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Sun Hesper Jansen

@sunhesper.bsky.social

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Author of To Tune the Beast (fantasy) and Fairy of Disenchantment (poetry). My magnificent familiar is Claudio. 🐈‍⬛ they/she/he https://www.sunhesperjansen.com/ https://thefairyofdisenchantment.wordpress.com/

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Feb 12

A belated intro post! I write poetry and dark romantic fantasy informed by nature, magic, science, music, queerness, and life with chronic illness (MS, depression). I’m also a visual artist; my familiar is a frequent muse. 🐈‍⬛ Some sample pages from my novel & poetry debuts:

First page of the first chapter of To Tune the Beast, book one of my Coruscar fantasy series. “There is no soft place on Karst, and nowhere is the world’s hostility expressed more exuberantly than here.”

Linoprint of a black cat in the sun from my poetry book Fairy of Disenchantment

First poem “You Will Have an Effective Dream” from my poetry book Fairy of Disenchantment, and yes it’s inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s Lathe of Heaven

Erasure collage from my poetry book Fairy of Disenchantment. “Disenchantment, a fairy, was pondering the mortal world, moved by the wrong they do.” It shows the fairy, a moth trying to feed on a datura blossom, and a hand offering the Chinese word “Yi” (intention) and uses a page from Cao Xueqin’s “Story of the Stone” (David Hawkes’ translation of Dream of the Red Chamber)

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Jul 24

My budget only allows so much vinyl but this was one I knew I had to have & it’s the prize of my collection. Every time I hear this label streaming on BBC (& it happens often!) I’m so proud to be a midwesterner. Cheers @intlanthem.bsky.social & here’s to another 10 years of groundbreaking music!

International Anthem @intlanthem.bsky.social · Jul 24

Link to listen and/or purchase 𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 on 2LP, CD, and digitally: tinyurl.com/ymjp49cv

Gilles Peterson presents International Anthem, by Gilles Peterson

29 track album

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Jun 17

So wild, I was just binging on Tuatara albums the other day and thought “I miss Skerik” but of course he’s been here all along! So much to catch up on 🥰

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · May 26

Yeah. Feels like a Sisyphean task resisting this but heigh-ho we soldier on.

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · May 20

Absolutely; these are beautiful!

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · May 17

The most wonderful time of the year: Missing Witches #Reparations Fundraiser time! No, we are not in this for the prizes but the prizes get more rad every year… www.missingwitches.com/reparations-...

Reparations Fundraiser 2025

Make a donation of $10 or more to your local Native Women’s Shelter or Indigenous Support Org or DONATE to the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal. Take a screen shot of your receipt and email it to mi...

www.missingwitches.com

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · May 10

Today’s unexpected mission: finding a new home for my novelette “Away From the Machine”. By making that story open-access I was thinking of *human* creators/collaborators… 🤦

Hannah Peel @hannahpeel.bsky.social · May 9

Well that’s me deleting my #Soundcloud account this weekend

Foster Kamer @foster.bsky.social · May 9

Absolutely insane story developing in real time right now: SoundCloud updated its TOS to allow AI to train on EVERYTHING ANYONE UPLOADS, and its users are just finding out now.

futurism.com/soundcloud-a...

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Apr 26

If you’re celebrating Independent Bookstore Day today, both of my books are available at Bookshop.org or you can order them through your most beloved indie bookseller! I hear the unholy A-Z is running its own book sale today but we are far too smart to fall for that ☺️ bookshop.org/contributors...

Books by Sun Hesper Jansen - Bookshop.org

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Apr 17

One of my very favorite books; the vivid scenes he paints are already cinematic but I can’t wait for this, especially if you did the soundtrack!

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Apr 16

Midnight Barbie forever! 🖤

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EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · Apr 15

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Apr 15

I’d add to “supporter” “& tacit accomplice.” As a progressive human I struggle to find anything to say to my Republican representative about the current attacks on our rights that won’t make him think “Mission accomplished!” But there are 20,000 #MSwarriors in Wisconsin and all those people vote!

Carolyn Barreiro @manteia.bsky.social · Apr 11

I hold each & every trump supporter responsible for the deficit they have placed on this continued research. Research that could spare me & the million others in the US with multiple sclerosis from the devastating effects of this disease.
#MS #BreakthroughPrize

How The Epstein-Barr Virus Causes Multiple Sclerosis – And Where Science Is On A Cure

Leading researchers in the field have just been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.

www.iflscience.com

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Apr 15

YES. “A past winner of the Breakthrough Prize was fired just last week” says everything about the progress we’re likely to see as things are going right now…

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Apr 15

On the blog: the conclusion (?) of my series about my 2.5 year experience applying for SSDI, written mainly for people with #MS but perhaps more generally useful, especially where taxes are concerned! thefairyofdisenchantment.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/t...

The Messer’s Guide to Social Security Disability, Part Five: Taxes and Where to Get Help with Them

First, some links to the previous installments of this guide: Part One – Part Two – Part Three – Part Four I was going to write something more creative but I realized a while ago …

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 31

Why else do we even have front porches? ⛈️ 🩵💖🤍 (At this house it’s strictly metaphorical but one day I will absolutely manifest a storm porch.)

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 28

Ahh WisCon, how I miss the in-person! Nothing like being surrounded by people who speak your language fluently. I need to find a way to volunteer that my body will actually support but we’re all trying, so hopefully 2026 🤞

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 28

Tarot has long been an integral tool in my writing and life but I have to give a shout out to @megjoneswall.bsky.social for always bringing community into an otherwise personal practice. This latest workbook has everything I love about her approach & vindicates my own minor-arcana-heavy practice 🖤

meg jones wall // 3am.tarot @megjoneswall.bsky.social · Mar 27

(psssssst: if you're like "but meg, none of my skills are useful to the collapse of empire and the reimagining of a new world" — first of all that definitely isn't true, and second of all i have a new thing that can help)

ocean's 16: what is your particular set of skills?

looking for a new way to see court cards, your community, and yourself? this 36-page workbook is packed with journaling prompts, insightful questions, and tarot exercises to help you dive deeper into ...

www.3amtarot.com

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 28

I feel super aligned here in Madison WI as a queer person and a creator/fan of all kinds of art & music but we (& Milwaukee) are a progressive island in a GOP-infested sea so it’s a catch-22. Cincinnati the same? I have yet to visit…

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 28

👏 Gorgeous! Definitely a book I’d buy for the cover alone! ♥️

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 26

Thanks to @publicdomainrev.bsky.social we can all enjoy the obsessive entomological genius of Ladislas Starevich! My late mate and I were so lucky to see this classic several years ago with the Hot Club of San Francisco playing a live score… 🦗🪲✨ publicdomainreview.org/collection/c...

Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: *The Cameraman’s Revenge* (1912)

Perhaps the first work of puppet animation, featuring a cast composed of dead bugs.

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 25

I’m glad too. And frustrated on yet another level by the dark ages we’re being sent back to. One of the first things I’d investigate is how many cases of adenomyosis feature a severe reaction to hormonal BC cuz I’ve been there. This article is definitely refueling my fight for answers.

Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Mar 25

I’m so glad USA Today covered adenomyosis. I struggled with this “silent disease” for decades. It caused my infertility and because I had go on hormonal birth control (which contributed to my DVTs) it nearly killed me. We need better treatments, even as Trump/DOGE is killing uterine health research.

Adenomyosis, the 'silent illness' plaguing their lives, goes undiagnosed for decades

This 'silent disease' plagued these women's lives for decades. One woman lost her dream job. For another, the diagnosis came after her hysterectomy.

www.usatoday.com

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 25

I’m glad too & thank you because I’m pretty sure this is what I’ve been dealing with for years, including the horrible reaction when we tried an IUD. Add perimenopause to the mix and doctors are even more inclined to dismiss your symptoms. But I’m totally doing the color coded chart now!

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 23

I’m so glad you came over to the Bluesky!

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 23

I probably follow more photography accounts here than anything else & as a devotee of storms have to say my favorite is @lorigrace.bsky.social. Wishing all the chasers a stellar season!⛈️

Lori Grace @lorigrace.bsky.social · Mar 22

I deleted my Twitter account with 40K followers. I'm posting less and less on Meta's FB, IG and Threads. BlueSky is where I'm sharing more of my best, prettiest, hardest works now. I feel a peace here and in storms like you see below.

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Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 9

I thought of you directly! And no I haven’t tried to figure out something similar 😁 but you know it’s cooking!

Sun Hesper Jansen @sunhesper.bsky.social · Mar 9

Came to you guys first through “Gratitude” (Cassie Kinoshi’s seed) and you’re easily my favorite label. ❤️ from up north in Madison!

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