.
December 9, 2024 at 7:57 AM
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Vincent and the Cat today and tomorrow for $0.99!
🌺 Quirky personalities
🌺 Multi-POVs
🌺 Whimsical 1800s setting with Nordic vibes
🌺 An unusual story & plot /w layers & subtle puzzles
🌺 Thoughtful writing
🌺 A chatty cat
🌺 Ghastly adversity balanced /w equal sweetness
💙📚👀📢📚 #books
Ad graphic for a kindle countdown deal for Dec 8th 9th. $0.99. Vincent and the Cat. There's a drawn picture of a cat and an old typewriter and some ghostly flowers.
December 8, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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I worked on the illustration for the Fisticuffs cover today. This is the Raven, Tuiver, with the remains of the squirrel, Rehti. 🐿️
A framed illustration of a raven with the remains of a squirrel.
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Hmmm, how to entice you to read this thing?
How about...
Start reading it for the adorable trash energy, stay for the heartwarming underlying message?

Ps. Consult the content keyword / TW list on my site first, though, if you have any sensitivies, because it's not all warm and fuzzy throughout. 😅
Cutesy faded closeup of the Pandion characters Kagesawa and Harumine gazing into each other's eyes again. Text says "Third time’s the charm?" and "Pandion".
November 30, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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Two people linked together by a parasitic, hivemind alien organism implanted into their brains. For work.

What the hell is that like under normal circumstances? What about if the link malfunctions?! 😱

Pandion: surprisingly sweet & fun - with neurodiversity rep: books2read.com/u/bxkA6q
Two men looking each other in the eye, Kagesawa with dark hair and Harumine with blond. Harumine smiles vaguely and holds one hand on the Kagesawa's mouth and the other rests on Kagesawa's collarbone, somewhat inside his open shirt. Drawn in similar style to manga by the author herself. An osprey and a wagtail in the background. Text says "out now". With the catch phrase "two minds, twice the baggage". Dark greenish blue background.
November 29, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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Stoked to see people reading my books on KU again. It's been entirely silent for so long. I finally got past 10k overall pages read. Thank you! 🩵
Cropped screenshot of the kdp dashboard with thumbnail of the book cover for Pandion. Text says: 17.70 euros estimated royalties. 5 processed orders. 784 pages read.
November 29, 2024 at 7:08 AM
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Heads up to the peeps reading Pandion!

The asterisks are there for comedic effect and to invite you to guess what the characters are saying. I'm sorry if they are irritating (but not quite sorry enough to remove them because this is my weird sense of humour... Please understand my weirdness 🙏).
Two chibi characters, one slapping censorship stickers with asterisks on the other one for thinking lewd thoughts.
November 27, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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It's here!

books2read.com/u/bxkA6q

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Pandion book cover illustration (two men looking each other in the eye with two birds behind them) with the text: out now. Two minds, twice the baggage. Info graphic with Pandion blurb and the text: Pandion - Mindlink pandemonium - kindle unlimited, amazon b&n Info graphic with the text: what to expect? And the Pandion book cover with the dudes gazing into each other's eyes. Words listed: m/m, geeky characters, mindlink, mild whump, quirky humour, one bed, gently spicy, opposites attract, alien tech, Japanese influences, school vibes, workplace romance (kinda), relatable struggles, realistic peril, soft scifi, sharp edges, neurodiversity.
November 26, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Any authors with newsletters going out with space for a cute gay Soft Scifi workplace "romance" novel coming out next week? This short-notice AuDHD chaos goblin has one, and it'd be cool to get the word out. 😅
💙📚 #authors #booksky #books
A BL-manga-style drawn closeup of the main characters from Pandion with a quote from Kagesawa: "I'm getting hard just thinking about it. Do me. You can be as rough as you’d like. You were holding back before, but it’s OK, I love it rough."
November 24, 2024 at 5:37 AM
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We have snow again! ❄️☃️🌨️
Snowy backyard with a fence with colourful seasonal lights.
November 20, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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I'm dying. My partner said I should apply for a grant/stipend/apuraha for referencing Kalevala and bringing Finnish culture to the masses here. 😂

(the thing happening here is EXACTLY what you think it is if you've read any m/m)
💙📚🌈📚 #books #lgbtqia
Text: “Not the zither I imagined playing but the sounds it makes are fairly pleasing,” Vaito commented. “I wonder if all the animals in the forest, every bird that's taken flight, all the fish in their deepest waters and worms, they, too, just might come hear me play? Will the Bear itself rise from its winter’s nest, climb up a tree to peer, or nay?” “Shut… up…”
November 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
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This is just a reminder that this is a book that's coming out soon. Please read it when it does. It's fun. 😅
💙📚👀📢📚 #books
Two dudes, the other one with a hand on the other's mouth. There's an osprey and a Japanese wagtail in the background. It's an insanely gorgeous drawing for a book cover, and I'm not at all biased at all in the least, not, no sir. Text says Pandion. J.B. Thwaite.
November 18, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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IYKYK
White text on black background: ...no one threatening his peace of mind. Vaito smiled and let out a deep sigh. He was free. He was not free at all, was he, Steve? Corn emoji.
November 10, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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Uh, my back is dead from drawing today. RIP. 🪦
I've also been writing book 2 (poor Kagesawa...). 😅
Two men in suits drawn in manga style. A long-haired man saying something apparently censor-worthy (a red bleep sign appears on top of his mouth) and the other blushing accordingly. Signed by Napuke.
November 5, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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The ARCs for my gay Soft-Scifi "office romance", Pandion, are officially closed, but because I'm so close to an even 50, if you really want to read this, sign up here and I'll send you a copy (via bookfunnel):
forms.gle/pjtrBvGWFsqB...

"I was invested in a second round."
🌈💙📚👀📢📚 #art #books #arcs
Two men in suits spooning, drawn in manga style.
November 5, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Haha, I love it every time it aligns. It's so stressful having to wait (and I often don't spread out my posts for that reason even if that's probably not great...) 😂
Instagram grid for @jbthwaite with various predominantly turquoise/cyan ads for the book Pandion.
November 2, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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Harumine would likely die from shame if every detail was out there for everyone to read. Some compromises had to be made. 🤔

But only a few...

Want to know more? 💙📚
BookHip.com/NKRCLDA
Frantic chibi character Harumine Satoru is making corrections to a lewd manuscript.
November 1, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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Snow day! ❄️☃️🌨️
Snowy back yard in the evening with a chair, table, fence and some trees.
November 1, 2024 at 6:16 PM