Presented by Kelsey Josephson

A selection from Strange Happenings, a gaslamp fantasy series set in an alternate timeline, read by the author.

Come listen to a gothic tale from an unforgettable trip to the Chicago World’s Fair in an alternate 1893!

From Strange Happenings: Rosie Weston’s routine shift has turned into a nightmare, beginning with a peculiar trunk in the baggage car. Worse, a passenger has gone missing. Can Rosie discover the truth behind the cargo before more passengers go missing?

Q&A will follow the reading, where author Kelsey Josephson will answer questions about her stories, alternate history, favorite steampunk tropes, and more!


Kelsey Josephson is a sci-fi fantasy author and member of SFWA and ALLi from the Midwest. She has a deep love for Universal Monster movies, all things related to Nikola Tesla, and iced coffee. Her work includes Strange Happenings, a gaslamp fantasy series set in an alternate timeline, Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast, which was an Ongoing Serial Finalist in the Laterpress 2022 Genre Fiction Contest, and A Tail of Two Worlds, which won multiple awards in the Fictionate.me short story contest.


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