>>2685937
You should have a section for translated works.

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better be a good one

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there is nothing wrong, you know you are dying even when examination forcibly missiles itself to your periphery. a blind spot infected by rust and age. touch is unwelcome as the skin is raised tender. smell disintegrates. taste follows suit with an additional foam; the inside of a mouth pumped up down up down until
a searing split
eruptive inverse recline leak emerges from an inconceivably absurd cesspool of original magnetic forces.

It's the tired guy from the other thread. Thanks for releasing it Prole - I was pleasantly surprised by that reaction. Also, I love the cover artwork.

>>2685952
No problem, I always feel guilty for delaying release threads for unnecessary reasons. Although I'm not sure this is exactly helping you get to sleep

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>>2685950

so which of the staff did Kushal Poddar give a rimjob to?

>>2685972
sounds about right. He has been published in virtually every issue for the last few months

>>2685975

"You have a nice sky, house.
Mind, if I pop my legs
over your fence
and dip my feet in the blue?

Let the birds nibble away
the toe whites."

I mean really

>>2685987
Looks like somebody lacks an imagination

Skin is a fun poem, I quite enjoyed reading that. The opening line is initially unpromising - I can't help but roll my eyes when reading about hearts racing inside chests - but went on to be quite charming and a little thought provoking.

Thanks for the release and congratulations to anonymous.

"A Rifle in the Sky" was a treat to read.

>>2686005
Why? It was boring, with needless bible quotes, and a tacky ending.

I'd like to comment on how helpful the editors were throughout the process leading up to release. They were always very keen to take a look at a new draft or minor change and discuss its value and how the story might be improved elsewhere. I would recommend to any writer considering submitting to TAR to go ahead and do it. It's worth it.

>>2686099
All that help and TAR's still sucks. Really makes you think.

>>2686114

Perhaps you'd like to offer some constructive feedback instead of just saying 'it sucks'. It makes you sound like a twelve year old and nobody is going to take you seriously.

>>2686122
No.

When do you think the website will be up, Prole?

I enjoyed A Rifle in the Sky up until the last scene.

But actually, thinking about it now, maybe it makes sense.

bump

>>2686037
It was kind of predictable, granted. But I don't feel that makes it bad by any means. The prose seemed better than the usual TAR fare

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>>2686143
We'll have the release updated by tomorrow most likely.

As for the website, the fellow we have doing it is tied down and says the next month at best. I had hoped he would have been able to finish it for the release but sadly it won't be the case.

Pic related, one of the concepts he was throwing round

>>2686355

I like that but I don't think you should have any part of any of the stories anywhere except in the actual PDF. Dunno though

>>2686364
To my knowledge, this wasn't really part of any given plan. I would rather have us not turn into a wiki-clone.

The text shown is purely filler

Tenerife is great I think, although the dialogue needs work. Probably my favourite from this edition.

>>2686482
I don't know man, relationshit stories always seem so petty. I just didn't care enough about the exwife to really be interested in what was happening.

Most of the stories were like this actually. Fuck man, /lit/ used to be full of pretentious literary try-hards. Now they're not even that

>>2686504

Fair enough. I'm more partial to its prose than the story itself, I guess. The descriptions of the buildings and machinery are really nice, for example, and the pacing is spot on (imo).

What did you think of the other pieces?

Congratulations on another successful publication. Original content is always a worthy contribution.

>>2686526
Personally? The Last Woman is probably my favourite. While the writing isn't stellar by any means, the plot is way certainly weird enough for my tastes. Nice that it had a picture as well

As for the rest, it's all pretty generic. Tea feels like a school writing assignment, the one about camping was pointless, and ugly girls (what I'm reading right now) seems like a pretentious schlock of shit. Seriously, what is up with that beginning reference to Nietzsche.

I haven't gotten a chance to read through all of it yet unfortunately, these selections were just chosen at random. I'll post my thoughts on all of them sometimes tomorrow

So do you just have to send it in and hope for the best? I've got some very short stories (~500 words or so) that I've wanted to submit somewhere..

>>2686589
>thinking it takes effort to get into TAR
>laughing_Sartre

Some people

bump

>>2685937
TAR needs more experimental texts

bump

the lack of discussion disturbs me

>>2686747
I have submitted something a little experimental for next months issue, I hope it passes muster and you enoy it.

>>2686861
I'll discuss it once I've read it, but right now I'm going back to sleep.

First thoughts upon opening the pdf: nice. The cover is great. Love the new logo, hope you stick with that. Really like the way the issue number floats behind the text. Really like the photo you used to. Maybe make this a theme? Use only landscapes in the future for covers?

Contents page looks great. If you release these in mobi or epub, just hyperlink the contents to the stories and you're good to go.

Get a custom email address. You own a domain, it should be easy. Get something like editors@theaprilreader.org. Simple but a nice touch. Or you could simply start using Submittable.

Going to read the work now.

I think The Last Woman is the first story that has gripped me enough for me to read it to its conclusion. Fantastic atmosphere, great details. Though it felt spotty at times, overall it was excellent and engaging, and had a wonderfully dark tone that reminded me of Lyia Davis in her more absurd works. Great stuff.

>>2686960
>>2686960

Oh, and congratulations to the illustrator too. The art for The Last Woman is spot on and compliments it beautifully.

Where's my tier list?

Yo Prole, what are you doing to advertise TAR? Would people know of it outside of /lit/?

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>mfw murrifats clap at the television

>>2687060

>COLONEL: Good, Snake - you're in position. I'm not going to lie to you: this may be the most dangerous mission of your life.

>>2687060
Do they? I don't believe it. Surely not.

I was on a short flight once and the murricans started clapping when we landed.

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I'm somewhat new to /lit - is this restricted to 4chan, or does it cover several sites, and can one order this in a physical format?

Also, I love the coverdesign, go for the timeless look!

>>2687092
>physical format
I think it gets posted on Reddit's literature board too. I'm not sure if it's advertised anywhere else.

http://www.reddit.com/r/literature/comments/uha9d/call_for_submissions_tar16/

Reddit thread for those of you who want to upvote / downvote.

Don't forget to follow us on facebook or twitter.

I'd also say that I agree with what some anon said earlier about TAR needing more experimental works. It is very welcomed.

>>2687392
Svar meg på dette, om du har tid:
>>2687092

>>2687477
Spread 420chan / Reddit / 4chan / Duotrope / Twitter / Facebook currently

Origins is 4chan /lit/

No physical copies currently. Perhaps for the 1 year anthology.

>>2687496
>Origins is 4chan /lit/

And this is why you will always suck.

>>2687502

haha sick burn on an anonymous internet message board, dude, up top

I'm pleasantly surprised how this thread turned out. Nice to see there isn't always a shitfest

>>2687046
We usually post the release on reddit, and link the thread to the other boards when it starts to heat up. This will probably include /r9k/ and /x/, both of which submitted work this issue. Throughout the month we have advertisements on twitter, google+, duotrope, various 4chan boards, and whatever else presents itself as an opportunity at the time.

Although honestly, we seem to be fairly well known with our audience at this point regardlessly. The 1st of the month brought us ~5 submissions without us even having to ask, which was a pretty nice break for a change.

>>2686951
Peter will be happy to hear that. Kind of funny considering I felt this current cover was an inadequate stopgap. We do plan on getting a submittable account and incorporating it into the revised site.

Is a site email address really necessary? We had the opportunity several times earlier to integrate ourselves into the website but had declined it. gmail seems pretty well-respected and stable to me, although it might be a little unprofessional granted.

>>2687504
ditto

>>2686589
Glad to hear you're interested in submitting, we're always looking for new submissions. Our acceptance standards have gotten a little bit more stringent since our early days, but we're not unreasonable. If we think your story shows potential, we're willing to line-edit your publication and ask you to revise it. theaprilreader@gmail.com is our email address, just submit your work as an attachment. We should respond to you in ~1-2 days time.

>>2687092
Another vote for the cover? Ack, I give up. TAR was conceived as a /lit/-centric publication initially, we only gradually ended started looking for submissions outside as a way of living up to reader expectations. Generally we try to keep on 4chan by going to the other boards (/r9k/, /x/, and /a/ have been covered, /tg/ will be done this month), although reddit has proved to be receptive as well. TAR is completely web-based at the moment, although we have plans of printing off an anthology edition which will be in print format. We could probably publish a monthly edition in paper, but it was felt that since most computer-users have a printer there wouldn't be much point.

>>2687502
To be fair, he IS Swedish and speaks english as a second-later. Peter has been responsible for our format and works professionally as a newspaperman.

>>2687586
>second-later

Ahah oh wow. SECOND LANGUAGE. Let the hate commence

Do you still take essays?

>>2687614
most definitely
what do you have?

>>2687614
Always. I just wish we could get more of them!

Anything readable and (what you consider to be) interesting is fair game.

The work keeps getting better. Really glad to see some shorter pieces in this issue. You seem to have a nice mix. Loved The Last Woman. Didn't read the poetry.

You've come a long way.

I'm still waiting for the day that I can browse through the authors and stories on site though. The pdf looks fantastic now, good work, but I'd still appreciate an on-site archive. I think hosting the stories on the site have more advantages too, such as seeing popular stories/authors, being able to have comments for individual pieces, and also certain awards like the wigleaf top 50 require each piece of work to be hosted on its own page.

Good work anyway. Keep it up.

>>2687581
Well, you don't have to switch. You can use gmail with your own domain name, google to find out more.

I also really liked this issue's cover art.

>>2687638

Yeah I did this. Simply redirected my custom email to my gmail address. Real simple, and you still the get the familiar gmail layout while keeping the professional address.

>>2685937
For anyone who like fiction and havn't read the poetry, you should at least read "Skin".

Holy shit, The Last Woman was awesome. It gave me the sense of dread that I get from reading Thomas Ligotti. It's the kind of story I'd want to write. Fucking nice job...

bump

★God tier★
Rifle in the sky
Sweet Nothings

★Good tier★
Tenerife
The Elderly
Tea

★Shit tier★
Ugly Girls
Camping Tents


★What the fuck am I reading (and I like it) tier★
The last woman

>>2688032
But tea was shit.

>>2688032
This.

I've not read TAR for a few issues, it seems that it is slowly improving. Camping Tents is terrible, awkward and just and just too many and just too many running sentences. Teenagetier.

>>2688032
I would have created another tier to put sweet nothings in, Rifle in the Sky was far better imo, but otherwise I agree with that list.

>>2685972

If his rusty-trombone playing skills are anything like his poetry, Poddar would make a mess of even the most straight forward acts of buggery.

>>2688144
I thought 4chan was filled with homos. Jesus fuck what is wrong with all these normalfags

I liked the premise of Camping Tents, but I felt kind of cheated out of a story. To me it seemed like there was more there than just a flash piece. I hope the author of it reads this and makes a complete short story.

>>2688223
Prole-tip: we allude to the reason why we picked the piece in the introduction. It came from /x/...

>>2688230

Well I'm stupid. What's going unsaid? Is there supposed to be some twist?

>>2688254
2deep4u

it is obviously an allegory of Plato's cave

>>2688260
what isn't

>>2688269
Twilight?

>>2688277
bella's conception of the vampire as a beneficial force in her life while the audience expects the contrary (that vampires would be horrible lovers) is a clear representation of the cave. bella is the man, the idea of vampires are the shadows. the audience can, by design, 'see' the real platonic ideal of a vampire (the idea of vampire they had before twilight) so we can reflect on how humanity itself is condemned to remain ignorant of reality like bella does.

everything is an allegory for everything

>>2688302
Oh god damn it. God damn it.

This is what happens when you study english lit

I've only recently discovered TAR. As a writer considering submitting to it, what is its general reputation? Is it respectable or can any hipster faggot who can cobble together a coherent sentance get published in it? What is the reader count and who reads it?

>>2688335
this used to be utter shit, but they seem to be getting better. Plenty of hipster faggotry still around mind you. No idea about the reader count, I imagine it is mostly /lit/

>>2686747

I tried to do something experimental and it was published in TAR (Volume 7, I think), but it wasn't received very well.

Anyway, nice job, Prole and others, on this issue.

i'm that guy that has had sci-fi published in a couple of issues. i'm coming back in this month with, gasp, non sci-fi. i'm just about to read the issue, will be back with more official rankings.

>>2688339
This. I think the only people who read it are the twelve people that use /lit/

>>2688335
>trusting a scam
They are the lowest of the low, the dustbin of western civilization, the garbage heap of shitty rehected writers. Not even once. These sons of bitches infest our board like a swarm of parasites, latching on to our writing appendages with zionist glee. They are shit, they are the dirt behind your fingernails, they are the grubby unwashed toilet seat all smeared over with cherry-pit diarrhea

don't touch it with a ten foot pole. Just don't

>>2688371

If you submitted this post to them they'd probably accept it.

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>>2688411
I like your style

>>2688371
What did they do to you?

...did one of the editors... touch you? All of them? At once?

srsly, why is it a scam?

btw do the authors that get printed in the annual anthology get any royalties?

>>2688436
turned me into a blueberry

>>2688355
Oddly enough the parrot porn story was very experamental and /lit/ went apeshit. Some of the least experamental stories have been the best. The earlier stuff is more daring and less consistent; the newer shit less daring, more consistent.

>>2688462
They raped me with tentacles!

>>2688495
Haha, I remember that story.

I also remember an experimental poem from Volume 8 or so. It was one of those poems that takes on a specific shape. I really enjoyed it, but I don't remember if anyone else liked it.