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The Joy of Not Turning to the Last Page

Leave a Comment / My Books, Suspense / June 22, 2026 / anticipation, book lovers, community fiction, Credible Threat, episodic fiction, fiction readers, independent publishing, mark posey, reading experience, reading habits, serial fiction, serialized novels, serialized storytelling, Stories Rule Press, storytelling, Substack fiction, suspense fiction, The Summer Garden, thriller fiction, weekly fiction

What if waiting for the next chapter isn’t a flaw in storytelling, but one of its greatest pleasures?

In a world built around instant gratification, serial fiction offers something different: anticipation. Readers spend time with characters, speculate about what comes next, and let stories become part of the rhythm of their week. As The Summer Garden continues and Credible Threat: Season One joins it, Mark Posey reflects on why the joy of not turning to the last page may be more valuable than ever.

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Something New is Growing

Leave a Comment / My Books / June 1, 2026 / aging protagonists, author update, Canadian author, character driven fiction, community garden, contemporary fiction, Edmonton author, emotional fiction, fiction serial, friendship, grief, heartwarming stories, indie author, life after loss, literary fiction, mark posey, new fiction, personal growth, retirement, retirement stories, second chances, serial fiction, storytelling, Substack, The Summer Garden, writing life

A retired widower. A community garden. A cast of unforgettable neighbours. While Fall From Grace continues to take shape, Mark Posey has also been nurturing a very different story. The Summer Garden is a warm, character-driven serial about grief, friendship, second chances, and the surprising ways people keep growing long after they think life’s most important seasons have passed.

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Binge or Drip? The Serial Reading Argument No One Actually Wins

Leave a Comment / My Books, New Release / January 19, 2026 / author process, binge reading, Credible Threat, episodic fiction, indie publishing, mark posey, publishing strategy, reader experience, reading culture, reading habits, serial fiction, speculative fiction, storytelling formats, weekly releases

There are two kinds of readers in the world.
The kind who says, “Just one more chapter,” and resurfaces hours later dehydrated and emotionally compromised.
And the kind who prefers the slow burn—one episode a week, time to speculate, time to argue, time to savor.

The internet insists one of these is correct.

They’re wrong.

This isn’t a format war. It’s a control issue—and Credible Threat is about to give both camps exactly what they want.

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