Heather Rose Jones
@heatherrosejones.bsky.social
Author of queer historic fantasy, amateur historian, Hugo finalist. I blog and podcast as The Lesbian Historic Motif Project, with resources and discussion about sapphic historical fiction.
For more info, see my website alpennia.com
For more info, see my website alpennia.com
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Skinsinger: Tales of the Kaltaoven by Heather Rose Jones
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Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven
A collection of semi-cozy shape-shifter stories, set in a low-tech secondary world, with a sapphic background romantic arc.
Originally appearing in the Sword and Sorceress anthology series they are completed with a brand new novelette.
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A collection of semi-cozy shape-shifter stories, set in a low-tech secondary world, with a sapphic background romantic arc.
Originally appearing in the Sword and Sorceress anthology series they are completed with a brand new novelette.
books2read.com/u/bMMqp8
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog -- in which I kick off a month of articles covering the history of various Asian cultures.
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Heading East For A While | Alpennia
On my last UCB library visit, I borrowed this book, expecting just to skim through it and find that it was limited to male-relevant content and being surpriset to be wrong, as I note below. So I lined...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog -- in which I kick off a month of articles covering the history of various Asian cultures.
www.alpennia.com/blog/heading...
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Reposted by Heather Rose Jones
#Booksky We’re doing our first
ebook set! THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT created by Melissa Scott @blueterraplane and Lisa A. Barnett, cover from @inkspiraldesign.bsky.social, is up for preorder now! Releases 12/15 (and it’s eligible for the Best Series Hugo!). queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
ebook set! THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT created by Melissa Scott @blueterraplane and Lisa A. Barnett, cover from @inkspiraldesign.bsky.social, is up for preorder now! Releases 12/15 (and it’s eligible for the Best Series Hugo!). queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#Booksky We’re doing our first
ebook set! THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT created by Melissa Scott @blueterraplane and Lisa A. Barnett, cover from @inkspiraldesign.bsky.social, is up for preorder now! Releases 12/15 (and it’s eligible for the Best Series Hugo!). queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
ebook set! THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT created by Melissa Scott @blueterraplane and Lisa A. Barnett, cover from @inkspiraldesign.bsky.social, is up for preorder now! Releases 12/15 (and it’s eligible for the Best Series Hugo!). queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
Happiness is getting a message that your next library hold is available the morning after finishing the previous book.
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happiness is getting a message that your next library hold is available the morning after finishing the previous book.
I think my sourdough may be going bad. I'll pamper it for a week or two to see if I can get it on track. Otherwise I'll have to reboot from backup.
I tend to be very negligent of my culture and usually it does ok, but this wouldn't be the first time I needed to reboot.
I tend to be very negligent of my culture and usually it does ok, but this wouldn't be the first time I needed to reboot.
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I think my sourdough may be going bad. I'll pamper it for a week or two to see if I can get it on track. Otherwise I'll have to reboot from backup.
I tend to be very negligent of my culture and usually it does ok, but this wouldn't be the first time I needed to reboot.
I tend to be very negligent of my culture and usually it does ok, but this wouldn't be the first time I needed to reboot.
I would have gotten all my journal article notes written up but I made the mistake of turning on the audiobook of The Witch Roads "just for a few moments while I eat lunch." Four hours later... (I did write up about half the journal article notes.)
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I would have gotten all my journal article notes written up but I made the mistake of turning on the audiobook of The Witch Roads "just for a few moments while I eat lunch." Four hours later... (I did write up about half the journal article notes.)
Have I mentioned recently that one of my favorite computer games is "rolling around in data and making fun graphs"?
(I'm currently working on another Hugo Award-related data analysis project, though this time entirely positive and just for fun.)
(I'm currently working on another Hugo Award-related data analysis project, though this time entirely positive and just for fun.)
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Have I mentioned recently that one of my favorite computer games is "rolling around in data and making fun graphs"?
(I'm currently working on another Hugo Award-related data analysis project, though this time entirely positive and just for fun.)
(I'm currently working on another Hugo Award-related data analysis project, though this time entirely positive and just for fun.)
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog. Finishing up the previous tranche of journal articles with a couple pieces on Katherine Philips. I just sorted through the 100+ articles in my to-do folder, tagging them for thematic clusters. Coming soon!
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Have We Had Enough Katherine Philips Yet? | Alpennia
There are some historic figures where I’m almost at the point of saying, “I know there are a lot more publications about this person and their work that I haven’t read yet, but I’m not sure they’ll ad...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog. Finishing up the previous tranche of journal articles with a couple pieces on Katherine Philips. I just sorted through the 100+ articles in my to-do folder, tagging them for thematic clusters. Coming soon!
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I watched the first season of this and loved it -- though I'll add a content note for elder dementia and death.
Charles (Ted Danson) went undercover in a retirement community in the first season of the hit Netflix series. In Season 2, Charles enrolls in college, and brings along a fantastic new cast. n.pr/4rcAdp1
'A Man on the Inside' goes to college, and Ted Danson aces the test
Charles (Ted Danson) went undercover in a retirement community in the first season of the hit Netflix series. In Season 2, Charles enrolls in college, and brings along a fantastic new cast.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I watched the first season of this and loved it -- though I'll add a content note for elder dementia and death.
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#Booksky It’s still #Novellavember and we’re @wiscon.bsky.social’s Vendor of the Month! Use code WisCon26 at check out to get a deal on our great queer books and help raise funds for WisCon 2026!
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November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#Booksky It’s still #Novellavember and we’re @wiscon.bsky.social’s Vendor of the Month! Use code WisCon26 at check out to get a deal on our great queer books and help raise funds for WisCon 2026!
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This time I *will* fill out the program interest survey in a timely manner! (Although, as always, I never assume that I should be given programming and am grateful and humbled to be considered interesting enough to be selected to participate.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This time I *will* fill out the program interest survey in a timely manner! (Although, as always, I never assume that I should be given programming and am grateful and humbled to be considered interesting enough to be selected to participate.)
Currently transcribing early 18th century British court proceedings records for a blog. I keep feeling like the careful repetitions and variations are like a type of magical formula. If you leave something out or don't cover a possible angle, then the demons will get you!
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Currently transcribing early 18th century British court proceedings records for a blog. I keep feeling like the careful repetitions and variations are like a type of magical formula. If you leave something out or don't cover a possible angle, then the demons will get you!
Possibly relevant to some people's interests.
PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Possibly relevant to some people's interests.
This is a very enjoyable series, and now you can get the whole thing at once!
#Booksky We’re doing our first ever ebook set and it’s up for preorder now! Get a great deal on the entire Astreiant Series for some great gay fantasy reading to end the year! Releases 12/15 and preorders are up at our site, Smashwords and beyond - queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is a very enjoyable series, and now you can get the whole thing at once!
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog. It has belatedly occurred to me that I should have created a keyword tag for publications related in some way to theater. I'll add that to my to-do list.
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Early Modern English Crossdressing Anxieties | Alpennia
It's probably a tribute to how many articles on Early Modern cross-dressing I’ve blogged that this one doesn’t seem to have said anything I find new. Which is perhaps unfair to the article, but it mea...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog. It has belatedly occurred to me that I should have created a keyword tag for publications related in some way to theater. I'll add that to my to-do list.
alpennia.com/blog/early-m...
alpennia.com/blog/early-m...
In two weeks the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast will be featuring a story that takes a different angle on Christina Rosetti's "The Goblin Market," so today we're reprising an episode we did over 5 years ago on the sapphic imagery in that poem and others.
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Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 328 – Christina Rosetti’s “The Goblin Market” (reprised) | Alpennia
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 328 – Christina Rosetti’s “The Goblin Market” (reprised) - transcript (Originally aired 2025/11/1)
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November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In two weeks the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast will be featuring a story that takes a different angle on Christina Rosetti's "The Goblin Market," so today we're reprising an episode we did over 5 years ago on the sapphic imagery in that poem and others.
alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...
alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...
I sometimes fantasize about having the nerve to ask for review copies of (expensive) academic books on queer history, based on the Lesbian Historic Motif Project. I did, in fact, do so today, but they contacted me first about doing an interview with the authors.
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I sometimes fantasize about having the nerve to ask for review copies of (expensive) academic books on queer history, based on the Lesbian Historic Motif Project. I did, in fact, do so today, but they contacted me first about doing an interview with the authors.
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog. One of the more interesting (and consistent) contexts for tracing attitudes towards gender transgression in history is the stage. Performers tried on different gender roles both within and apart from the script.
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The Range of Cross-Gender Performance on the 18th Century Stage | Alpennia
Back when I was collecting material for a trope podcast about the theater, I added a number of articles to my shopping list that I didn't get to at the time. This (and the next) are leftovers from tha...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog. One of the more interesting (and consistent) contexts for tracing attitudes towards gender transgression in history is the stage. Performers tried on different gender roles both within and apart from the script.
alpennia.com/blog/range-c...
alpennia.com/blog/range-c...
In theory, my state assemblyperson was supposed to hold a meet-and-greet in one of my local coffee shops. Since it's raining (so no bicycling today) I figured I'd do today's work session in that cafe. Alas, evidently something came up. But at least I didn't cancel anything else to be there.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In theory, my state assemblyperson was supposed to hold a meet-and-greet in one of my local coffee shops. Since it's raining (so no bicycling today) I figured I'd do today's work session in that cafe. Alas, evidently something came up. But at least I didn't cancel anything else to be there.
Reposted by Heather Rose Jones
#Booksky Sporadic reminder that we are the current publisher of the entire Astreiant Series and that it will be eligible for this year’s Hugo for Best Series, just in case you wanted to support a terrific award-winning series of gay fantastical mysteries! queenofswordspress.com/product-tag/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#Booksky Sporadic reminder that we are the current publisher of the entire Astreiant Series and that it will be eligible for this year’s Hugo for Best Series, just in case you wanted to support a terrific award-winning series of gay fantastical mysteries! queenofswordspress.com/product-tag/...
Total Canvendish stan here -- check out this essay.
Out today! Super excited to share a new essay with you: “The Duchess Who Invented Science Fiction,” a silly and sincere ode to my beloved Margaret Cavendish, a 17th-century duchess who teaches us to 1. think speculatively and 2. wear ridiculous outfits.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Total Canvendish stan here -- check out this essay.
It helps if I actually push the "start" button on the electric kettle, as well as setting the target temperature.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It helps if I actually push the "start" button on the electric kettle, as well as setting the target temperature.
Whoa -- no waiting at my library for the audiobook of The Witch Roads. Sometimes the timing is just right.
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Whoa -- no waiting at my library for the audiobook of The Witch Roads. Sometimes the timing is just right.
Convincing you to read my novelette with the first sentence (ok, 1st two). Share yours!
You can get the story in my collection Skin-Singer here: books2read.com/u/bMMqp8
You can get the story in my collection Skin-Singer here: books2read.com/u/bMMqp8
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Convincing you to read my novelette with the first sentence (ok, 1st two). Share yours!
You can get the story in my collection Skin-Singer here: books2read.com/u/bMMqp8
You can get the story in my collection Skin-Singer here: books2read.com/u/bMMqp8
I realize that it's still pretty early in the cycle for making award eligibility posts, but I don't have anything else in queue for publication this year, so here's what I've got:
Novelette: "Hide-bound," published in the collection Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven.
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Novelette: "Hide-bound," published in the collection Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven.
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Award Eligibility Post | Alpennia
Most years, I aspire (but often don't manage) to have at least one item that would hypothetically be eligible for award nominations of some sort. My collection Skin-Singer is this year's publication, ...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I realize that it's still pretty early in the cycle for making award eligibility posts, but I don't have anything else in queue for publication this year, so here's what I've got:
Novelette: "Hide-bound," published in the collection Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven.
alpennia.com/blog/award-e...
Novelette: "Hide-bound," published in the collection Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven.
alpennia.com/blog/award-e...