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Heather Rose Jones

@heatherrosejones.bsky.social

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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

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · Aug 11

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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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Skinsinger: Tales of the Kaltaoven by Heather Rose Jones

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 46m

Alas, she only kicked him out. In the last scene. I do not have my catharsis.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 2h

Watching "In For A Murder" on Netflix and I will be very disappointed if the husband doesn't die before the end of the show. What an asshole.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 2h

Watching "In For A Murder" on Netflix and I will be very disappointed if the husband doesn't die before the end of the show. What an asshole.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 8h

Today’s adventures reminded me that, for my corporate retirement gift, I’d chosen a wet/dry shop vac. So now I’ve unpacked and assembled it and am taking it for a spin.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 8h

Well, the refrigerator is all repaired, but there are still 5 police cars and an EMT hanging out. They said they wanted to get a statement from me, but I guess I’m low priority.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 9h

I take it back the leaking refrigerator is not today’s most exciting thing. That would be the collision and fight in the street in front of my house that currently is up to 6 police cars, a fire truck and an emt vehicle (not counting the ambulance present during the original incident).

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 9h

There are many situations when being retired is a plus. A new KJ Charles book is one of them.

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14h

...oops?

All Of Us Murderers flyer with book cover. tex says: Readers Say, followed by quotes: All Of Us Murderers is why I am sleep deprived at work today.

Kept me up until 2am on a
work night!

I read this in one sitting and stayed up until 3am because
I couldn't put it down.

I was only going to read a chapter before bed and then I blinked and it was 8am.

end tagline reads: Out Now. sorry about that.

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 9h

Today’s excitement is a water leak from my refrigerator. Repair person on the way.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, it's a facsimile, not an original! If it had been an original, it would have been on the 4th floor in antiquarian books, not the 3rd floor with the non-English language books.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 1d

I was in Moe’s Books today and stumbled across this gem. A Paris guidebook written in 1828. And I just happen to have some characters heading to Paris two years earlier.

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 2d

Alas, I don't meet any qualifications for permanent residence in Ireland. My BFF is in the process of getting her "my grandparent was Irish" passport, though. My Irish (maybe) ancestors bugged out of there in 1708. (Due to persecution of Quakers.) Statute of limitations is past.

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Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · 2d

It only happens once or twice a year.
500+ Paperbacks as low as $5.95.
Don't wait to grab a few!

Curl Up with a Paperback Sale - Bella Books:
bellabooks.com/category/sale-bella-paperbacks/?orderby=pubptnew

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 2d

I would like to subscribe to your political platform and vote for you. (Just kidding about the voting for you -- I wouldn't wish that burden on a friend!)

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 2d

It's that time of year when I search on "daylight savings change" before scheduling zoom interviews because I may be talking to someone on a different change schedule than me. It's tempting to just schedule everything by UTC but there are too many people who respond, "What huh?"

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 2d

New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog -- stretching a bit for non-homoerotic interpretations of an ancient Greek epigram.

alpennia.com/blog/or-mayb...

Or maybe it was just a whole different ball game | Alpennia

Continuing with some articles on ancient Greek topics, this one offers some entirely different interpretations of Anacreon's disinterested Lesbian.

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 3d

Wondering if @greenleejw.bsky.social has yet encountered the Netflix series Bodkin. To say more would be a spoiler.
www.netflix.com/title/81423482

Watch Bodkin | Netflix Official Site

A ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with dark, dreadful secrets.

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 3d

Another place where attendants have to clean up unwanted ceremonially deposited human remains is the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. People are strange.

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 3d

If you're thinking of invasive spotted lanternflies, I think we don't have them here in California. Plenty of other bugs to munch, though.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 3d

New Zealand landscape (sort of):

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, look who’s helping me with the gardening today!

Disturbed soil with a large green praying mantis.

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 4d

Should have asked about floodplain data two D&D campaigns earlier.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 4d

New Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast episode, with recent lesbian/sapphic historical releases and an interview with Raven Belasco.
alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...

Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 325 - On the Shelf for October 2025 | Alpennia

Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 325 - On the Shelf for October 2025 - Transcript (Originally aired 2025/10/04 - listen here) Welcome to On the Shelf for October 2025.

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 5d

Does he understand that this is the equivalent of asking for a summary of a long-running serial (tv, manga, whatever)?

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 5d

I hate talking to institutions on the phone because I always have to fight my way past a chatbot to get to someone who can actually understand my (complex and highly situational) issue in a meaningful way. If a chatbot could handle it, I would have already dealt with it directly on my own.

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 5d

Sometimes when I'm writing a podcast script I worry about how much repetition of the same underlying content I do. And then I remember that most people don't go back and listen to the entire back catalog and I relax a little. (This assumes that I'm always getting new listeners.)

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 5d

Adaptive technology can work wonders.