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Catherine Stein 🏳️‍🌈
@catsteinbooks.bsky.social
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Writer, Reader, Agent of Chaos.
Author of steampunk and historical romance.
Drinks lots of tea. Loves Oxford commas.
https://catsteinbooks.com
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What's this?! A New Book?!
Grab yourself a copy of Airships, Aphrodisiacs, & Other Love Problems, my collection of short stories! Includes previously unpublished bonus material and a brand-new story! Also available in print!
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#historicalromance #steampunkromance #newrelease
Available Now! Ghostly Curse, Hot Air Balloon Antics, Mechanical Animals, Time Travel, Duel on Bicycles, AND MORE! With the cover of Airships, Aphrodisiacs, & Other Love Problems and retailer logos.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Happy #azirafeast! Enjoy a good drink, good food, music, books, and/or demon cuddles, and celebrate the things that make you happy!
Me wearing Aziraphale cosplay with a crochet snake and an angel wing mug.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Introduce yourself with:

One Book 📚
One Movie 🎥
One Album 💿
One TV Show 📺
Good Omens TV poster - Aziraphale and Crowley sitting on the Earth with the apple tree from Eden in between them. Hurrah For The Yellow and Blue - a Michigan Marching Band album cover that shows several band members in uniform from above and behind. The Mummy (1999) movie poster, showing Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in front of a desert and mummies. Book cover of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg. It shows two kids at the top of a staircase entering an art gallery.
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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And today I'm wearing this one! Also from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social CW for multiple eyes.
A silver chain with a creepy multi-horned and multi-eyed goat skull pendant.
October 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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I love this adorable tiny pendant from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social! Beware my subtle Halloween vibes!
A tiny pendant on a gold chain next to a Reese's mini cup for scale. The pendant has tiny skulls in it.
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Who needs some books for Spooky Season? My Arcane Tales can help you fill in book bingo prompts, or just provide a fun read for October! (Or any time of year!)

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Arcane Tales for Spooky Season - book covers for The Scoundrel's New Con and The Spinsters Swindle with items you can find in the books: Creepy Castle, Seances, Victorian, Gothic, Ghosts?, Black Cat, Revenge, Mummies
September 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Happy #BisexualVisibilityDay from some of my many bi characters. Maybe you all find your happy ending, whatever it looks like, and may you be loved for who you are.
Cover of The Spinster's Swindle, showing a man and woman embracing in front of a tarot card background. Cover of Priceless, with a man leaning toward a seated woman and almost kissing her in front of a steampunk background. Cover of Luck Be a Lady Pirate, with two women dressed in steampunk pirate outfits in front of a steampunk background. Cover of The Electrical Affairs of Dr. Victor Franklin, with an embracing man and woman next to a mechanical man and illustrated lightning.
September 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Show me the computer you write on!
September 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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@onedappercat.bsky.social My items have arrived! The snake box is perfect for holding my ducks, and the fidgets are all amazing! (Also, the frog was a perfect gift for one of my kiddos.)
3d printed items: a box where the top is a snake with an apple on its head, a round fidget, two snake fidgets, and a little frog with a hat. The inside of the snake box. It is full of various tiny ducks.
August 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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In response to a comment I saw saying this looked like an album cover.
August 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Steampunk on the Bricks is less than 2 weeks away! Come join us in Jackson, MI and enjoy great vendors, entertainers, and more!
Get more info and tickets at steampunkonthebricks.org!
A brick background and the heading "It's Almost Here!" above a Steampunk on the Bricks 2025 graphic. The graphic is purple on the top with "ART 634" and "I'm a Vendor!" in green, surrounded by decorative leaves and gears. In white is "Steampunk on the Bricks 2025" and at the bottom in a green bar is " May 24, Jackson, MI, Noon - 10 pm" and "steampunk on the bricks.org" An arrow with the words "get more info" points at the website name.
May 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Cosmic shinies from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social! I love supporting these awesome queer artists!
March 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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@ineffablepenguin.bsky.social the guillotine necklace is great! And I already got a compliment on it on day one.
A wooden and metal guillotine necklace.
February 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Writing first lines is one of my favorite parts of writing. I love how this one from Courting Captain Nemo turned out!
#FirstLineFriday
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#FirstLineFriday - "Aleksy Szekalski hadn't considered the possibility of mortal peril when he'd decided to steal an axolotl." - Courting Captain Nemo, with the cover image and retailer logos.
February 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The Meet Cute from Courting Captain Nemo! Aleksy and the axolotl become accidental stowaways!
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Courting Captain Nemo the Meet Cute, with the cover image and arrows pointing to the next image. Aleksy is attempting to rescue a mistreated axolotl when he literally stumbles into Nisha's submarine. An illustration of a white man on the ground holding up an axolotl while a brown-skinned woman look at them in surprise.
February 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Move over, "Only One Bed." Courting Captain Nemo has Only One Boat, and it's a submarine! Plus, this steampunk romance romp has tons of other fun features!
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Courting Captain Nemo, There's Only One Boat - with the cover of the book in between the text Arrows pointing at the Courting Captain Nemo book cover that say: science nerd bonding, on the run but on a submarine, shadowy villain, 1890s Detroit, animal lover (pointing at the hero), engineer (pointing at the heroine), Great Lakes exploration, and pirates, boat chases, sunken treasure, and cephalopods!
February 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I don't have a whole lot of spoons right now, but what I do have is a new book!
Courting Captain Nemo is out in the world, so if you want a submarine romp beneath the Great Lakes and nerdy characters, you should grab a copy today!
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The cover of Courting Captain Nemo, showing a dark-haired, brown-skinned woman in coveralls and a bearded white man in a waistcoat in front of a submarine control panel.
January 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The world is a mess, but I have a bunch of beautiful art made by lovely, talented fans.
#goodomens #fanart
A framed collage of small art prints and stickers created by Good Omens fan artists.
November 19, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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Need a Shakespeare-inspired queer Regency romance or 2? Boy Meets Earl and Her Fair Lady are available in ebook now! Join not-quite-identical twins Sebastian and Helena for snowed-in antics, banter, low-angst romance, and queer found family!
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Ebook covers of Boy Meets Earl and Her Fair Lady, with the text "Available Now!" and retailer logos.
September 27, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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Hey, everybody! It's Stuff Your E-reader time again, and this time I have a free book! Grab The Earl on the Train and more than 1000 other free romances today!
Go to romancebookworms.com to find all the books!
Stuff Your Ereader! 1000+ books! One day only! with the ebook of The Earl on the Train
September 5, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Come join me this weekend! Friday evening will be a reader-author meet and greet, and Saturday the book fair! VIPs get entry to both and early entry to the book fair!
Northern Michigan folks, hope to see you there!
Tickets here: ticketbud.com/events/563da...
(walk-in admission opens 8/10 at noon)
August 9th & 10th 2024, Romance in Northern Michigan author and reader event, Harbor Springs, MI, Attending Author Catherine Stein
August 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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Need more reasons to try my Olympic-themed romance A Shot to the Heart?
Cora is sassy and has sexy forearms.
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🥇an archer heroine
🔧 an engineer hero
💌 they're penpals meeting IRL
🎡 at the 1904 World's Fair/Olympic Games
⚙ steampunk shenanigans ensue
💘 happily ever after
A Shot to the Heart cover atop a photo of the 1904 Olympic stadium bleachers and the quote: "Bullseye," he said. She grinned now, picking up her quiver and slinging it over her shoulder. "Damn right it was." A Shot to the Heart cover atop a photo of the 1904 Olympic stadium bleachers and the quote: He was out of his mind, to be contemplating the attractiveness of a woman's forearms.
July 29, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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The 2024 Olympic Games kick off today! Want an Olympic-themed romance a little outside the norm? I have the perfect book for you!
🥇archer heroine
🔧 engineer hero
💌 penpals meeting IRL
🎡 1904 World's Fair/Olympic Games
⚙ steampunk shenanigans ensue
💘 happily ever after
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Background of a large Ferris Wheel with a paperback of A Shot to the Heart in front of it and the caption "The 1904 Olympic Games begin today."
July 26, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Happy Pride Month, everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
I'm so pleased to be a part of this book blast today, featuring bi/pan, acespec, trans, and other queer characters in M/F- or straight-presenting relationships.
Let's celebrate queer in all its forms!
www.queerenoughbookblast.com
#queerenoughbookblast
A yellow background with text at the top and illustrated hands in a variety of skin tones waving Pride flags and wearing Pride bracelets. The text reads, " 30+ Featured Authors. Find a new-to-you BTQAI+ romance to support on June 25, 2024! queerenoughbookblast.com
June 25, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Pride month isn't over yet, and there's work to do all year long, so today I'm celebrating with some of my queer characters!
#readqueerbooks
Rainbow background. Under the words "Happy Pride Month!" are icons of several books with specific queer representation tagged: Luck Be a Lady Pirate, Lesbian FMC + Bisexual FMC; Beyond Repair, demisexual/bisexual FMC; Priceless, bisexual MMC; The Electrical Affairs of Dr Victor Franklin, Bi 4 Bi; The Spinster's Swindle, Bi 4 Bi; Earth Earls Are Easy, Bi 4 Bi + Everyone is Queer
June 21, 2024 at 5:35 PM