Will Green posts Magnolia Burning excerpt

Will Green used his X account on September 3 to direct readers to a new excerpt on his Substack, adding another post to a newsletter that already centers on mental health-themed fiction and autobiographical writing. (substack.com) Green’s Substack identifies him as a London-based writer and says he has been publishing work there in serialized form. The available public Substack pages confirm the account and its focus, though the excerpt page itself was not fully accessible through open web results reviewed for this report. ### What exactly did Green publish on September 3? (willgreenauthor.substack.com) A September 3 post from Green’s X account linked readers to his Substack, where he said he had posted the opening of a new novel. The social briefing tied to the post described the project as *Magnolia Burning* and said Green framed it around a London protagonist with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a devastating day in that character’s life. The public-facing search results do not reproduce the full text of the excerpt, and X’s post page was not directly readable in open view during this check. But the account match between Green’s X handle and his Substack profile supports that the promotion came from the same writer. (substack.com) ### How does this fit with Green’s existing Substack work? Green’s Substack biography says he is a “London-based writer” and describes *Default Setting* as “a raw, semi-autobiographical novella about addiction and mental health.” The same profile says he has been releasing that work piece by piece on Substack to test reader appetite. (substack.com) Recent visible posts on the Substack account also continue that mental-health focus. Search snippets show entries about crisis, anxiety and being detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act, indicating Green has been using the newsletter for first-person or fiction-adjacent material centered on distress and recovery. (substack.com) ### What can be verified about the themes of the new excerpt? The strongest verifiable through-line is mental health. Green’s biography and recent post snippets repeatedly reference addiction, anxiety, crisis and care, and those themes align with the social briefing’s description of *Magnolia Burning*. (willgreenauthor.substack.com) Because the excerpt page was not fully visible in open search results, some details about the new novel — including its exact wording about obsessive behavior, OCD and the character’s day — could not be independently quoted from the source page here. Those details originate from the source briefing tied to Green’s September 3 promotion. (substack.com) ### Where are readers being asked to follow the project? Green’s Substack is the main destination. The publication page shows hundreds of subscribers, and its archive and 2026 sitemap indicate an active posting schedule. (substack.com) The X post served as the referral point on September 3, sending readers to subscribe or read on Substack. Green’s public profile there matches the branding and description on the newsletter. ### What comes next for this release? Green’s next step appears to be continued publication through Substack rather than a separate commercial launch page. (willgreenauthor.substack.com) His profile says he is releasing work “piece by piece,” and the archive and sitemap show that new entries are being added on an ongoing basis. As of September 3, readers looking for *Magnolia Burning* were being directed to Green’s Substack through his X account, where future installments or related notes would be the most likely place for follow-up material to appear. (willgreenauthor.substack.com) (substack.com)