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Thanks for a great weekend at Riley County Fair! I had a blast with @thebackyardbookshelf and @jlunt2 #fantasyauthor #writerslife #manhattanks #rileycountyfair

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If you’re in the neighborhood, come say hi! I’m here at the Riley County Fair with @thebackyardbookshelf and @jlunt2 #writerslife #manhattanks #rileycountyfair #fantasyauthor

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🏆 Meet the Judges: History Through Fiction Short Story Contest

A great contest deserves great judges, and we're thrilled to introduce four talented writers who will help select this year's winning stories!

📚 Rachel Henderson is a New Orleans-based writer whose fiction has appeared in Hiding Under the Leaves, After Happy Hour Review, 100-Foot Crow, and many other publications. A former history major, she brings a love of historical fiction alongside her expertise in short stories.

📚 Jessica Lunt writes historical fiction blending literary, romance, and suspense. Her debut novella, The Witch Hunter's Wife, earned a BookLife Editor's Pick, and she is an avid champion of short fiction through her monthly Shoreshouse Journal newsletter.

📚 Shay Galloway holds an MFA from Roosevelt University and teaches college English. Her debut novel, The Valley of Sage and Juniper, was published in 2023, and her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines.

📚 Jacqueline Van Hoewyk writes stories about outsiders, family, and the places that shape us. Her short story "The Bright Leaf Legacy" appeared in History Through Fiction's 2026 anthology, and she also writes on her Substack, Collecting Dust.

We're honored to have these accomplished authors lending their time and expertise to this year's contest. If you've been considering entering, there's never been a better time!

📝 The History Through Fiction Short Story Contest is open through August 15. We can't wait to read your stories!

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the mission is simple… go show these authors some love, hit follow, and tell them the SPACE Network sent you 💌

then, come back here and let us know who should be featured next week! I’m looking for 10 new names to feature next Wednesday, so drop your fav indie authors or tag yourself below👇🏼 (& if you didn’t get in this week, i have you on the list for next!)

i couldn’t tag @bjtap or @shalidaask in the photos so tagging them here!! ⭐️

#thespacenetwork #indiespace #indieauthors #indieauthorsupport #supportindie

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The short story that changes everything might be the one you have not submitted yet.

The fourth annual History Through Fiction Short Story Contest opens June 15, and historical fiction writers will once again have the chance to compete for publication, feedback, and cash prizes.

If you’ve been shaping a story from the past, now is the time to get ready.

Read more at the link in bio.

https://www.historythroughfiction.com/blog/history-through-fiction-short-story-contest-2026

#HistoryThroughFiction #ShortStoryContest #HistoricalFiction #WritersOfInstagram #AmWriting

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✨ 5TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY✨

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

We truly cannot believe that it has been 5 years since we posted our first episode. We started this podcast as a way to connect with each other and chat about books, and it has brought us more friends and experiences than we could have possibly imagined. As a thank you for 5 years of fun, we thought it was only fitting to do a giveaway.

TWO lucky people will win one of the books we have reviewed (or are scheduled to review this quarter). The best part, the winners get to pick which one! As of today, we have reviewed over 120 books, with more scheduled, and many more mentioned in our general book chat episodes. To make it easier for those who perhaps haven’t listened, scroll through this post to see all of the full-length reviews we have done since we started in 2021.

HOW TO ENTER:

✨Follow us!
✨Like this post
✨Comment which book you would select if you won

EXTRA ENTRIES:
✨Tag two friends! (+1 entry)
✨Share this post to your story (don’t forget to tag us!) (+1 entry)
✨Listen to an episode and leave us a review (+1 entry) (If your name isn’t easily identifiable on your review, send us a screenshot so we know it’s you.)

GIVEAWAY RULES:
✨Giveaway ends on April 28th at Midnight MST
✨US Only (Sorry, international friends!)
✨Winners will receive a paperback version of the book they pick. If you happen to pick a book in a series that you are already collecting in hardcover, we will talk and see what we can do 🙂‍↕️
✨A maximum of 4 entries is possible with all extra entries

Thank you again for 5 years of chaos and fun. Here’s to many more!

💛 Chelsea and Taryn

#bookgiveaway #bookreviewpodcast #checkedoutandoverdue

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Book recommendation: The Witch Hunter’s Wife by Jessica Lunt

(📖 Read via printed book)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This short story carries more weight than most full-length novels. My heart broke eight times over, or was it nine? And in the final sentence, it began to mend.

The Witch Hunter’s Wife follows Caroline Choate, wife of John Choate, as he becomes increasingly participatory in the Salem witch trials of 1692. Through her eyes, we experience neighbor after neighbor accused, condemned, and ultimately hanged. Even Caroline’s dearest friend meets the gallows, and her husband admits to having condemned her there.

This story begs the questions: What would you have done if the person pointing the finger was someone you loved? Would you have been strong enough, or brave enough to stand up for what’s right when doing so meant betraying your own partner? And could you do it knowing suspicion would almost certainly turn to you next?

I had the pleasure of meeting Jessica Lunt (@jlunt2) recently at the History Through Fiction Conference in Beverly, Massachusetts, just a few miles north of Salem. Little did I know that she had written such a powerful story set in the very place where I sat sipping a martini.

Two days earlier, I had taken a Salem Witch Walking Tour, and now, I can’t help but wish I had read this beforehand! This story made the witch trials feel more real to me than the others I’ve heard. It’s haunting, and heartbreaking, and introduced me to the key players whose names I couldn’t remember before, but I’ll never forget now.

In her author’s note, Lunt shares that Samuel Martin of Andover, who she says was one of the principal accusers, was her 11th great grandfather. Knowing her ancestral connection adds another layer entirely, and perhaps explains how vividly she captures what it must have felt like to watch something so wrong unfold at the hands of your own family.

Five stars. Highly recommend.

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Only a few more hours to grab all of these two plus many more no spice reads for 99 cents!! 🥳🤑💛

Masquerade Mayhem-a standalone Mardi Gras novella AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon, KU, & signed copies on my website! 💜💚💛

✨workplace romance
✨no spice
✨Mardi Gras in New Orleans
✨dual POV
✨characters in their thirties
✨Cinderella vibes
✨mystery identities
✨professional basketball

🔎 contemporary romance closed door romance clean reads sports romance no spice reads novella Mardi Gras book

#nospicebookspree

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Get ready for a #nospicebookspree! Coming NEXT weekend on April 18 & 19! Tons of no spice romance books will be only 99 Cents! These Victorian Valentines books are included, so plan to grab them at this discount while you can! You can save this post as a reminder. 😘
#nospiceromance #victorianvalentinesseries #sweetromancebooks #stuffyourkindleday

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Do you love the satisfaction of owning the complete set of a series? I do. And this set is beautiful! You can collect the entire Victorian Valentines Series now, AND you can also snag the special flower bookmarks! Sign up for my newsletter (link in bio) and I will send you the bookmarks to download. If you have this set of sweet Victorian romances for your own, show them off and let us see them!

#VictorianValentinesSeries #historicalromancebooks #sweetromance #cleanandwholesomeromance #springreads

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The complete Victorian Valentines Series is ready for you to read each book and discover love in every bloom!
These sweet and clean romances are perfect for spring.

#victorianvalentinesseries #victorianromancebooks #sweetromance #cleanromancebooks #closeddoorromance

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