
On the Shelf for October 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 325
4.10.2025
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On the Shelf for October 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 325 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Bray, Alan. 1996. Homosexuality in Renaissance England. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 9780231102896
- Downing, Christine. 1989. Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love. The Continuum Publishing Company, New York. ISBN 0-8264-0445-6
- Reineke, Martha & Christine Downing. 1993. “Within the Shadow of the Herms: A Critique of "Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love" [with Reply] in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 19, No. 1: 81-101, 103-106
- Downing, Christine. 1994. “Lesbian Mythology” in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 20, No. 2, Lesbian Histories: 169-199.
- Nelson, Max. 2000. “A Note on the Olisbos” in Glotta, 76. Bd., 1./2. H.:75-82
- Bremmer, Jan. 1980. “An Enigmatic Indo-European Rite: Paederasty” in Arethusa, Vol. 13, No. 2, Indo-European Roots of Classical Culture: 279-298.
- Arkins, Brian. 1994. “Sexuality in Fifth Century Athens” in Classics Ireland, Vol. 1: 18-34.
- Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
- Florence Syndrome by Catherine Martini
- Red Wake, Black Flag by Dahlia Quinn
- Boardwalk Desire by Melody Ashford
- Thrall of Deception (Tales from Norvegr) by Edale Lane
- Angel Maker (Karen Memory #3) by Elizabeth Bear
- Secrets of the Night by Shelby Banks
- Gold for the Dead (Cantor Gold #7) by Ann Aptaker
- A Lady Most Wayward (The Queen's Deadly Damsels #5) by Darcy McGuire
- The Impossible Act of Georgia Cline by Eline Evans
- Iceberg by Gun Brooke
- A Legacy of Blood and Bone by Millie Abecassis
- Gladiator, Goddess by Morgan H. Owen
- Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell
- The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
- When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee
- Other Titles of Interest
- What I’ve been reading
- Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher
- Illuminations by T. Kingfisher
- A Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
- Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
- The Rosetti Diaries by author
- The Illhenny Murders by Winnie Frolik
- Copper Script by K.J. Charles
- That Self-Same Metal by Brittany H. Williams
- The Tropoholic's Guide to Internal Romance Tropes by Cindy Dees
- Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti
- Call for submissions for the 2026 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- This month we interview Raven Belasco and talk about:
- The real historic background of Sadie the Goat and Gallus Mag
- Vampire stories and time-travel stories as mirror images
- Expanding formats
- World-building and inventing languages
- Lesbian sex in the 19th century
- That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story by Raven Belasco
- Sadie the Goat (Wikipedia)
- Gallus Mag (Wikipedia)
A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Mastodon: @[email protected]
- Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Raven Belasco Online
- Website: ravenbelas.co/
- Twitter (X): @RavenBelasco
- Instagram: @raven.belasco
- YouTube: @ravenbelasco
- Facebook: author.ravenbelasco
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