/lit/ - Literature

FUCKING FINALLY EEUHRUEHUGGGG

Captcha: Invalid Ballet

Oh god yes.

It was about time.

What with the slim size? I should have submitted dangit.

Been waiting all day

>21:51

Well, at least it's free.

Luv you guys.

They always release at night, you silly geese.

I'm fucking burned out on reading today, but a quick skim shows it to be much more readable, very simplistically attractive.

I just find myself wishing you'd use a serifed font for the actual works and not just the front-matter. If anything, the titles and headings should be sans-serif, and the actual material should be serifed. It's much easier on the eyes that way.

>>1090719
>no josef

>>1090767

There ain't much of anything, truth be told. Even Darrin's piece is super short.

>>1090766
We have a new graphic artist on the team, the tilt towards simplicity and functionality was his idea.

I think it looks quite nice

>>1090766
If you can name a legitimately free font we can use that meets this criteria, I'll check it out.

I'm all for it.

Downloadan. Cover looks nice

>Henry Jimothy Glockenshpiel IV

o lawd

>27 pages

Jesus. Short on subs guys?

>>1090802
God, this.

I was considering downloading it until I read that.

>>1090816
Well...
Maybe

>>1090818
>Implying you're going to not read a free publication just because of a single name

Oh you

>>1090816
We have agreed it is necessary at this point to start expanding our reach a little bit. Our steady stream of submissions is starting to trickle a bit.

>>1090799
It's a bit obvious, but how about Gentium? It's a gem of a font.

>>1090827
Thanks for the tip. Looks nice enough. I'll download it and play around with it, see how it works out.

>>1090802

I like how he stuck an Sh into Spiel, for our convenience.

>>1090826
I'm not implying anything. I'm being absolutely serious.

Speaking of seriousness, I can never bring myself to read this because it seems like nobody takes it seriously. I get that this is 4chan, but this is also supposed to be fucking literature, and people posting under the name Henry Jimothy Glockenshpiel IV kind of sinks my literary boner into the ground.

This might be helpful to the search, idk

>>1090836

How do you know that's not his real name? You don't want to anger the Glockenshpiel dynasty, do you?

>>1090799

this. there's a reason all the books on your shelf are in serif.

if you're paranoid about using Georgia or Times or Helvetica, there are a ton of free fonts out there to use. a site i had recommended to me recently is fontsquirrel.com.

i'm glad you have a graphic artist on the team now, but not glad you didn't implement the suggested layouts i posted in the last release thread. why, pray tell, not?

What is the magazine about? What kinds of articles are in it? Is it just book reviews?

>>1090836
Maybe if you actually read it and submitted then.

>>1090850
>i'm glad you have a graphic artist on the team now, but not glad you didn't implement the suggested layouts i posted in the last release thread. why, pray tell, not?

I'll give you a completely honest reason why:
We ran out of time. Literally.

I work at a school, and the elementary kids come tomorrow. I have been completely swamped with work and have not had sufficient time to devote to doing proper layout and actually improving the overall structure. Now that we have some more help on board, it's something I hope to address, but this month has been hell for me getting anything done non-job related.

Also, as you may have noticed, this is our smallest issue yet - there isn't really enough content to make it truly shine right now. I really hope we can drum up some more submissions.

>>1090861

a perfectly legitimate excuse. my studio's been very busy this month too; must be something in the water.

i was under the impression that in the past you were drowning in submissions. what happened?

>>1090871
We lost a bit of fuel with the last issue, the one with the background y'know.

o sweet irc

>Bad Vibes

What the fuck did I just read

Wow, that was a slim edition.

And with no Josef! That's sad ;_;

But hey, October is coming, what about you guys to a halloween edition?

Guys btw, the author of Iteration isn't Penderecki (derp), it's me, as the cover points out. It should be fixed soon anyways, it's just to avoid confusion.

Also I'm the designer of the magazine now. Questions, suggestions, etc, you can address them to me. Or whatever.

Hey guys. Glad to see you're still going.

Downloadan

Save'd. Will read later.

not bad, a little slim

Somebody read the poem Paxil Brother and give me your criticism. Don't hold back!

This is pretty small. Did you guys get any more submissions?

why do I never download this?

>>1091189
Where are you from?

>>1090981
man what the hell i went on the irc last night and then there was only goldensox there trying to hack my computer can you report him to the fbi or something

>>1091769
You didn't even talk.

>>1091769
lol, really? 'Sox is our live-in caretaker for the IRC

I'm sorry, but the room is usually pretty empty save for the initial hours of the release. Both me and Nick left shortly after posting for a break.

But, you'll find almost all of us there during the 4-5 days prior where we're working on it.

El bumpo, in case anyone missed this.

The shortest stories are the best stories amirite?

>>1092389
Oh you.
Has anyone read the stories? I'd like to see a review of some sorts...

I like looking at pictures

>>1090838

what is the font used for that graph itself?

>>1092429
Pretty sure that's Arial Bold.

The Exile was cool, but I wish it was longer.

Bump while reading this. So excited.

Looked it over.

Not a bad line-up, I must say. Some of those stories are way the fuck too short, but many were very decent.

Graphics are a major change for the better

>mfw no one comments on the poetry

>>1093619
>mfw you think people on /lit/ can be bothered to read

>>1093738
I read it all. It was really good, spite of being short.
Some stories are also well-done.

>>1093741

Where can I download issues older than number 5?

>>1093783
http://zinewritersguild.wikia.com/wiki//lit/%27s_Zine_Writers_Guild_Wiki

>>1093783
>>1093794

Funny thing is, being outdated, the wiki is only really good for issues 1-5.

>>1093794
Thanks!

As lit mags go - it's pretty good. As e-lit mags go - it's very good. Maybe I'll dump a bunch of my unpublished, yet still pretty awesome work here, just to give them a home. Need to think up clever pseudonym. I hope you guys and gals can keep it going.

Updated the Wiki. Most of these authors are untagged, I'm afraid, since they don't have pages.

Zine thread dead? On my watch?

I DON'T THINK SO TIM

Poetry section was tiny this time around