Kelsey Josephson
@kelseyjosephson.com
Author of strange steampunk and reinvented fairy tales. 💖⚙️📚
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Member of SFWA and ALLi
www.kelseyjosephson.com
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Member of SFWA and ALLi
www.kelseyjosephson.com
https://news.kelseyjosephson.com/
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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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#BookSky
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Back from TeslaCon! I had so much fun paneling, meeting readers, performing in the BrassGears Radio Show, and going to room parties (a Wonderland-themed one w/ the Chicago Steampunk Expo + Gloaming Court Gala w/ Chicagoland Steampunk Society) 💖⚙️📚
#BookSky
#BookSky
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Back from TeslaCon! I had so much fun paneling, meeting readers, performing in the BrassGears Radio Show, and going to room parties (a Wonderland-themed one w/ the Chicago Steampunk Expo + Gloaming Court Gala w/ Chicagoland Steampunk Society) 💖⚙️📚
#BookSky
#BookSky
Back from TeslaCon! I had so much fun paneling, meeting readers, performing in the BrassGears Radio Show, and going to room parties (a Wonderland-themed one w/ the Chicago Steampunk Expo + Gloaming Court Gala w/ Chicagoland Steampunk Society) 💖⚙️📚
#BookSky
#BookSky
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Back from TeslaCon! I had so much fun paneling, meeting readers, performing in the BrassGears Radio Show, and going to room parties (a Wonderland-themed one w/ the Chicago Steampunk Expo + Gloaming Court Gala w/ Chicagoland Steampunk Society) 💖⚙️📚
#BookSky
#BookSky
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This week in #steampunk: Scenes from Whitby Goth Weekend; Steampunk Streaming Guide; New Abney Park, FnP videos; Velvet Jeanie revisits 2023 video; The Steampunk Librarian returns; Paul Eccentric book launch; Watch City, Key City open for applications. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This week in #steampunk: Scenes from Whitby Goth Weekend; Steampunk Streaming Guide; New Abney Park, FnP videos; Velvet Jeanie revisits 2023 video; The Steampunk Librarian returns; Paul Eccentric book launch; Watch City, Key City open for applications. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
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Our attendee survey for Quasar is up! Quasarites: Don't forget to fill out the form ASAP to help with workshop and office hour assignments.
Also, we have a new event at Quasar: a social suite on Saturday with @evergreenlee.bsky.social. Join your fellow creators, and bring animal familiars to share!
Also, we have a new event at Quasar: a social suite on Saturday with @evergreenlee.bsky.social. Join your fellow creators, and bring animal familiars to share!
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Our attendee survey for Quasar is up! Quasarites: Don't forget to fill out the form ASAP to help with workshop and office hour assignments.
Also, we have a new event at Quasar: a social suite on Saturday with @evergreenlee.bsky.social. Join your fellow creators, and bring animal familiars to share!
Also, we have a new event at Quasar: a social suite on Saturday with @evergreenlee.bsky.social. Join your fellow creators, and bring animal familiars to share!
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It's November and the countdown is officially on!
I'll be at Fable & Flames Romantasy Gala all 3 days. I'm so excited for a magical weekend ✨
Mark your calendars and keep an eye out for where to find my booth!
Let's make it a weekend for the books 📚
I'll be at Fable & Flames Romantasy Gala all 3 days. I'm so excited for a magical weekend ✨
Mark your calendars and keep an eye out for where to find my booth!
Let's make it a weekend for the books 📚
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's November and the countdown is officially on!
I'll be at Fable & Flames Romantasy Gala all 3 days. I'm so excited for a magical weekend ✨
Mark your calendars and keep an eye out for where to find my booth!
Let's make it a weekend for the books 📚
I'll be at Fable & Flames Romantasy Gala all 3 days. I'm so excited for a magical weekend ✨
Mark your calendars and keep an eye out for where to find my booth!
Let's make it a weekend for the books 📚
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CHECK OUT these free #SpeculativeFiction readings! See you there?
Our first November Quick Reads looks like something to be thankful for! Friday, November 7 at 12:00 noon (EST) featuring Sylvie Cathrall, Brenda W. Clough, Chelsea Conradt, K. J. Harrowick, Lindz McLeod, and Cheryl Ntumy! #SWSWQR
Register below!
www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
Register below!
www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
CHECK OUT these free #SpeculativeFiction readings! See you there?
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Starting on a new piece on stream today if y'all wanna hang out.
I have become the Bob Ross that swears liberally. I am okay with this.
I have become the Bob Ross that swears liberally. I am okay with this.
"Nocturne in Crimson"
Acrylic on canvas board
Xero Reynolds, 2025
My first piece on canvas is done! Pretty pleased with it, and there will definitely be more to come. 🤘
Acrylic on canvas board
Xero Reynolds, 2025
My first piece on canvas is done! Pretty pleased with it, and there will definitely be more to come. 🤘
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Starting on a new piece on stream today if y'all wanna hang out.
I have become the Bob Ross that swears liberally. I am okay with this.
I have become the Bob Ross that swears liberally. I am okay with this.
Happy to report tonight has rapidly started to turn around and while I still have work to do, I'm so excited for the convention! My panels are going to be 🔥🔥🔥
Hooray for putting the punk back into steampunk 💖⚙️📚
Hooray for putting the punk back into steampunk 💖⚙️📚
Today has been a bit of a dumpster fire, but at least my wings arrived on time so I can be the Green Fairy at TeslaCon's Gnome Rave this weekend! (I decided that I'm too tall to be a gnome 😂)
Now to have some dinner before I finish packing! At least my books and table set up are packed...
💙📚
Now to have some dinner before I finish packing! At least my books and table set up are packed...
💙📚
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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SFWA’s Writing Dates Program runs every Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM PST, offering dedicated sessions to help authors meet their word counts and other creative goals.
Volunteer to lead a writing date! You don’t need to be a SFWA member to apply as a guest host. Learn more at sfwa.org/volunteer
Volunteer to lead a writing date! You don’t need to be a SFWA member to apply as a guest host. Learn more at sfwa.org/volunteer
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
SFWA’s Writing Dates Program runs every Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM PST, offering dedicated sessions to help authors meet their word counts and other creative goals.
Volunteer to lead a writing date! You don’t need to be a SFWA member to apply as a guest host. Learn more at sfwa.org/volunteer
Volunteer to lead a writing date! You don’t need to be a SFWA member to apply as a guest host. Learn more at sfwa.org/volunteer
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Weekend calendar: TeslaCon in Wisconsin and Steampunk the Thames in New Zealand, plus happenings in Tucson, San Diego, and the Sacramento area. #steampunk steampunk-explorer.com/news/weekend...
Weekend Calendar: TeslaCon, Steampunk the Thames, TusCon, and More
Steampunk fans have lots to celebrate this weekend as TeslaCon returns to Wisconsin while Steampunk the Thames observes its 10th anniversary in New Zealand. Events are also happening in Tucson, San Di...
steampunk-explorer.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Weekend calendar: TeslaCon in Wisconsin and Steampunk the Thames in New Zealand, plus happenings in Tucson, San Diego, and the Sacramento area. #steampunk steampunk-explorer.com/news/weekend...
Happy to report tonight has rapidly started to turn around and while I still have work to do, I'm so excited for the convention! My panels are going to be 🔥🔥🔥
Hooray for putting the punk back into steampunk 💖⚙️📚
Hooray for putting the punk back into steampunk 💖⚙️📚
Today has been a bit of a dumpster fire, but at least my wings arrived on time so I can be the Green Fairy at TeslaCon's Gnome Rave this weekend! (I decided that I'm too tall to be a gnome 😂)
Now to have some dinner before I finish packing! At least my books and table set up are packed...
💙📚
Now to have some dinner before I finish packing! At least my books and table set up are packed...
💙📚
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Happy to report tonight has rapidly started to turn around and while I still have work to do, I'm so excited for the convention! My panels are going to be 🔥🔥🔥
Hooray for putting the punk back into steampunk 💖⚙️📚
Hooray for putting the punk back into steampunk 💖⚙️📚
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Good things should happen more often actually
Might be a controversial opinion
Might be a controversial opinion
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Good things should happen more often actually
Might be a controversial opinion
Might be a controversial opinion
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fact: transphobia is for losers
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
fact: transphobia is for losers
Today has been a bit of a dumpster fire, but at least my wings arrived on time so I can be the Green Fairy at TeslaCon's Gnome Rave this weekend! (I decided that I'm too tall to be a gnome 😂)
Now to have some dinner before I finish packing! At least my books and table set up are packed...
💙📚
Now to have some dinner before I finish packing! At least my books and table set up are packed...
💙📚
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Today has been a bit of a dumpster fire, but at least my wings arrived on time so I can be the Green Fairy at TeslaCon's Gnome Rave this weekend! (I decided that I'm too tall to be a gnome 😂)
Now to have some dinner before I finish packing! At least my books and table set up are packed...
💙📚
Now to have some dinner before I finish packing! At least my books and table set up are packed...
💙📚
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Any unsolicited email that includes something like "I’m part of a private readers community about 2000+ active readers and social media reviewers. We’re not some forced review for hire thing. We just spotlight books that actually deserve to be seen, and yours hit that nerve." is a scam. I'm sorry.
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Any unsolicited email that includes something like "I’m part of a private readers community about 2000+ active readers and social media reviewers. We’re not some forced review for hire thing. We just spotlight books that actually deserve to be seen, and yours hit that nerve." is a scam. I'm sorry.
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SFWA is thrilled to announce our Winter Worlds of Giving, running Nov 1 to Jan 31.
Join us on the campaign trail! We're fundraising to support our mainly volunteer-run services, and we want to support YOU in your writing goals all along the way.
Learn more below! 👇👀
www.sfwa.org/winter-world...
Join us on the campaign trail! We're fundraising to support our mainly volunteer-run services, and we want to support YOU in your writing goals all along the way.
Learn more below! 👇👀
www.sfwa.org/winter-world...
November 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
SFWA is thrilled to announce our Winter Worlds of Giving, running Nov 1 to Jan 31.
Join us on the campaign trail! We're fundraising to support our mainly volunteer-run services, and we want to support YOU in your writing goals all along the way.
Learn more below! 👇👀
www.sfwa.org/winter-world...
Join us on the campaign trail! We're fundraising to support our mainly volunteer-run services, and we want to support YOU in your writing goals all along the way.
Learn more below! 👇👀
www.sfwa.org/winter-world...
I'm not doing well with the time change at all, and every time I turn around, there's more con prep to be done. I still need to pack my clothes. 🙃
However, one bright spot has been reading Frankenstein to my boys (8 and 11.) The number of times they've said "Victor, no" already has been hilarious 😂
However, one bright spot has been reading Frankenstein to my boys (8 and 11.) The number of times they've said "Victor, no" already has been hilarious 😂
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I'm not doing well with the time change at all, and every time I turn around, there's more con prep to be done. I still need to pack my clothes. 🙃
However, one bright spot has been reading Frankenstein to my boys (8 and 11.) The number of times they've said "Victor, no" already has been hilarious 😂
However, one bright spot has been reading Frankenstein to my boys (8 and 11.) The number of times they've said "Victor, no" already has been hilarious 😂
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Yo, Tenebrous Cult!
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
PDX peeps! What are you doing next Monday? How about attending STORYTELLING AGAINST HUNGER, a 5-hour marathon of author readings & open mic fun that's a fundraiser for the @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social ????
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Yo, Tenebrous Cult!
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
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I'm returning to TeslaCon this year as both a vendor and a panelist!
I'm so excited to talk about everything from Victorian folklorists arguing about the existence of the fae to automatons in fiction!
#BookSky
📚💙
I'm so excited to talk about everything from Victorian folklorists arguing about the existence of the fae to automatons in fiction!
#BookSky
📚💙
🎃 Happy Halloween! Read this love letter to Frankenstein, Nikola Tesla, automatons, and women in STEM for only 99c! 🎃
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookSky
💙📚
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm returning to TeslaCon this year as both a vendor and a panelist!
I'm so excited to talk about everything from Victorian folklorists arguing about the existence of the fae to automatons in fiction!
#BookSky
📚💙
I'm so excited to talk about everything from Victorian folklorists arguing about the existence of the fae to automatons in fiction!
#BookSky
📚💙
I'm returning to TeslaCon this year as both a vendor and a panelist!
I'm so excited to talk about everything from Victorian folklorists arguing about the existence of the fae to automatons in fiction!
#BookSky
📚💙
I'm so excited to talk about everything from Victorian folklorists arguing about the existence of the fae to automatons in fiction!
#BookSky
📚💙
🎃 Happy Halloween! Read this love letter to Frankenstein, Nikola Tesla, automatons, and women in STEM for only 99c! 🎃
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookSky
💙📚
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm returning to TeslaCon this year as both a vendor and a panelist!
I'm so excited to talk about everything from Victorian folklorists arguing about the existence of the fae to automatons in fiction!
#BookSky
📚💙
I'm so excited to talk about everything from Victorian folklorists arguing about the existence of the fae to automatons in fiction!
#BookSky
📚💙
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The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Indigenous Author Submissions
On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.
strangehorizons.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The sub call for Indigenous writers is now open! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
SFWA is thrilled to announce our Winter Worlds of Giving, running Nov 1 to Jan 31.
Join us on the campaign trail! We're fundraising to support our mainly volunteer-run services, and we want to support YOU in your writing goals all along the way.
Learn more below! 👇👀
www.sfwa.org/winter-world...
Join us on the campaign trail! We're fundraising to support our mainly volunteer-run services, and we want to support YOU in your writing goals all along the way.
Learn more below! 👇👀
www.sfwa.org/winter-world...
November 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
The Anthropic Class Action Settlement: What You Need to Know Right Now - Writer Beware
One of the most urgent issues confronting writers and other creators right now is the use of copyrighted material for generative AI training. The large language models that power chatbots like OpenAI’...
writerbeware.blog
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...