Includes bibliographical references and index.

A different kind of pace : bookish seriality in Mark Z. Danielewski's The familiar -- The end is really the middle of the story : transmedial seriality in Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events -- Across worlds and volumes : serial space in Philip Pullman's His dark materials -- Keep listening! : born-audio serials and serialization as a business model -- Ilysm! : serial writing and social reading on Wattpad.

"Serialization is an old narrative strategy and a form of publication that can be traced far back in literary history, yet serial narratives are as popular as ever. This book investigates a resurgence of serial narratives in contemporary literary culture"--