/lit/ - Literature

Struth. Locked out of my house again. Kiss my arse

>>22368034
why did you make a third thread for this God-awful issue? it's been out for like a week, cut it out

A storm is approaching.

>>22368363
because it's the troll that does it

>>22368421
Is Mr Heck in the room with you right now?

Best of &amp when? Pls gib

Gardner bakes the bread long after it’s gone stale. The issue has been discussed, this is now just a place for haters to hate.

>>22368819
Based Gardner. 24/7 &amp threads. Remember, you can't control &amp! It's as much Gardner's as it is yours.

>>22368034
IT'S STILL UP!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPGQrzYBxtM

>>22368907
WHAT'S IN THE BOX

>>22368034
I've got a great idea for you unreal fags since you insist on sucking Woolston's dick and encouraging his piddling efforts. Do an anthology of "lofi prose" every talentless retard in your discord can contriboot and display their retardation around that theme. Then post it here and we can mock you.

>>22369309

>>22369486
Lofi prose is kino.

New merch is gonna drop soon. Get hyped!!!

>>22370667
Really?

>>22370667
KEK

>>22370672
Keep on the lookout. Introducing: the Crabs n Rags shirt!

>>22370667
It wouldnt fit over my beer belly. My wife'll be pissed. And why isn't Woolston's name on it? You owe everything to him. Kiss my arse.

>>22370672
Yes; we’re rebranding around the concept of “lo-fi prose”

>>22372012
babydick babydick babydick babydick

>>22372012
Where can I cop this?

>>22372202
The Victoria Drive Value Village, just south off of East Hastings. The editor has already pawned off the entire stock for crack money.

>>22372012
I know this is a shitpost but I unironically kinda like the design tho

>>22372231
Pretty sure that VV is closed now.

>>22372399
Based lo-fi prose enjoyer

>>22372420
He pawned them off last night. Should be up in the male clothing section right now. Though you’d better act quick if you want a size that will fit. The editor ordered 60% of the shirt in 4XL because Woolston said he replace his family’s entire wardrobe with them.

>>22372758
That was before my wife kicked me out, the bitch. I still love her. Uwwhuuhuuu.

Best of &amp when? Pls gib

>>22372999
When my wife lets me back in the house. Kiss my arse.

>>22372012
BASED

&AMP FOREVER

>>22374293
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>>22372012
well you certainly can't rebrand around the concept of talent

>>22372012
I unironically would buy this.

The mere mention of Mr Heck makes you quiver in your galoshes and you have the gall to put up merch?

I submitted but I'm positive an editor noticed my fly was open. Is it over?

>>22375372
Good. Official &amp merch shop is coming soon. (fr fr no cap)

>>22375926
BASED BEYOND BELIEF

>>22375926
The west has fallen. Billions must read Woolston.

>merch is “BASED BEYOND BELIEF”
Atlas, to continue our conversation from last week, perhaps this is why so many see modern &amp as a brainless circlejerk. This is the type of transparent cock gobbling you’d see in a /biz/ shitcoin thread.

why would I want to associate myself with bad writing? I don't understand

>>22376210
if you wanna talk to that hoe so badly then slide into her discord dms instead of shitting up the thread

>>22375926
iz dat Atlas?

>>22376306
No. Atlas is over 100lbs heavier than that model.

>>22376322
No wonder she likes Woolston so much. Pigs in a pod.

>>22375926
Can i get this on a hoodie?

Stop with the arse posting it takes away from the attention due on talented and hard working writers like James Krake who is releasing a book this week

The editor didn't publish my visual novel in this issue or last issue.
It's over...

>>22377631
Does /a/ or /co/ have its own VN magazine?

>>22377642
Those boards would need to put out a visual novel first

you need a better art director. the current one is awful.

None of you unr*al cock smokers are talented. Sure maybe some grind away like factory workers but that's not how you create art. Plus, talented writers get rejected from the magazine to make way for more Woolston. And that's a fact.

>>22379092
Sounds like the bitter rantings of a person who got rejected. Maybe next issue.... unless Woolston submits again.

>>22379165
I don't care what you think it sounds like because everyone in here knows it's the truth. You don't know what talent looks like and will never know.

>>22379177
Does living in Woolston's shadow bother you? Does it hurt knowing you'll only ever be an "also ran" in this movement. 50 years from now some scholarly type will write the history of our movement and most of the book will be about Woolston. Maybe you'll get a paragraph if you're lucky.

>>22379205
I'm not a part of your (bowel) movement. I'm an independent and I'm far more successful than any of you, yes even ego the living planet krackhead.

>>22379215
Post your book then. You do have one don't you?

>>22379219
So you can ratings bomb me? Dox me out of jealousy and bitterness?
How dumb do you think I am.

>>22379246
Dumb enough that you write shit that isn't as good as Woolston's shit and gets rejected in favor of his shit.

>>22379252
Yeah, because we all know amp works on quality, right? You ass sniffing hog. Why don't you suck krackhead's dick some more maybe he can condescend to you about his pathetic BSL ranking. lmao.

Btw, they're 100% serious about selling merch for this shit show and the shirt above is atlastroon trying to slip in her shitty design under the veil of 'just a joke bro'.
Then Zulu is planning to come in with something equally poorly designed and astroturf false replies saying that it looks good.
They will sell three shirts total, one for every fan.

lmfao I wish I was as 'popular' as you trannies!

>>22379274
You aren’t a writer :^)

>>22379788
Listen to you, with this hashtag idpol shit.
How about this, you poseur faggot: you can't write.

>>22379820
I’m not even mad, homie. Do what you must, I’ve already won.

>>22379849
Just because you self fellate in your discord doesnt mean you won anything of actual substance. Keep shilling bad writing no one wants

>>22368034
This issue was actually not bad at all. The last story about the war was very well written, and by the guy that wrote HMS Marianas. I was tremendously pumped for that one. The other submissions weren’t truly awful except a handful, like Woolston’s, but the overall aesthetic and vibe is right on brand. I submitted something for 019, but idk if they’re accepting subs for that yet.

>>22379867
we’ll just keep making and selling magazines, and you can keep following us and wetting your diaper.
>>22379872
We might try to compel subs for the antho in lieu of Nineteen, and hopefully source some Unreal Alumni for talent in producing that. I’ll reserve your fiction for the next issue though, it’s not wasted.
>>22377642
I’ve been to that board and every other board that you might assume have an interest in collaborating on an art project however most anons that aren’t from /lit/ arent too motivated by anything but money, but I’ve gleaned a few designs, illustrations, and photography from other boards. I expected much more passion from /gf/ as well but the culture there isn’t as fledged as you might assume.
>>22368895
No, &amp belongs entirely to Gardner now while he’s asked me to edit his newest Horror’s Call. He will probably drop Nineteen by snowfall.
>>22368907
I’m actually reading this now—unfathomably based.

>>22379908
/gd/ **

>>22379908
>but I’ve gleaned a few designs, illustrations, and photography from other boards
You mean stole because you're creatively bankrupt.

>>22379928
no I mean stole because this is the internet and nobody cares but you, Frank, and his ailing parents (may they make a swift recovery).

>>22379933
Fuck off. Listen to you always bringing out the 'barbs' when you're on the defensive. You're a horrible piece of shit who immediately drops to the lowest level when confronted. You're scum.

>>22379933
checked, what’s wrong with frank’s parents?

>>22379939
His mom has multiple sclerosis and his dad is undergoing an operation for a cardiac stent.

>>22379945
seriously? how do you know this?

This is all you can do, dox people to try and get personal dirt to throw because you know when it comes to skill you're useless dogshit. Nothing you do will ever succeed you fucking loser.

>>22379939
They have to cope with the shame and utter humiliation of having Frank as a son.

>>22379949
He accidentally mentioned it on trannycord. I agreed to let Frank edit 019 in exchange for “””editing””” his book. I mostly did it because I want to see how badly he tries to trash our institution, but also so I can self-insert into Horror’s Call without him noticing (he doesn’t read his own work).

>>22379945
FUCKING KEK WHAT A DAY TO BE ALIVE LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL

>>22379952
They’ve sequestered and insulated their reputations from him after what happened during the election.

>>22379967
what happened during the election? what?

>>22379969
Frank and his mom ran for a local position in Chicago’s municipal bureaucracy that resulted in scandal when Frank’s mom attempted to use her maiden name to trick the public into elected either her or her son without revealing that they were related.

Then when journalists called them out, Frank’s dying father trying suing them into silence.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2014/10/20/18418426/local-reporter-fox-sued-over-allegedly-defamatory-broadcast

>>22379945
Can someone post photos?

>>22379974
WTF THIS KEEPS GETTING BETTER

>>22379951
>becoming this upset over mongolian basket weaving

>>22379981
yeah I’m digging up every photo the internet has on the Gardner family and editing a megamix. it’s not as fun as I’d hoped tho; his parents really do look like they might not last much longer.

>>22380000
Absolutely fucking checked.

>>22379981
Sending them to the discord. Can’t post them here without getting b&.

Imagine being so bad at your hobby that you have to find some cheap catharsis by digging into other people's background. Pathetic beyond belief.

King of Bricks keeps hittin.
>>22380019
Also no, please don’t send me pics of Gardner or his terminal family, kek; I’m trying to have breakfast.

>>22380042
sorry too late.

>>22380045
That is unironically sad. Gardner may be a faggy kissless cringecow but I don’t have the heart to post these. However I will send them to someone who might, kek.

>>22368034

Just finished. ‘The Tent’ was amazing, 10/10

>>22380058
&amp should produce a stageplay of it

>>22380063
Current budget restrictions might relegate the production to an AI animation, so I’ll wait for Gavilovski’s rendition, guaranteed to be superior.

kiss my arse lads

>>22380058
What did you think of always remember Fremantle. That's what we all care about.

>>22380193
this

>>22379974
You're a disgusting bag of shit and when I find out who you are you're in for a world of hurt.

>>22380332
I literally post my full name and address all the time. Eat my shit.

>>22380354
You'll be the one eating shit. Dog shit on your doorstep canuck motherfucker

I'M A REAL #WRITER #AUTHOR GUYS!!! I HAVE A REAL #MAGAZINE! FOLLOW ME GUYS!!!
*produces nothing but amateur dogshit*
Many such cases.

>>22379974
FUCKING DELETE THIS NOW YOU FUCKING FAGGOT

>>22380063
This would be so kino

>>22380058
>>22380063
Did they print a play in one of the early issues too?

>>22380492
who cares? they literally print any dogshit sent to them.

>>22380492
No this was the first. The format makes me want to write a play though.

>>22380332
>>22380372
>>22380453
>>22380482
wow these niggaz mad

>>22380504
Okay so the format is inspiring. Looks great in manuscript.

>>22368034
I will say that the design on this issue’s cover art and interior was a cut above. Better than the last two in my humble opinion.

>>22380552
>better than the last two
That’s not saying much. Art has gone to shit since the editor stepped away.

>>22380560
The editor designed all of those issues afaik desu.

>>22380571
Sounds like a real fag

>>22380571
Nope. Atlas has been helming design since 15. Editor has been doing hippy shit in the woods to distract from the fact that he's going to prison soon.

>>22380492
010 has; also there's an ad (?) in 014 for Flexür, a /hyperlit/ play (by editor?) available on the &amp site; and there was a libretto a few issues back (015).

>>22380612
That isn’t entirely true—I had no involvement with 015, and the only designs I did for 016 were two filler pages with ads for the Best of &amp and for Tales of the Unreal. I did about 1/4 of the interior design for 017 and almost all of the interior design and formatting for 018, although the editor designed this issue’s cover and selected a lot of the art.

>>22380613
Fuckin based. Forgot about the libretto and the avant-garde.

>>22379974
his dad is a lawyer
it all makes sense now, the DMCA stuff
so Frank's an actual slimy grifter. is the autism vibe an act?

>>22380801
The only slime here are the jealous little bottomfeeding faggots who have nothing in their lives but attacking people more accomplished than themselves.

>>22380826
Who is the accomplished person in this scenario?

>>22380831
Lewis Woolston
James Krake
Unreal Trannies

>>22380831
Gardner.

>>22380826
You show up in our threads.
Nobody shows up in yours.

what an utter and complete shitshow. everything about this project is so hilariously and irrevocably fucked.

>>22381182
Who is to blame?

>>22381215
The unprofessional staff who repeatedly show their ineptitude and juvenile pettiness every time around.

>>22381237
Yeah man. Fuckin’ magazine staff always fucking around and ruining shit. Fags am I right? I hate fag gayozine. Horror’s call is mad based tho, frfr.

>>22381182
You are the only part of &amp that’s fucked. And we welcome you because you increase our hype lore. How you haven’t even dispatched yourself via suicide is a gnarly mystery to me. Like, we’re both hanging out in the &amp thread. And the Horror’s Call threads are DOA and full of 7 sameposts. I’m perfectly happy to call you a faggot all day and night long dude. I’ve already won. You’re the one attempting to control this narrative.
LOLLLL like do you realize what &amp is? Lol. Trillionaires read this shit. Trillionaires and poorfags. That’s why you’re here, to psyop the difference. You think I accidentally got here by chance. What a fuckin atheist homo you must be. I love it.

Anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of Frank Gardner's psyche (God help you, if so) should watch the Hitchcock classic "Strangers on a Train," and pay close attention to Bruno, the villain of the piece. Bruno is the psychopathic adult son of wealthy elderly parents, possessing a strong aversion to work and little ambition or skill of his own. Bruno is immature, Oedipal, petty, and murderous, but also sharp-witted and powerfully charismatic. He is animated by hatred and spite, and is totally incapable of remorse. Ultimately, Bruno is undone by his own stubborn delusions of superiority and consequent inability to account for the abilities of others.
Now subtract the greater portion of wit and charisma respectively from this formula, add the scant work ethic necessary to drum out sixteen(!) novels worth of stream-of-consciousness drivel, and you will arrive at the image of a certain Chicagoan.

>making fun of Frank because his elderly parents are having elderly issues
You guys do understand that once Gardner's parents die he's going to have an 8 figure budget that will go directly to fucking with you guys, right? For your sake, you should be researching Wiccan chants to seal their souls to their physical vessels, not wishing death upon them.

kiss my arse

My wife threw me out again and some rich yuppie is pissing me off. Kiss my arse gardner I'll never be rich and famous like you. Kiss my arse you little shit. Fuck You Fuck You Fuck You and I mean it Mr. Heck.

>>22372399
it's the TikTok logo retard

>>22382481
Without his parents there to dole out an allowance to him and manage the other aspects of his existence, Frank will fall prey to lottery winner syndrome and be living in squalor within a year

>>22382521
The tiktok logo made by someone who doesn't understand how the tiktok logo was created. Guess that's another limitation of Canva they haven't quite worked out.

The truth of the matter is, literally anyone on this site could do what the 'editor' does. You make a thread, get publish-starved bad writers to submit, then spend ten minutes in canva to make a gross looking 'magazine' out of the detritus.
Then spend the next month eating your own dick and pretending to be a somebody.

Listen, stop being so aggro. My wife kicked me out and it's all I can do to not get hammered on the park bench again. Fuck you fuck you fuck you. And kiss my arse.

>>22382778

>>22382778
Why don’t you do it, then? It would be a more productive use of your time.

>>22383372
I don't want to produce shit.

>>22382778
crab moment

>>22383376
your mom has crabs

>>22368034
Is there any social or political bias that might prevent some submissions from being accepted because of their content, such as, for example, writings about transsexual people, mental disorders, fashion, psychological science, dreams, the enlightenment ages, or other such topic that might be seen as controversial because of its association to current political and social issues?
Asking for a friend, her name's anon.

>>22383551
>her
&amp doesn’t accept writing from wom*n
fuck off roastie

>>22383551
No there are no restrictions.

>>22383551
I’m slowly putting together material for an issue that will tackle more political issues, it’s just taking a very long time because I’m writing journalistic pieces framed around interviews with the Alt Right instead of just composing fiction. If that’s something you’re maybe interested in being a part of, shoot us an email. It’s a slow project but I expect it to be complete by 2024.

>>22376215
It's the embodiment of the unironical.

>>22384067
you'll be in jail by then which is frankly where you belong you fucking sociopath.

>>22384260
None of the shit posted here on behalf of the editor has been the real editor.

>>22384593
fuck off trying to damage control because I know more than you think. A lot more.

>>22384601
Please enlighten us then.

>>22384067
>you're interested
No, I was only asking on behalf of a friend, but thanks for the offer my friend.

>>22384605
bait all you want shit for brains, your time will come when you least expect it

>>22384610
Cope. Seethe. Dilate.

>>22384626
Keep fucking with people's livelihood when your real name and address are out there. That's real smart behavior dude. Totally won't result in any fallout.

Gardner is going to sue the shit out of anyone and everyone he can and I'm rooting for him all the way.

>>22380779
Can you talk more about
1. hippy shit in woods, and
2. the best-of?