Lara Catledge Reedick shares historical research and field notes behind her novel When We Were Apart, covering topics such as the 1807 Slave Bible, the Mississippi River as a connecting route, and the life of John Roy Lynch. The newsletter also previews prologue excerpts from the novel, giving readers a look at the research process and the fiction it produces.
Website: https://www.whenwewereapart.com/
Battlefield Witness publishes immersive historical short fiction, readable or listenable, set during real battles and military operations. Each issue follows invented and real characters through events such as the Mongol invasion of Hungary, the Black Army of Hungary, and the design of the Avro Lancaster.
A literary serial written in the voice of Sarah Winchester, recounting her life and the strange expansion of her San Jose mansion through short, atmospheric, historically grounded chapters. Readers get a fictional, gothic narrative with vivid period detail rather than news or practical information.
A serialized work of historical fiction set in 1953 Northern Virginia, told in weekly installments through in-world documents such as surveillance reports and newspaper articles. It follows a fictional CIA experiment on housewives and carries detailed content warnings for each installment.
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