There are moments in publishing where you sit back, look at the numbers, and just shake your head a little.
This is one of those moments. The Once and Future Hearts hardcover Kickstarter closed at 660% funded.
Six hundred and sixty percent.
That number isn’t just exciting, it’s enabling. Because of you, we’re not just printing books. We’re creating beautiful, permanent editions of every single novel in the series. Hardcovers. Dust jackets. The kind of books that sit on shelves for decades and get pulled down again and again.
Campaigns like this don’t run on ads or algorithms. They run on readers. On trust built over years. On people who love stories enough to say, “Yes. Make this. I want it to exist.”
So from all of us at Stories Rule Press, authors, editors, and the small army behind the scenes, thank you for backing the project, sharing it, cheering it on, and believing in what we do.
Now the real work begins. And we’re thrilled to do it. Because this time? We’re building something lasting.
And you made it happen.
— Mark.
Mark Posey
SRP Author and thriller writer.
Mark writes thrillers for readers who don’t mind a little dirt under the nails — stories with emotional weight, lean prose, and characters who rarely do the right thing for the right reason. His work lives somewhere between noir, revenge fantasy, and literary grit, though he avoids calling it any of those because that sounds like marketing.
When he’s not writing fiction, Mark also works as a professional editor and story consultant. His editing blog offers straight talk for indie and traditionally published authors alike — especially the ones who are tired of being told to “find their voice” by people who can’t define what voice is.
He believes in clarity over cleverness, clean narrative over trend-chasing, and that semicolons are fine, but you probably don’t need as many as you think.
He lives in Canada, which explains the politeness, but not the sarcasm.
You can find him online at MarkPoseyAuthor.com, where he blogs about writing, editing, story structure, and whatever else is on fire this week. His books are published through Stories Rule Press, an independent publisher of genre fiction with strong characters and sharp writing.
