The physical edition
Not content. A keepsake.
A printed story with the intimacy of a letter and the pace of an old-fashioned serial.
Made to be held
Every issue is a small event.
Notes from Dry Pond is published monthly in printed installments and delivered through the postal mail, the way novels once appeared in newspapers, magazines, and literary journals.
- 5.5 × 8.5 inchesHalf-page booklet
- Ivory paperApproximately 36 pages
- 65 lb. coverSaddle-stapled binding
- Monthly mailOne installment at a time
A story at human speed
The waiting is part of it.
If a book is something you finish, a serial is something you live with for a while. Each envelope brings the next movement of the story—and gives you time to inhabit it before another arrives.
The novel will not be published online. The paper, the postage, the delay, and the arrival are part of the form.
Choose your installment planA note for late arrivals
You can begin after the serial has started.
You’ll start with Installment 1. If more installments in your plan have already been published, we’ll send those together, then mail the rest as they come out.