A serial in 12 installments · First issue ships September 15, 2026
Some places disappear twice.
First from the map. Then from memory. Notes from Dry Pond is a monthly novel delivered through the mail—one chapter, one envelope, one month at a time.
Available only in print. No app. No download. No algorithm.
No. 01
The premise
A vanished town. A returning son. One week that changes everything.
In August 1968, Hank Doyle comes home to Denver, North Carolina, with a secret plan to elope. Instead, he is pulled back into the family history, community loyalties, and unanswered death that drove him away.
No. 02
Denver, North Carolina · August 1968
Hank Doyle came home to leave for good.
He has a few days to elope with his high school sweetheart, see his younger brother before Vietnam, and get back out. But in the shadow of Camp Meeting, old obligations and a death no one can explain tighten around him.
Read the full premise →Enter Dry Pond
The story is only half the story.
The object
Ivory paper, card-stock covers, saddle staples, and a real envelope in your mailbox.
See the format →02The reason
Why Kevin spent fifteen years with the Doyles—and why the story refuses to live online.
Read the Q&A →03The particulars
Catch-up orders, gift subscriptions, future volumes, collections, and other practical matters.
Get answers →“Places disappear twice: first physically, then from memory.”
Kevin Keck, on the places behind Dry Pond
Vol. 1 · First installment ships September 15