/lit/ - Literature

>>22911883
Adding on to this
>editor does the editing and that's it - no more tagalong editors
>no more monthly releases but set a deadline
>no more Discord (done?)
>no advertising submissions outside /lit/
>publish EVERYTHING and no cutting corners
>everybody should forget that the editor came crying to /lit/ about beating his girlfriend
>and that he then abused the first woman he got his digital hands on
>editor must relinquish his magic powers
>email response if your story has been added
>no more female authors for legal reasons
>remember to have fun
I think these are fair.

Publishing EVERYTHING is what kept me glued to &amp. I want the bad poems and the cult hits. I want to see everything /lit/ (and only /lit/) has got in glossy A4 goodness. Some people say to wait for enough good ones but to me that misses the point.

Obviously extra editors kept the pulse going, but 5 months was...not fun. But monthlies weren't cutting it either and I think we need the original formula back. Editor is the only one who nails the discount MDE style and has the mania to back it up on an irregular basis. Anyone who's been around since the early days knows &amp is one prison sentence away from another hiatus - so take it while you can.

The big thing thats been missing lately is the fun. We're all in this together using one man's mental illness to get eyes on our writing, so we might as well enjoy it! The comradery really nosedived this year and I think we need to remember that we're working together and to just enjoy the ride while it lasts. Meltdowns, evil plots, beatings, harassment, hit pieces, whatever. Just ignore it and have fun.

>>22123888
It's good to be back.

>>22047644
American Psycho by Ellis. I wrote the essay months ago and was just waiting for the next issue to show up.

I'm writing that essay now and it's like fresh, the freshest, y'know...like, uh, def...the deffest. You know...def.

>>20895235
>what irked me was that it all seemed like a choice on his part to stay alone
NTA but my impression was that Bateman was afraid that if he didn't "fit in" and instead became a trust fund socialite in order to reach Dorsia he might not be able to control his impulses more than he already did. I'm basing that off the chapter about Bethany, also him meeting his little brother in Dorsia. Couple that with the repeated implication that his psychopathy is partly genetic in the past few chapters: his cousin murdering a girl, Bateman starts acting like his brother, their family photograph of none of them smiling, the photograph of their father having "something wrong with his eyes" which I thought was either heavy medication or possibly a lobotomy which goes through the eye.
Sure, Bateman had the choice to make but I think part of the frustration was that his life was almost certainly over if he stopped working and tried to be himself since there was nothing for him to be (except maybe a father with a bombed out brain which honestly might be a happy ending in comparison). So he thinks the only way out is confession of his crimes.
It's not the only literary comparison but to me the story is like C&P except Bateman has no way to admit his crime. In that way I also look at Bateman and Jean like Raskalnikov and Sophia from C&P. Patrick has this kind of awe at what she offers him and even contemplates the babystroller nearby. There's also Detective Kimball which really reminded me of Porfiry's intimidation.