/lit/ - Literature

i suppose this is the price i pay for mobileposting

Harvest.

>>14618273
Where to cop?

Review of Paramour, Reve d'amour:

Starting with this because I notice that the poet, Joseph Murphy, is twenty-five and out of Provo. This interests me because I am twenty-five and used to study in Provo. I wonder if I would recognize his face--I don't recognize the name, a brief search does not bring up a Joseph Murphy in Provo I've connected with. But in any case it appears Joseph is an unremarkable BYU student in that he is married; rather, the voice of the poem is married, but the poem seems in the form of an autobiographic experience and it is such an unremarkable thing that a man of twenty-five in Provo be married that I do not doubt at all that this is the case.
It's a freeform poem. I'm not in favor of these. Almost rupi kaur-esque in places if you remove the punctuation. There are two moments of note. "She's a kept woman, locked away in my fantasies" is a nice line. The second is of course the conclusion in which the voice of the poem confesses to his wife he has been dreaming of a girl; the wife either misunderstands and believes it is her, or she simply thinks the whole situation is cute (while he thinks it monstrous). He feels his dreams are infidelity; she does not. The man seems insecure in his virile male potential (ironic, considering we Mormons' polygamous past); the wife unworried.
Poetically, I think this poem uninteresting. Thematically it touches on a key issue--would it be out of place for Hoellebecq to write such? The distance between the masculine and feminine, the struggle for one and the effortlessness for the other, is central to the piece. Again, in my view, mostly limited by the poetry.
I will send some tendrils back into Provo to see if any of my old contacts there know a Joseph Murphy. Joseph, expect me.

>>14618346
https://www.amazon.com/Lit-Quarterly-Winter-2020/dp/1773541811/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=lit+quarterly&qid=1580169534&s=instant-video&sr=8-1

wow hear it is. will it be waiting for me when I get home?

I'm nervous for the reactions to my piece :o I won't take things too harshly, I'm just a scrub.

>>14618385
Thank you

Review of Pleroma:

The title instantly brings the Gnostic to mind. Indeed, the opening lines "The machine twists our minds into such funny shapes:/Grey-matter dinosaur nuggets" certainly allude to the demiurgic creation of the physical world and imprisonment of Nous. The remainder of the poem deals with fucking and digestion. The voice of the poem is clearly hylic, demanding validation through sex. I had to look up the word "haecceitic." The title is plainly a misappelation, since the Pleroma or Fullness is nowhere present; the wisdom of Sophia is absent. All that appears is taken for the Fullness by the spiritually unregenerate. Good thematically. Poetically, this is good. I still prefer the old forms rather than this sort of freeform business but this is an admirable example of the latter. Well done, E.C. Lain.

>>14618395
tell me which is yours, I will review it next

Review of Brooke's Poem:

It begins as a series of pop culture references old and new drawing from Harry Potter, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and The Hunger Games. A lighthearted mood. In closing, the tone shifts; the poet's love (presumably for Brooke) is deeper than that of any of the heroes aforementioned but he foresees a tragic end to it and so breaks things off. My enjoyment of the couplet form is marred somewhat in places, by "Nev'r" instead of "ne'er," by "would faileth to match" rather than "would fail." The thematic depth of the poem is not great. An entertaining toy work. Thank you, Martin.

Countdown to Harvest has color-matched nested parentheses throughout the entire thing. Reminds me of Zero HP Lovecraft's new work. Will have to read later.

ah! mine has arrived. this is so cool, I love seeing all the locations of the contributions. reminds me we're a global community on here! thanks everyone.

> >14618438
mind's the final piece

Review of The Internet is Serious Business:

Tarrant shot up the mosques in Christchurch. Meme culture is serious business. The internet is reality now. But you can't trust anything you read on the internet.
This essay is largely a summary of chan culture up to 2019; there wasn't much new information or surprising thought for longtime denizens of the chans. I think BEAST's piece here would be an excellent introduction for non-channers to understanding the political import of the imageboards, though.

>>14618525
gotcha braden, reading now

>>14618381
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>>14618546
Is any of the fiction worth reading?

>>14618575
you might like some of it

>>14618601
I hope so, still waiting on my copy. I prefer prose to poetry.

I liked She Weeps (great!! gj caitlyn), and the two poems mentioned above from what I've read so far!

>>14618575
Fiction is not my forte, but I've just read this piece and liked it.

Review of Damned Machine:

/r9k/ literature if /r9k/ could write worth a damn. It's a good piece. The protagonist is as mechanical as the car he drives, fearing to open his mouth lest radio static come out. He is unable to connect with humans (women in particular) except in prescribed forms, such as going through a drive-through. Terrifyingly, the crash of the car following his self-immolation is part of the normal operation of the (damned) machine--we see that the protagonist lives in one great social machine with many cogs and interconnected parts, a machine that burns men like him as its fuel and as part of its everyday business. Of course, the protagonist is also himself a damned machine. Really quite sad, pathetic in the true sense of the word. A worthy piece.

>>14618653
thanks anon, I appreciate the time you took to read it and I'm glad about your response!

just read BEAST's essay and loved it.

Wait, there's going to be more /lit/ Quarterlys? I thought this was going to be a one-off thing.

>>14618489

I wrote the main portion of the text, without the parentheses, over the course of the five days that preceded the event. So Oct. 2nd-7th, 2017. I then wrote the parentheticals for the next three weeks. It was my 2nd workshopped piece in my MFA program. I liked the response. Some of what I talk about has been elaborated on and some still hasn't. It was fun to write. I recommend listening to Tim Story's 1991 album "Beguiled" while reading it since I listened to it through the entirety of writing it.

Thanks for turning me onto ZHPL. I'll check him out.

>>14618774
it would be interesting to see it adapted to a clickable, nested medium.

Review of A Day Without Me: Lines of Enquiry

This is a political essay written by a Brit. As a conservative American Christian, it is thus doubly offensive to me, first because it is further left than I could ever dream of being (note that it is not far left, really rather centrist as far as the UK goes I imagine), and second because as an American who has lived in the Commonwealth I have an eternal hatred for the British in general. Really a people with no redeeming qualities, all the decent sorts left generations ago, but I digress.
The author's diagnosis of Western culture is spot-on, examining hyperindividualism and its outgrowths. The author's prescriptions are facile; "we must recognize the type of thinking that perpetuates hyper-individualism and then try to change it," "perhaps what will be required... is the training of a new generation." Well, he's hardly the first to fall into this category, Kaczynski is in the same boat.
The analysis strikes close to the heart of the issue at points; it touches on irony, for which you should expect my definitive work in the next edition. On the whole, I prefer this essay to BEAST's largely for the subject matter, but Robin is English and BEAST is not, so I think I'd much rather hang out with BEAST irl.

>>14618722
what did you think the "quarterly" part meant, ya dingus

>>14618774
Will do when I get to it. ZHPL is a fun new writer, I think most anons here would enjoy him, would recommend to a friend.

>>14618722
we're all here writing, submitting and reading work published to the second lit quarterly, and WHERE ARE YOU bro

>>14618653
>Fiction is not my forte
Yes I gathered that, however I did also appreciate your honest reviews. I am still waiting on my copy but happy to hear that damned machine is actually good, as my internet sleuthing has discovered he is the cover artist and I was afraid his friendship with the publisher gave him unwarranted placing.

>>14618896
Is he really? Big if true

>>14618896
>>14618906
to further assuage your worries, let me correct you: those are not the same people, just saying

>>14618804

I thought about it.

I've written stuff like that before. If you go to bit dot ly /AD1985 my undergrad honors thesis is made up of both digital and regular texts.

I'm sure I could do it. Most of what I write is experimental. Controlled Faith is a rare version of my straightforward narrative prose.

>>14618808
>>14618816
Well, shoot, how do I submit to the next one?

>>14618960
buy the book and we'll talk about it later

submit to litquarterly@gmail.com

>>14618906
>>14618909
Yup. No similarities at all.
https://mobile.twitter.com/vodselBT

>>14618808
I'll continue reviewing in this tradition as I have some favorite in the booklet.
Review of The Soul and the Lagoon:
Flowly poem with a floaty atmosphere. The poem is wrapped wrapped up well and goes full circle quite well but some of the language becomes a bit rigid in exchange for a slower pace that has a sort of melancholic rhythm. I have been noticing that the contributes of the /lit/ quarterly as frequenters on the /crit/ threads. Contributor I.C. and a few other ones that were on the previous booklet are showing huge signs of improvement but it would have been much more interesting to have seen a Fiction piece rather Poetry from this particular contributee as his last Fiction piece in the original quarterly was done quite well, regardless a really great piece to the booklet despite being short.

>>14618970
His profile picture sure doesn't look like every cover picture of the lit quarterly.

>>14618999
that's a picture I cropped from rocko's modern life. it's just someone bursting through the body of rocko's dog Pal after being swallowed whole lol
the graphic designer is credited in the book anyway

>>14618999
checked
but having a Twitter account in your real name? cringe and bluepilled, Braden, you’re better than this

>>14619069
im just a simple gamer

>>14618273
love these

How about that letter, huh? Just made me kind of grit my teeth and concede to a leveler judgment by just saying, OK... and moving on.

>>14618575
My favourites were Damned Machine, Swallow, Summons to the Edge of the World, and I Love Homework Now.

>>14618896
They're two different people.

>>14618381
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>>14618990
Trying way too hard. At least you tried.

>>14619299
I am pregnant and the child is yours, but I'm killing it so :^(

>>14619299
Was your story posted?

>>14619310
What story?

>>14618273

Anywhere I could get Issue 1?

>>14619322
Email litquarterly@gmail.com

>>14619317
The one he reviewed

>>14619299
These aren't tryhard reviews, just "some thoughts on the piece to get these dense anons to read it for themselves."

I will say Joseph Murphy's prose is better than his poetry.

>>14619299
But we did specifically ask for feedback

>>14619345
based!!!

Let me add some small praise about Caitlyn Ann Thomspon's piece, "She Weeps". In a way that reminds me of the night-time literature of Anna Kavan, this story effaces itself, the "literal" reality that I over-rationally go seeking while reading is dissolved into either a whimsy or a nightmare. its ambiguity is alarming. loved to read it.

>>14619339
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>>14619363
Sorry boys, I'm just (you) whoring in order to bring attention to this important publication.

>>14619394
I like you. Here's another.

>>14618722
Don't worry, man. The deadline for spring is the 31st of January but there will also be a summer edition, so get your submission(s) ready.
>>14618808
>it is thus doubly offensive to me
lol
>>14619394
Fair enough.

Remember everyone: getting fair-minded and sometimes hostile criticism of your work is a very critical stepping-stone towards improving as a writer. The story I submitted to the first edition was the first time I shared my writing with anyone and the feedback and edits it got were so so helpful.

>>14618385
>https://www.amazon.com/Lit-Quarterly-Winter-2020/dp/1773541811/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=lit+quarterly&qid=1580169534&s=instant-video&sr=8-1
Where's the free online version?

>>14619441
>Be the first to write a review
S-should I?

>>14619441
Doesn't exist yet. Trying to work out the easiest way to do a website.

>>14619458
If you've read it (or most of it), then go for it.

>>14619489
No I haven't received my copy yet, but the urge to shitpost is strong.

>>14619267
I liked I Love Homework Now too, just read it. Has a real funny voice to it.

>>14619511
haha!

>>14618703
>>14618546
You've no idea how much joy it gives me to know that you've read my work.

Thank you, and thanks KM.

I'm gonna rededicate myself to writing more. It will be a good year.

>>14618273

are there any plans for a kindle edition of this on amazon???????/

>>14619807
Probably not. Not sure how that would happen.

>>14619940
KDP (Amazon app u download) is supposed to take PDFs or .docs and format it for the kindle.

Haha, incredible OP. Even if the writing isn’t great, I love that you’ve actually materialized this. I will buy Volume 2 from Amazon. Is there any way to also purchase Volume 1? I want the complete set.

WHERE is the submission email address

Review of Countdown to Harvest:

This story needs a lot of proofreading, a significant number of minor errors. But--what a joy to read. Great realization of schizoposting. Just a fun ride. My day is better for it.

>>14620364
see >>14618968

>>14620078
Sounds quite simple...might look into that.
>>14620112
Been toying with the notion of doing a small second run of the first edition because we ran out of the 50 hard copies...no promises, though.
I appreciate your support!

>>14618273
I’m a bit late to the meme, what exactly IS the lit quarterly?

>>14620395

Thanks man. I did a lot of research on /x/, /pol/, and listened to schizo podcasts.

>>14620484
A quarterly publication featuring poetry, fiction, and essays submitted by /lit/izens. Volume 2 available on Amazon (link is further up the thread).

>>14620458

Ebooklaunch is a good formatting service if you want to make KDP easy, send them a Word file and they'll take everything from there. Plenty of others available but can confirm they're good.

>>14620484
>what exactly IS the lit quarterly?

big dick energy

sitll waiting on my copy brah's, really curious on all yo's faggy works.

It's a beautiful thing.

>>14621005
My story is straight!

>>14620395
Would you review the letter, anon?

>>14621215

yeah tell that to your cat

>>14621390
Review of the letter to the editor:

I quite like it. Makes me want to read the letter in the next edition.

there's your review

Can I still get the first issue?

>>14618438
>grey-matter dinosaur nuggets

oh cool we're going to start a new thing like the early internet zines modelled on pulp fiction short stories of the early 20th century.

i bet the next great outsider auteur is lurking ITT, don't be shy anoness submit your story.

>>14622301
nasty, right?

>>14622318

I already did, you plebe

>>14620458
>we ran out of the 50 hard copies
ABSOLUTELY BASED, congratulations

Looking forward to reading it thanks!

>>14622260
Not currently, but I'll message the printers today to see what the cost of a small second run is.
If you want the PDF, shoot an email to litquarterly@gmail.com

First edition PDF:
https://mega.nz/#!iORhHYqS!46Eu1pb3TUX6RGmgOnntYuxrss1SrCeVSRbTByt4wpU

>>14622700
based

feels like a good deal of this is reheated frogtwitter leftovers. mostly well-written though

>>14622700
what are the choice cuts from vol. 1

>>14622734
expand on that

>>14622768

I've seen some positive feedback about each piece, but I think the most well-liked pieces were "Charles' Friend" "Evocation" and "Losers."

I like the wolf motif.

>>14620458
Well, if you do decide to print another batch of volume 1, let us know ;)

Wait since when was this a thing?

Wtf. 4chan did something productive? And it's not a fucking visual novel?

>>14623203
First edition started last April/May and was printed in September. Second edition just came out two weeks ago.
>>14623148
Will do.
>>14622977
I do too, but we're going to be making it a less central aspect of the cover design going forward.

When should Europeans expect delivery?

>>14623683
They shouldn't.

>>14623683
Roughly 7-10 business days from when it ships.

>>14618273
Controlled Faith was great. If the rest of it is this good I'm in for a treat.

>>14624194
report back with thoughts anon!

Swallow is quite good.

>>14624618
Up to "new beat," impressed!
If these ages are real this is a pretty solid collection of very young writers.
Gonna try to submit next time I think.

>>14624814
Deadline for Vol 3 submissions is the 31st, so you may need to shoot for the summer edition

>>14624886
Alright.
OK I'm at countdown to harvest, I wanna see some sources.

Quite the achievement! I wouldn't have thought someone on here had the basic coordination and discipline to make something like this happen.

>>14618385
Checks out.

>>14624944
lmaooo

>>14620493
If you wrote countdown to harvest, I'm also really enjoying it. This is truly fun stuff. I think whatever headspace or inspiration you accessed for this, you should definitely return to. If you wanna keep writing stuff this fun.

What the fuck? I was out for the last semester
You guys published a journal?

>>14624944
LOL!

what's the max word count for fiction submissions?

>>14618273
I got my copy yesterday and the binding and paper are better than any Dover publishing, or cheap alternative I've had.

>>14625484
Nothing strict, but I've been saying around 2000-5000 words. Will not discriminate on shorter or longer works, as long as the writing is good. Also, we accept flash fiction too.
>>14625520
I'm very happy with how it turned out.

>>14625484
5000, according to KM Deezy’s earlier word

How do I get in on this?

>>14625887
First, you learn to read.

>>14625950
Yes, but may I have the password, please?

>>14625985
he posted an email for submissions in another thread. The deadline for the spring issue for submissions is the 31st, but he mentioned there'd also be a summer issue on the way.

>>14625887
email inquiries and submissions to litquarterly@gmail.com

>ordered before they were even printed
>still no copy
>worried it got copped

>>14626145
>#metoo

>>14626145
>>14626175
First batch was shipped on the 18th. Shoot me an email.

>>14626145
#methree

>>14626257
US?

>>14626175
>>14626257
I emailed him and I think he was unaware burgers stop working to honor ML "Blvd" K, Jr. Give it a few more days.

>>14618273
just shot ya an email from Australia!
hoping to order both through you coz Amazon is being a cunt

>>14623251
>I do too, but we're going to be making it a less central aspect of the cover design going forward.
That's fine, but I hope you keep at least some part of it.

>>14624988
>>14624932
>>14624194

Thank you very much for reading.

You're welcome to Google any of the stuff I put in there. Some is well documented, some is conjecture, some has been picked apart since I wrote this in 2017.

It was fun to write. I hope to read your work as well if you submit to KMD. :-)

GIVE ME MY COPY

Can KMD please upload this edition to Goodreads?

Yet another literary journal with an unwarranted and unnecessary presence of women.
Over representation is ridiculous in main stream publication and now even on 4chan it persists.

>>14627059

There is 1 right? Ill have to read here and if she (he; its most likely a tranny) is of inferior quality, i will personally drive to KMD's home to do a violence

>>14627004
You can add it yourself.
Besides, it's "not a book"

Man here, just so you'll take my response seriously. It seems this is the second time on two threads about the journal that someone (probably the same person) has mentioned that women shouldn't be in the journal because they are overrepresented elsewhere. While that sentiment is true, you sound worse than the squakiest hen on The View when you complain about the inclusion of ONE woman...ONE. Stop with the fucking insecurity and the hatred because you don't have a good rapport with your mother or what have you. It's obnoxious and makes it seem like you've never read a book in your life. Grow up.

>>14627111
Unsolicited whining about people who aren't present aggravates me to the point of wanting to contradict you out of simple abrasiveness.

>>14627116
You're an idiot>>14627059

>>14627120
I generally don't bother reading things before giving my opinion.

>>14627126
A loud and proud pseud, the average /lit/izen.

>>14627128
I apologise for nothing.

>>14627111

Cringe the post

>>14623683
i'm in europe and got mine a few moments ago

>>14627138

Cringe the person

>>14627138
>>14627183
I AM THE CRINGE NOW ANON

So this is another journal ruined by women?
Dropped.

Doesn't ship to my country, shame.

>>14627431
Email the dude, he ships directly if you're outside North America

>>14627445
Oh okay. I'll send him an email.

I am a poor third-worlder, though white, straight and male. May I get a free pdf, please?

>>14627445
>>14627476
Yeah i just sent an email too, i'm going to buy both issues
I was there from the beginning!

How do I get a copy shipped to the UK?

What's the criteria for getting in this thingamabob?

>>14627583
1. be a man

that's it

>>14627570
https://www.amazon.com/Lit-Quarterly-Winter-2020/dp/1773541811/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=lit+quarterly&qid=1580169534&s=instant-video&sr=8-1
if it doesn't ship to you email him.
litquarterly@gmail.com
>>14627583
submit to his email. preferably in ms word
litquarterly@gmail.com

>>14627598
Alright. I'm going to write something and hope it doesn't bring shame to us all.

>>14626280
yep!

A grand surprise this morning. I am throughly delighted! In reaction to having seen the material fruits of this endeavor, the creative coals of my soul have been stoked anew. I shall improve upon my future submissions.

God bless you, KMD! You're better than MD.

Story ranking when?

>>14627766
start one

>>14618968
what should i wrote about?

>>14627831
write*

>>14619477
wordpress?

>>14627144
Excellent!
>>14627247
How is it ruined? Because you have to skip past four pages of a 100-page book?
>>14627489
PDF isn't available yet but should be in another week or two.
>>14627685
Shoot me an email and I'll let you know what day I shipped yours and we can determine if it's lost or not.

>>14619477
https://www.siteground.com/

>>14627837
A generous anon is helping with the design. I think it's gonna be cpanel or something.

>>14627847
it's not ruined, don't even engage with these anons. this is why we invented the "have sex" meme, remember

>>14627847
>PDF isn't available yet but should be in another week or two
Thank you. Will you make a thread when it's ready?

>>14628082
If there's not already a related one up, I'll make one yeah.

A question concerning 'Controlled Faith': Was Job murdered or molested by Warren in the end?

>>14628416
My understanding was that he was molested, just like how his father had molested Warren.

>>14628416
war-rent he
warren the
I mean the ghost seems to think warren was gonna kill him
I wonder who the ghost was

>>14628543
"warren the boy not safe" seems vague enough that it could be either.

why didn't W. just leave the mansion

Yes

YES!

The Quarterly is in

I enjoyed the purple prose in letter to the editor

>>14628709
I suspect he was bound by his sense of duty. The general even asks him, "You're going to come all this way just to shrink from your duty?"

>>14628534

Ahhh

>>14628757
Whoa

"...He kicked the sofa and, almost entirely out of breath, said, "There, you fucking faggot."

HAHAHAHAHAHA. I

>>14618273
>one of the first to order
>booklet still being delivered
>have poem in the quarterly
>no one is talking about my poem anyway

>>14628842

I think the central problem for me is it's never explained why either he or the general feel they have a duty to the house.

>>14629089
hey anon, i liked your poem ;)

>>14629089

I read bitter, I and discarded machine this very hour and i liked them but discarded machine i reallllly liked

>>14629101
I think that's simply part of the mystery of the mansion and the ring...
>>14629085
Who hasn't been there?

Ok so whats going on in here?

this is really neat :3

>>14627074
>i will personally drive to KMD's home to do a violence
zettai ni bēsu

>>14629246

Sadly it was ok so the editor retains his laifu

>>14629089
it was so good we don't even know how to review it with out feeble, goyish level of verbal IQ.

>>14629258

^)

>>14629230
>E.C. Lain
chuckled

>>14629278
why

>>14629290
"Easy Lay"

>>14629230
Based

>>14618273
next deadlines for the next volume

>>14629617
Spring edition deadline is 31st January.
Summer edition deadline will be probably late April.

>>14629622
thx

>>14628543
Author was trying to be le ironic and show how the devil is actually the good guy in clever topsy turvy turning upside down of traditional and hypocritical morals as shown by cardboard pseudo-Christians

>>14629644
Is the devil the only entity that can communicate via Ouija board?

>>14629661
I’m gonna go out on a limb and hazard that nothing Good can communicate via ouija board

>>14629644
>clever topsy turvy turning upside down of traditional and hypocritical morals as shown by cardboard pseudo-Christians
which is itself trite. but i liked the story because it made me also want to pound becka cunny desu

>>14629670
>>14629676
Fair enough, but I didn't find the depiction of the Christian family particularly hostile or unsympathetic.

>>14629688
In a sense I admire the work because I abhorred it and it’s still living rent free in my head. Just thought that Hypocritical/Conflicted evangelical Christian family is cliche in the year 2020. Writing was fine, but I Love Homework Now has the best prose in this edition, by far.

>tfw someone liked my poem
You too.

>>14629670
I thought it was just anybody who died in the same house as you're using the ouija board

>>14629688
I didn't find it to be those either. I merely think the concept of 'actually the christian family is immoral, the priest is a fag' is a bit overdone now, particularly the second part. The son's beyond degenerate jerking habits and the mom's alcoholism didn't bother me though, those are ubiquitous in society—including even devout christians. Gay dad was basically just a bit of a let down.

>>14629732
>>14629909
Honestly, that's fair criticism.

And I Love Homework Now was submitted quite early and gave me a good boost of enthusiasm for the second edition.

>>14629230
It's ALL happening there.

>>14618480
I'm glad you enjoyed my poem; and yeah, it was mostly an aesthetic experiment.

>>14618480
I will say this though. You missed that the poem is written BY Brooke, and the Shakespearean vocabulary is ironic and trying to showcase how teenage girls take themselves too seriously.

Just read it. What did I think of it?

>>14630702
You loved all of them. <3

>>14630702
You were inspired to reread it in a couple weeks after working on a submission of your own.

I think I’ll buy it.
also have urge to write

Finally got my copy in New York. Haven't read anything yet, but we're all gonna make it, US deliverybros.

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Thanks for reading my story. I was raised by a bisexual gigolo who liked to take my brothers and I to church so I guess I got some of the influence for the father from that. Didn't mean for it to seem cliche but I understand the critique and appreciate the time you took to read and analyze it. :-)

I went a piece and hope it gets accepted for the Spring edition. That would be fun.

>>14629230
this is fucking red hot fire flames

>>14631188
Dude you did good. I really enjoyed it. Still thinking about it.

bump

what does everyone want an essay on?

>>14632262
I want an essay on essays.

>>14632262

My diary desu

When do we find out if we made the team
If we made the cut
If we're up to snuff

>>14632460

If you didnt get a reply yet you sadly didnt make the cut. However, I sincerely do hope you will try again for the summer edition so shoot me an email at lit.quarterly@gmail.com

>>14632515
wtf u said deadline was the 31st

>>14632515
It's actually litquarterly@gmail.com. There is no dot in between.

>>14632524
>>14632515
>>14632652

Im feeling /devilish/ lads

>>14618395
>hear it is

>>14632913
Oh well that saves me the effort of finishing.

>>14632515

>>14632524
>>14633283
That guy is a devilish imposter. Me and editing partner are reviewing all submissions, including those received today and tomorrow, during the month of February.

>>14630414
This trite shit is why none of you will ever find success in writing. Yeah, yeah, teenage girls are annoying. How old are you, to still be offended by the behaviours of adolescents? How many years since high school have you spent concerned over what teenage girls are doing?

>>14633635
Why are you so offended? The piece is just meant to be humorous and it's based on a real adult woman I know, so it speaks directly to my life experiences.

>>14629230
I validate E.C. Lain's clothes in real life. If you know what I mean.

>>14633635

Whats with the cringeposter

>>14633670
Bitter over his lack of publication.

>>14618273
Submissions are still open till tmr?

>>14618273
How do you come up with your Pen names? Need one but everything seems to be not as interesting as others. Particularly liked Ducasse's Pen name(Comte de Lautreamont) but I have a spanish last name so I don't want to be too off, nor too forgettable

>>14633778
Stop trying so hard, gain a little backbone and use your actual name like the rest of us.

>>14633778
Mine is based on a mix: a childhood nickname, a feeling of who I am on a fundamental level, a feeling of base humanity full of lust/uncomprehension/biological compulsion, mixed with the religious symbolism's inspiration of fear at base human traits and epochal change done in all caps because BOOM, you know, BOOM

You do you, homie. It doesn't have to be complex. It just has to be good. Errybody putting on airs and pretenses, like they're some great oracles, graphomancers and high priests of taste and the English Word. These goons are just the same as everyone else: hoping someone else likes their words enough to read past the 2nd paragraph. You do you, homie.

>>14633730
correct, but don't feel rushed as there will be a summer edition as well.

>>14633778
You should use the middle name of your favourite author for first name, and the village where your great-grandmother was born for last name.

>>14633842
pls drop the name :(

>>14633868
I'll give you a hint: it's on the cover of the Quarterly.

>>14632913
Oh anon you're incorrigible

Lit just doesn't look right without the slashes on either side.

>>14634185
it's not supposed to be affiliated with 4chan or /lit/ specifically.

>>14634238
Except it /lit/erally is.

>>14634240
No it isn't

>>14634248
Ok not officially, but you know what I mean.

>>14634252
I do, but it's just not right.

>>14633778

whats wrong with your real name? youre not a known rapist a-are you?

>>14618273
>>>14634675
I thought I was paranoiac but these parts tend to attract more grifters than editors