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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈

@josiejaffrey.bsky.social

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Fantasy Author (🌟MAY DAY - BBNYA winner ‘21) 📕🔜 DARK DAYS (Seekers 5) coming 2026 Writer @jackvalentinepod.bsky.social Editor @indiebites.bsky.social 📚: books2read.com/JosieJaffrey 📖: https://josiejaffrey.itch.io/ 🆓: www.josiejaffrey.com/subscribe

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · Apr 26

Hi new followers!
I’m a UK indie author writing dark romantic fantasy novels about vampires, and YA novels about ancient civilisations.
I’m also one of the editors of Indie Bites magazine @indiebites.bsky.social and writer of the Jack Valentine podcast @jackvalentinepod.bsky.social

An image showing all of Josie Jaffrey’s book covers on a black background. They are:
Quicksilver omnibus
Kill Me Quick
A Quick Study
Quick and the Dead
Broken Wings
May Day
Judgement Day
Winta’s Day
Valentine’s Day
The Gilded King
The Silver Queen
The Blood Prince
A Bargain in Silver
The Price of Silver
Bound in Silver
The Silver Bullet
The Wolf and the Water

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote about participating in the NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social Short Story Challenge this year, and I’m sharing my third-round story with you! It's my favourite from the competition.
I hope you enjoy!
www.josiejaffrey.com/post/nyc-mid...

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 20h

It’s been a very big project 😂

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 21h

I so enjoyed doing this interview - thank you, Sifa! 🥳

Sifa E. Poulton @sifaelizabethreads.bsky.social · 21h

Interview with Josie Jaffrey about her latest series, QuickSilver
@josiejaffrey.bsky.social

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Author Interview: THE QUICKSILVER TRILOGY by Josie Jaffrey

An interview with Josie Jaffrey about her latest series, QuickSilver

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Sifa E. Poulton @sifaelizabethreads.bsky.social · 21h

Interview with Josie Jaffrey about her latest series, QuickSilver
@josiejaffrey.bsky.social

sifaelizabethreads.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/a...

Author Interview: THE QUICKSILVER TRILOGY by Josie Jaffrey

An interview with Josie Jaffrey about her latest series, QuickSilver

sifaelizabethreads.wordpress.com

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 1d

And his claws, if necessary

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 1d

The perfect expression on the cat’s face. 😂
‘Yeah, this is my fuckin pumpkin. Wanna make something of it, buddy?’

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 1d

I love each of your paintings more than the last. AMAZING work! 💜

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 2d

Quick and the Dead, the final book in the QuickSilver trilogy, is out now!
🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman
books2read.com/u/4ArGGd

A picture of two women standing back to back, one with her fists raised and the other with a parasol. Text reads:
"Quick and the Dead
'Small sacrifices.
That had become their motto at the mansion in the old days. Giving up piracy to hide their true nature? Small sacrifices. Putting one crew member down to keep peace amongst the others? Small sacrifices. Abandoning your crew to Bartholomew's whims because you couldn't hold yourself together a moment longer? Well, maybe that sacrifice hadn't been quite so small.'"

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about my third-round story for the 2025 NYC Midnight short story challenge! I got through to the penultimate round, but narrowly missed out on the final.

You can read my story here:

www.josiejaffrey.com/post/nyc-mid...

NYC Midnight 2025 Round 3: "The Mathematics Is Simple"

About NYC Midnight, and my third-round story.

www.josiejaffrey.com

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been really struggling with writing lately, but I’ve somehow scraped out my daily wordcount from the bottom of the barrel over the past couple of days and it feels like I’ve scraped them from my very soul 😩😂

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 3d

The QuickSilver Omnibus edition is out today!
Available in hardback, paperback and ebook, it is a BEAST. Featuring all three books and six short stories in the QuickSilver series, it's over 200,000 words of vampirey, piratey, zombie-y, sapphic dark fantasy.
🩸💜🏴‍☠️
books2read.com/u/mdxQQE

The cover of the QuickSilver omnibus edition on a blue background surrounded by arrows reading:
- Vampire cult
- Pirate history
- Dark vibes
- Sapphic romance
- Zombie apocalypse
- +6 short stories

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 2d

Listening to Cabin Pressure from the very start for the second time in a month. Apparently I need happy soul hugs right now.

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 3d

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 3d

Shout this from the fucking rooftops, people!! #fuckAI

A meme that says 'petition to add this button to literally every app right now: Exclude AI
meme by @FLScience

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 4d

Yay thank you! 🥳

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 4d

Quick and the Dead, the final book in the QuickSilver trilogy, is out now!
🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman
books2read.com/u/4ArGGd

A picture of two women standing back to back, one with her fists raised and the other with a parasol. Text reads:
"Quick and the Dead
'The Onslow. The Royal Fortune. Same ship, same shit: bloodshed, fire, death.
Bartholomew wanted to relive those glory days. Kulika just wanted to burn them from her memory, and from the memory of the world.'"

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 8d

Yay thank you! It was so much fun 💜

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Sifa E. Poulton @sifaelizabethreads.bsky.social · 8d

Also, I've got an interview with @josiejaffrey.bsky.social next week, the first I've hosted (rather than UKYASpotlight) in a year - and I could not be more delighted that my first in so long with with Josie!

Sifa E. Poulton @sifaelizabethreads.bsky.social · 8d

#BookReview: THE QUICKSILVER SHORT STORIES by Josie Jaffrey @josiejaffrey.bsky.social

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ARC Review: THE QUICKSILVER SHORT STORIES by Josie Jaffrey

Six short stories set in the world of QuickSilver

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 12d

It's still September, just about, but it's always time to read queer books. If you're looking to read more books featuring sapphic and lesbian characters, then here are 15 SFF books by indie authors to celebrate Sapphic September:

www.readindiefantasy.com/15-books-for...

A banner image featuring the sapphic flag (pink, white, and pink bands with a purple flower in the middle) and the text 15 books for sapphic September.

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 15d

Quick and the Dead, the final book in the QuickSilver trilogy, is out now!
www.josiejaffrey.com/quicksilver
🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman

Character art of Quick and Kulika from the QuickSilver series standing back to back in fighting poses. Text underneath reads:
Quick and the Dead
"There’d be time for questions later. First, Evita needed to get out of this bed, track down Bartholomew fucking Roberts, and nail him to the wall. Through the heart, for preference."

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 16d

I wrote about my second-round story for this year’s @nycmidnight.bsky.social short story challenge, and you can read it here:

www.josiejaffrey.com/post/nyc-mid...

NYC Midnight 2025 Round 2: "With My Blessing"

About NYC Midnight, and my second-round story.

www.josiejaffrey.com

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 16d

painted a lil something to celebrate the release of FIREWORKS 🎇

A watercolour painting of a silhouetted couple watching fireworks

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 16d

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Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 17d

Quick and the Dead, the final book in the QuickSilver trilogy, is out now!
www.josiejaffrey.com/quicksilver
🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman

Character art of Quick and Kulika from the QuickSilver series standing back to back in fighting poses. Text underneath reads:
Quick and the Dead
"She was unsure of so much, but what she couldn’t admit to Dr Ross was the one thing of which she was completely certain: Bartholomew was about to unleash hell on earth, and he was going to use Kulika to do it."

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 17d

Just shamelessly, wonderfully herself 💜

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