Kelsey Josephson
@kelseyjosephson.com
Author of strange steampunk and reinvented fairy tales. 💖⚙️📚
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Kelsey Josephson
@kelseyjosephson.com
· Jul 17
I'm Kelsey Josephson, author of strange steampunk and reinvented fairy tales. Genre mashups and sympathetic monsters are two of my favorite things. When I'm not writing, I'm taking care of my sons and two rescue cats. I'm partial to videogames, crafting, movies, and reading. 💖⚙️📚
#BookSky
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OH HEY:
If you love what @strangehorizons.bsky.social is doing, hop over to the online bookstore/link where you can buy the books reviewed by our reviewers and stuff written by SH staff.
bookshop.org/shop/strange...
If you love what @strangehorizons.bsky.social is doing, hop over to the online bookstore/link where you can buy the books reviewed by our reviewers and stuff written by SH staff.
bookshop.org/shop/strange...
Strange Horizons Bookshop
Strange Horizons is an online speculative fiction magazine which publishes new stories, poems, essays, and reviews on a weekly schedule.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
OH HEY:
If you love what @strangehorizons.bsky.social is doing, hop over to the online bookstore/link where you can buy the books reviewed by our reviewers and stuff written by SH staff.
bookshop.org/shop/strange...
If you love what @strangehorizons.bsky.social is doing, hop over to the online bookstore/link where you can buy the books reviewed by our reviewers and stuff written by SH staff.
bookshop.org/shop/strange...
Today was not a great writing day, but somewhere between time on the treadmill, taking a nap, and a long bath, I figured out the core of the story to my secret project. I'm a little mad because my working title is definitely the name of a song* (and referenced in Jimi Hendrix lyrics). 🙃
#BookSky
#BookSky
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Today was not a great writing day, but somewhere between time on the treadmill, taking a nap, and a long bath, I figured out the core of the story to my secret project. I'm a little mad because my working title is definitely the name of a song* (and referenced in Jimi Hendrix lyrics). 🙃
#BookSky
#BookSky
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All of us at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (cbldf.org/contribute/d...) appreciate your support this #GivingTuesday and throughout the year as we continue the fight against censorship – and we also are thankful for your helping our free expression colleagues worldwide fight the good fight!
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
All of us at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (cbldf.org/contribute/d...) appreciate your support this #GivingTuesday and throughout the year as we continue the fight against censorship – and we also are thankful for your helping our free expression colleagues worldwide fight the good fight!
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Yesterday we launched our Nebula Ballot under a new system rolling out this week to give SFWA Members a new experience of community on SFWA.org in 2026. This is a huge part of why we're on the campaign trail for Winter Worlds of Giving. Who are you supporting in genre? Signalboost their cause today!
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December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Yesterday we launched our Nebula Ballot under a new system rolling out this week to give SFWA Members a new experience of community on SFWA.org in 2026. This is a huge part of why we're on the campaign trail for Winter Worlds of Giving. Who are you supporting in genre? Signalboost their cause today!
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Final hours!
Do you like haunted history with tons of critical examination?
Then AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is for you!
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
@bookshop.org offers free-shipping for Cyber Monday PLUS 20% off future orders!
Please share, thank you! 🖤👻
Do you like haunted history with tons of critical examination?
Then AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is for you!
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
@bookshop.org offers free-shipping for Cyber Monday PLUS 20% off future orders!
Please share, thank you! 🖤👻
America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction
Haunted History Stranger than Fiction
bookshop.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Final hours!
Do you like haunted history with tons of critical examination?
Then AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is for you!
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
@bookshop.org offers free-shipping for Cyber Monday PLUS 20% off future orders!
Please share, thank you! 🖤👻
Do you like haunted history with tons of critical examination?
Then AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is for you!
bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
@bookshop.org offers free-shipping for Cyber Monday PLUS 20% off future orders!
Please share, thank you! 🖤👻
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Very last call for 25% off most Gothic / Vintage-Restored / Repurposed / Steampunk / Retro-Futuristic & Fandom items @ torchandarrow.etsy.com
All 1-of-a-kind accessories & goodies unless noted!
Orders over $35 ship free! Sale ends at midnight! 🖤
Thanks so much for your support! 🖤
All 1-of-a-kind accessories & goodies unless noted!
Orders over $35 ship free! Sale ends at midnight! 🖤
Thanks so much for your support! 🖤
Last post of this thread as Torch & Arrow wraps up this Etsy sale week! More black cats available! Everything 1-of-a-kind unless noted, 25% off most items through tonight only, free shipping over $35! Thank you for your support during a rough year, you're wonderful! 🖤 torchandarrow.etsy.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Very last call for 25% off most Gothic / Vintage-Restored / Repurposed / Steampunk / Retro-Futuristic & Fandom items @ torchandarrow.etsy.com
All 1-of-a-kind accessories & goodies unless noted!
Orders over $35 ship free! Sale ends at midnight! 🖤
Thanks so much for your support! 🖤
All 1-of-a-kind accessories & goodies unless noted!
Orders over $35 ship free! Sale ends at midnight! 🖤
Thanks so much for your support! 🖤
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🚨 New scam alert 🚨
Scammers are now impersonating representatives of Silent Book Club to target authors by pretending they've been nominated for a reader award. The screencapped email here was followed up by a request for a video, press materials... and a "submission fee."
Scammers are now impersonating representatives of Silent Book Club to target authors by pretending they've been nominated for a reader award. The screencapped email here was followed up by a request for a video, press materials... and a "submission fee."
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🚨 New scam alert 🚨
Scammers are now impersonating representatives of Silent Book Club to target authors by pretending they've been nominated for a reader award. The screencapped email here was followed up by a request for a video, press materials... and a "submission fee."
Scammers are now impersonating representatives of Silent Book Club to target authors by pretending they've been nominated for a reader award. The screencapped email here was followed up by a request for a video, press materials... and a "submission fee."
This is where I post from:
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is where I post from:
It was a good writing day. I'm so glad to be back 💖
After a whirlwind of conventions last month, I'm back at my desk today. It's snowing (again.) Both cats are happy to watch the flakes from the warmth of my office. I'm listening to the Nat King Cole, Skyrim, and LotR albums on my record player while I return to revisions.
#BookSky
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#BookSky
💙📚
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It was a good writing day. I'm so glad to be back 💖
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So, yes, I'm in LOCUS, reviewing short fiction! 👀 My very first review column is in this issue and I am so FREAKING EXCITED to be part of the Locus team and this magazine!
Issue 779 Table of Contents, December 2025 locusmag.com/2025/12...
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So, yes, I'm in LOCUS, reviewing short fiction! 👀 My very first review column is in this issue and I am so FREAKING EXCITED to be part of the Locus team and this magazine!
- "Are you the next [insert famous author here]?" (Overall an odd question, especially if the other author is living.)
- "Have I read anything of yours?" (Maybe? I'm an author, not psychic.)
- *unpublished man explaining my own genre to me while purchasing my book.* (That was certainly a choice.)
- "Have I read anything of yours?" (Maybe? I'm an author, not psychic.)
- *unpublished man explaining my own genre to me while purchasing my book.* (That was certainly a choice.)
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
- "Are you the next [insert famous author here]?" (Overall an odd question, especially if the other author is living.)
- "Have I read anything of yours?" (Maybe? I'm an author, not psychic.)
- *unpublished man explaining my own genre to me while purchasing my book.* (That was certainly a choice.)
- "Have I read anything of yours?" (Maybe? I'm an author, not psychic.)
- *unpublished man explaining my own genre to me while purchasing my book.* (That was certainly a choice.)
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Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year fundraiser on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday!
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year fundraiser on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday!
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
After a whirlwind of conventions last month, I'm back at my desk today. It's snowing (again.) Both cats are happy to watch the flakes from the warmth of my office. I'm listening to the Nat King Cole, Skyrim, and LotR albums on my record player while I return to revisions.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookSky
💙📚
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
After a whirlwind of conventions last month, I'm back at my desk today. It's snowing (again.) Both cats are happy to watch the flakes from the warmth of my office. I'm listening to the Nat King Cole, Skyrim, and LotR albums on my record player while I return to revisions.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookSky
💙📚
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Swan Moon 🌙 part of my painting series called ‘A Starry Place’! This was one of the first pieces I made when I leaped into original work seriously. It’s been a crazy ride since then, and there is still a journey yet, but I’m so thankful my work has been connecting with you all! ✨
December 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Swan Moon 🌙 part of my painting series called ‘A Starry Place’! This was one of the first pieces I made when I leaped into original work seriously. It’s been a crazy ride since then, and there is still a journey yet, but I’m so thankful my work has been connecting with you all! ✨
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An essay for World AIDS Day and the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks's valiant act of resistance, an essay on quilts and solidarity, on stitching the fragments together.
Solidarity Stitches Us Together: Today, World AIDS Day, Is Also the 70th Anniversary of Rosa Park's Historic Protest
I saw two radically different versions of what a quilt could be yesterday and yet they spoke to the same issues. I caught the show Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
An essay for World AIDS Day and the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks's valiant act of resistance, an essay on quilts and solidarity, on stitching the fragments together.
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My new Genre Grapevine is an update on both the Anthropic AI settlement and other genAI class action lawsuits filed by authors. While I'm not happy with the Anthropic settlement, I've come to see it as merely the first battle in a much larger war.
www.patreon.com/posts/144817...
www.patreon.com/posts/144817...
Genre Grapevine Update on AI Class Action Lawsuits | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
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December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My new Genre Grapevine is an update on both the Anthropic AI settlement and other genAI class action lawsuits filed by authors. While I'm not happy with the Anthropic settlement, I've come to see it as merely the first battle in a much larger war.
www.patreon.com/posts/144817...
www.patreon.com/posts/144817...
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Are you interested in my work... well, here you go!
Come explore Gothic theologies with me :)
Come explore Gothic theologies with me :)
If you'd like a sneak peek of my work, I've done a few talks based off it!
Here's a talk based on the first chapter 'Gothic Theologies of Toleration and the Depiction of the Catholic'
youtu.be/m2teiMn7fXo
Here's a talk based on the first chapter 'Gothic Theologies of Toleration and the Depiction of the Catholic'
youtu.be/m2teiMn7fXo
Gothic Theologies of Toleration and the Depiction of Catholicism with Dr Sam Hirst
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Are you interested in my work... well, here you go!
Come explore Gothic theologies with me :)
Come explore Gothic theologies with me :)
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Since it's a big weekend for consumerism, I just want to put out there that buying an indie author's book in any format is "shopping small" no matter where you choose to buy it from.
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Since it's a big weekend for consumerism, I just want to put out there that buying an indie author's book in any format is "shopping small" no matter where you choose to buy it from.
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Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
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Since I've been running a quirky little steampunk and historical fantasy book club for almost 15 years combined, naturally I have opinions and recommendations about books for new readers
Now seems like a perfect time to share.
madameaskew.com/2025/08/25/7...
Now seems like a perfect time to share.
madameaskew.com/2025/08/25/7...
7 Book Recommendations for the New Steampunk Reader
Today, during our monthly book chat, I had the pleasure of welcoming some new Steampunk readers to the CommuniTea! What an absolute delight and a perfect reminder to share my favourite book recomme…
madameaskew.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Since I've been running a quirky little steampunk and historical fantasy book club for almost 15 years combined, naturally I have opinions and recommendations about books for new readers
Now seems like a perfect time to share.
madameaskew.com/2025/08/25/7...
Now seems like a perfect time to share.
madameaskew.com/2025/08/25/7...
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"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
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my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
Feeling this one today. (I'm okay. Just a little moody and reflecting this afternoon. This is normal for me, especially coming off a busy convention season and I have a little more time to think. My house will be full tomorrow 💖)
All of this. Tell people you love them. I lost too many loved ones who didn’t make it past their teens and twenties.
And yes, sometimes people just come and go in your life. It can hurt, but it's normal, especially as jobs and relationships change.
And yes, sometimes people just come and go in your life. It can hurt, but it's normal, especially as jobs and relationships change.
tell the people that you love that you love them, not just lovers and family, but your friends, too. often.
people die and disappear and things change and people grow apart and move. soak up all the love you can. be in the moment with people. gift them your time.
people die and disappear and things change and people grow apart and move. soak up all the love you can. be in the moment with people. gift them your time.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Feeling this one today. (I'm okay. Just a little moody and reflecting this afternoon. This is normal for me, especially coming off a busy convention season and I have a little more time to think. My house will be full tomorrow 💖)
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This is a great time to remind everyone that Thom & I run Torch & Arrow, an Etsy shop w/ cool fandom things, 1-of-a-kind Goth stuff, pins, tie bars, cuff-links, jewelry, accessories, restored vintage goodies, my backlist books, sculpture & more! We're part of Etsy's big sale! torchandarrow.etsy.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is a great time to remind everyone that Thom & I run Torch & Arrow, an Etsy shop w/ cool fandom things, 1-of-a-kind Goth stuff, pins, tie bars, cuff-links, jewelry, accessories, restored vintage goodies, my backlist books, sculpture & more! We're part of Etsy's big sale! torchandarrow.etsy.com
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Good morning Bluesky!
I'm Patrick, the author of the series The Age of Steam and Sorcery. My first book is published here:
aesonique.itch.io/death-become...
ko-fi.com/s/dedefa2e72
amzn.asia/d/eYGjxG4
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
And pre-release versions of my books are on Royal Road for free.
I'm Patrick, the author of the series The Age of Steam and Sorcery. My first book is published here:
aesonique.itch.io/death-become...
ko-fi.com/s/dedefa2e72
amzn.asia/d/eYGjxG4
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
And pre-release versions of my books are on Royal Road for free.
Death Becomes Him by Patrick Charlton-O'Shea
What do you do when your life is falling apart? Play games of course!
aesonique.itch.io
August 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Good morning Bluesky!
I'm Patrick, the author of the series The Age of Steam and Sorcery. My first book is published here:
aesonique.itch.io/death-become...
ko-fi.com/s/dedefa2e72
amzn.asia/d/eYGjxG4
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
And pre-release versions of my books are on Royal Road for free.
I'm Patrick, the author of the series The Age of Steam and Sorcery. My first book is published here:
aesonique.itch.io/death-become...
ko-fi.com/s/dedefa2e72
amzn.asia/d/eYGjxG4
www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/...
And pre-release versions of my books are on Royal Road for free.