FUCKING FINALLY

what is this i dont even

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Does ZWG accept just poetry/short stories or is it branched out to essays?

>>496174
There were essays in the first edition.

Is this 100% /lit/ made? I'm skimming through the poetry and it is generally great, I'm impressed.

>>496176
That's pretty rad. Thanks, Anon.

>>496177
98% /lit;, 2% /x/.

>>496174
We accept essays.

>>496169
/lit/'s bimonthly reader's digest.

>The Gift by Josef K
>Alecto by Jeremy
FUCK YEAH

>>496153
>More russian themed shit by Darrin

I'm okay with this.

yay! my story is there, thanks :D

>>496196
We hope to see more of your works on the following issues :3

Uh what is this?

>>496210
read
>>496187

>He is lonely,
>He is anonymous.
>His story is a cool story.
>Bro

Good thing I read the whole of the first issue so I can just skip to the few good writers...

>>496194

Russian Roulette isn't actually Russian.

neither is Russian salad dressing.

>>496229
as someone who didn't, who are they?

>>496234
Josef K
Jeremy Levett
Darrin

Though there are lots of new names in this one which might be good.

Where's the next part of Dark Horse Sense?

>>496243
We'll send a request to the author.

>>496268
Sent.

>>496268
Wait, so you explicitly said that you would split larger submissions up over several issues, put in an incomplete story with "To be continued..." at the end, but didn't think to clarify that was the author's "TBC whenever" and not the zine editors saying "tune in next bat-issue"?

How maddening!

>>496299
Actually, he sent us only this part.

Do you guys have any serialized works planned? All this short fiction is nice but I was hoping for something a bit more... meaty.

>>496305
Fair enough, but you could make that clear in future. A paragraph in italics at the bottom saying whether or not there's definitely more to come or something.

>>496330
Yes we have. Right now we have more serial writers than serial works, but we're working on it.

>>496339
That was the author's choice bro :/

Just finished The Gift.

Was great. I plan on visiting each piece in turn later on before bed.

Great work this time.

The combined effort spent in this is quite inspiring. Are you guys planning on advertising this on the other boards? It has the potential to become something huge.

a bunch of lame shit
best part was the cover

>>496380

Maybe you should submit something then, TEST YOUR MIGHT

Holy shit, it actually is written well.

>>496330
Remember that this is just the second issue. With this out, maybe we can notice some authors that are more popular than other, and those authors can then be suggested/threatened to do a serie.

>>496369
Thank you for your appreciation :3

>>496377
After the fourth or fifth issue we're advertising it outside 4chan. Our plan now is to expand it to the other boards.

>>496386
Thanks bro :3

Blam was lulzy

>>496390
>advertising it outside 4chan.
Meh, that kinda makes it less special.

>>496380

>>496405
It will never lose it's /lit/ roots, don't worry.

The Sound and the Fury didn't submit anything?

;_;

I was hoping he still had the heart to keep going, despite the shitstorm he endured after the first zine. Hope he didn't give up...

>>496411
No, but we're encouraging him to keep working.

>>496411

Elaborate on said shitstorm. What happened? I didn't read it.

>>496390

>expand it to the other boards.

Please don't. Go right to other writing websites. thepoetsanctuary.net has a ton of people who write great stuff, and you won't have to shovel through mountains of /b/-tard "then a skeleton popped out but who was phone harry and ron buttsecks" bullshit.

>>496418

It has been established by consensus that his story, "The Collector", is empirically terrible.

>>496418
Read 'The Collector' on the first issue and you'll know why.

>>496426

I thought that was the first story. The one about that kid who is gay for his dog.

>>496418

He submitted a story that was unfortunately placed directly after one of the best stories in the zine. It suffered greatly under comparison (forced dialogue, wooden prose, etc) and /lit/ went batshit about it. TSATF made a thread later asking for ways to improve his writing and a lot of people told him more or less to quit. Some people tried giving good advice, but most of them just complained to his "face" about what they didn't like.

I just hope he took it well. The story had promise, the execution was just iffy.

>>496434
[Untitled] by Dallas was awesome.

are we encouraged to post critiques?

>>496469
Yes you are.

>>496469

There's a review at the end of this issue, I believe.

>>496475
Two of 'em.

>The Long Goodnight

>>496485
You can fix it.

"On being locked up" was one of my favorites of the last issue, is a shame it does not get mention in the zine threads

Awesome issue. Can't wait to read it. Hopefully I'll be able to finish at least one piece for the next issue.

Heard people are printing it.

Good thing, this way more people'll know about it.

>>496498
as a writer and author I would love to have a physical copy of the zine, perhaps something could be arranged to do this and support the zine at the same time.

This is too fucking cool. /lit/ for the best board on 4chan

>>496499
We're brainstorming about selling printed and binded copies so we can gather some money to make a writing competition or something like that.

Where on the site is the link? I only see the inaugural issue download.

>>496512
Nevermind, I suck cocks

>>496512
You tried refreshing the site? If that doesn't work, you can click on the second issue's cover.

>>496505
cool, is good to know that :)

>>496512

reload (press f5)

if that doesn't work, here is the direct link:
http://zwg.wildwestwaffles.com/ZWG_-_March.30.pdf

I got it, just had to refresh.
Thanks guys

>Litchfield

I don't know what the fuck I just read, but I liked it.

>>496484
What does that reactionface mean?

Good things?

out of all the genres, only creepy/horror has one story?
is it even good?

>>496539
Cool things bro.

Author of Blam!! here, there's nothing you can do about it now, but for future reference, the name's supposed to be Jack, not Jake; not getting pissy or anything, just saying.

>>496544

Christ sakes, typo in the first paragraph on the first page of the first story.
NOT EVEN A SMALL ONE.
"the small creek in the our backyard"
Come on people, we can do better than this.

The Gift felt like fantasy horror to me, but with a semi-oblivious narrator.

>>496541
Just finished that story, and it was sad. Whoever wrote that has a fucking dark heart.

>>496549
One question: what were you smoking when you were writing? A vintage comic book or something?

>>496563

I'm glad you got what I was going for.

Thanks for employing an illiterate reviewer. It seems you've went for someone who is willing to sugar-coat every banal criticism he can muster up rather than someone who is going to offer genuinely insightful (and, you know, interesting) critiques.

Does this, guy knows how to, use commas, or what? I don't understand, why every other sentence, has to contain a, comma splice.

He is apparently unfamiliar with the concept of possessive pronouns (Seriously? You still don't know the difference between 'its' and 'it's'?) and the comparison between Josef K. and three literary greats: Lovecraft, Camus, and Shute. I suspect he only included the latter two on the basis that both 'On the Beach' and 'L'Étranger' had beaches in them.

>Reads The Gift.
>Well, sounds innocent.
>Finishes it.
>Holyfuckthisiscreppy

So, Rolf Mayo here...

I was in the first issue, but there was so much hate.
Why the sudden change of heart /lit/?

>The Darkest of Fiends
hooooooly shit dude, that was intense

>>496618
That's why Joe K.is one of our all-stars.

Bahahaha, loved Blam!!

Reminds me of a scene from Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth.

Props to the author for piece.

>>496610


I wish his writing were at least interesting enough to pick apart in detail but, sadly, it's not.

Better to restrict oneself to a single paragraph:

"A sparse, descriptive narrative takes us through the sun-scorching of the valley’s
crops- an important precursor to the harvest, the social and geographical history of the valley,
and the people’s connection with it."

Apparently it was a "sparse" but also a "descriptive" narrative, which I suppose is possible. It's also a "detailed" narrative though.

It would also be fascinating to know in what sense the narrative is a precursor to the social and geographical history of the valley.

In case you guys feel the need for another editor in the future, I'd definitely be interested in helping out. Usually whenever someone posts stories on /lit/ I'll be in the thread somewhere trying to give advice.

>>496633
I was NOT expecting that story from the title. But DAMN

Alright, a question of preference.

Do you guys prefer if the writer skips a line between paragraphs or not?

>>496610

My favorite part in the review is: "...although they will correct grammar-, and spelling- related mistake (Which I have feel they'll be doing a lot of in my submissions!)..."

Inadvertent meta-humour?

Oh, The Monthly Circlejerk is out? I wouldn't have known if not for all the advertisement threads you faggots post.

>>496664
Personally, I only like line breaks in between scenes or if time passes.

>>496652
We're already with an overflow of editors. Four of them on the machines and two on probation.

>>496685
This.

>>496664
I think line breaks are appropriate after paragraphs in order to break the flow of the story and introduce a new idea/scene. Otherwise, they aren't necessarily needed.

>>496683
>Two threads in two weeks
Shut up and never come back.

>>496685

So, not everytime the writer forms a new paragraph?

Actually, that does sound better.

I like this idea. We'll try to incorporate it in the third release

>>496693
>>496685

So, you mean something like "The Gift" in the current issue?

By the way, we have an IRC channel now
irc.freenode.net
#ZWG
several of the editors and some of the authors can be found hanging around in there on occasion.

>>496698
As one of the editors, excessive line breaks drives me completely nuts and I usually argue to remove them.

>>496554
Yikes, that's an embarrassing typo.

I'm usually good at catching those, and I deeply apologize for missing that - drives me nuts when those slip through.

>>496731

Double spaces.

Seriously.

>>496743
Unfortunately the sheer power of rage isn't strong enough to properly edit.

>>496730
>hanging around in there on occasion
You mean it.

>>496761
I'm typically in IRC from 8 AM to 4 PM PST (GMT-7 I believe).

It's really great how this went all so well~

Next issue in April 13~15, brethren.

Finished reading "The Pencil"

Excellent plot. The voice was bit flat at parts but otherwise, I enjoyed it.

>>496815
The plot was pencil-thin *coolface*.

Average quality way better than the first one, well done Eds.

>>496631

Nobody hated the first issue man, just trolls samefagging all day.

Any tiers yet?

Is anyone proofreading the final product? There's a bunch of grammatical mistakes. You guys should look into that.

That being said, although the mistakes did detract from the experience it was fun to read. Good on you, /lit/bros.

>>496980
I'm still waiting.

I'm a little late to the reception,but it's nice to see that we're getting such a nice response from /lit/.

Job well done, folks.

I wrote Buster Story. That actually isn't the title. It didn't really have a title at all but that was the filename for the document I sent in. Did anyone enjoy it? I felt it was too wordy at parts and not wordy enough where it needed the meat. The original was very poorly proofread so major props to the editors for cleaning up my half assery.

>>496985
The editors don't judge or edit anything. There's no proofreading involved.

Indifference Engine, I envy your narration, it really amused me and kept me turning pages, in a typical "I FUCKING LOVE THIS," fashion.

Only note, the abrupt end caught me off guard as I felt another strain of whimsical word play on the self meeting the self.


Nonetheless, thank you for the entertaining read. Could you link me to more of your work perchance, were you in a previous issue? Or justfuckingpublishstuff. :D

>>497050
>The editors don't judge or edit anything. There's no proofreading involved.

no. That's a misconception, we edit the pieces. we don't catch everything... but we're getting better at finding errors

Complete chance I visited you today /lit/ what sweet find.

>>497050

I read it up to the first break. After that, it kinda dragged on so I stopped there. I think it might be better off as a short piece.

Although, I did really enjoy the wordplay in the first part, so don't think I hate your work.

>>497062
Oh, my bad.

>>497054
Yeah, the ending has always been the weakest part in my opinion.

As far as other work I've done, there uh...isn't much...I'm working on it.
If I do anything It'll probably either be in this zine or linked on my page on the wiki.

Glad I amused somebody.

>>496215

Oh hell yeah, just got there.

Just finished reading Memories of Ukraine.

Always enjoy reading about Soviet Union. Even better when it's set in WWII. The first part seems to be pretty well written. If the author is around, would you mind telling me how much of it is actually fictitious?

Just printed this fucker out.
Well worth the ink.
Also: Thoughts on the poetry submitted?

i like 'just don't ever become a writer'

>>497140
>Just printed this fucker out.
>Well worth the ink.

Anon, you just made my day :)

>Also: Thoughts on the poetry submitted?
aye, I dealt with the poetry. We have a very good array this time 'round... I guess I can't play favorites and give reccomendation, but it's great to see all the contributions we've had :D

reading through and just read The Darkest of Fiends, and had to stop to post that I'm in love with it.
fucking brilliant
and now, onto more reading...

>>497158
I'm going to have it spiral bound, I think.
I'm pretty sure the library at my school does it for $1.

>>497175
$1
ah,nice
Universities and libraries are the way to go with the zine

>>496207
I will try ;).
By the way: I had a final 3rd draft for my story, but maybe it was too late when I send it because the 2nd one got published instead, but it is ok too

>>496505
+1, i will buy it too

>>496505
Depeding on the price, I will pay for a copy.
No more than 20 USD with shipping, though.

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Do you have to have a trip when you submit work, or can you just send the name you want used with the submission?

>>497230
we'll list the author however you choose to...

>>497231
*you can't be the goddamned batman unless you show credentials

>>497236

>>497242
okay, you're in

>>497246
Awesome, you guys are gonna love my Captain America/Iron Man fanfic!

>>497258
ohshi-

>>497258

I'm fapping already.

>>497258
i don't know who you are, but i am excited for some reason

>>497321
>don't know who you are
Are you dense? Are you retarded or something? I'm the goddamn batman!

>>497344
Well then Batman,
Now riddle me this:
what weights five pounds, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous?

>>496153
Random anon here, just thought I'd drop in and say I've enjoyed the publication thus far, it is good to see people willing to spend their time making the board a better place, if only 4chan had more of the same.

>>497372
a koala with rabies?

>>497376
Thanks bro.

>>497378
A SPARROW WITH A MACHINE GUN2!!!1

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAH

GET IT? A SPARROW WITH A MACHINE GUN!!1!!!

ITT: all the authors who submitted are complementing their own work

>>497372
Here's a riddle for you, How far up your ass will my fist go before you stop screaming like a goddamn pussy?

>>497407
I dunno

threeee inches?

i have a terrible image of batman fisting the joker..

>>497400
Shit, why didn't I think of that?

>>497407
Whoops forgot my pic.

>>497414
Let's find out together.

>>497417
ohhhh, me toooooo

why don't we try it, huh Batman? maybe Robin wants to join us too...

>>497400
>WWAAAAAAAAAH PEOPLE HAVE AN OPINION THAT DIFFERS FROM MY OWN!!!

>>497431
>implying anon is not legion

>>497429
Nah, he's still sore from the pegging Batgirl gave him last night.

>>497450

*fap fap fap*

Holy Homosexual overtones Batman! We've got to get this dildo into the Riddler's tight little asshole, and fast!

okay, I think this thread has gone far enough.

>>497450

I shouldn't find that sexy

>>497463
You wait your turn you little faggot! He's not done fondling my bat-ballsack.

I'm going to try writing something up. Maybe it won't suck. Maybe.

>>497468
I say it hasn't gone far enough.

>>497468
Apparently, not yet.

>>497431implying this thread doesn't consist of a few readers commenting and a few authors responding to bump this in an attempt for more attention to the ZWG

>implying my opinion was anywhere in that post

>implying the gay batman messages aren't the only entertaining thing in this thread

>>497487
So, your problem with this thread about a zine written by people on this board, is that it's mostly being posted in by people who wrote it or read it?

You're right though the gay batman shit is the best part.

>>497494
My problem is that the authors and the promoter of the ZWG keep trying to bump this when /lit/ is the slowest board on 4chan, and is really quite uneeded.

>>497450

>>497498
If we had more positive, constructive people on /lit/ like you then we would be all set, sadly we are just unpretentious faggots who actually enjoy writing and reading what others write, whether the end result is crap or not.

>>497498
having a discussion and posting comments about the zine in a zine thread is not 'bumping'
it's what you do in this thread. the subject is the zine, and we talk about it.
fuck, why am i even responding to you.

>>497510
>>497515
Dont speak for me anon, you pretentious faggot.

>>497133

The characters and the actual attack that'll be in part 2 are fictional, but are meant to serve as microcosms for the whole "Winter War".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

Shit was brutal.

>>497498
Chill out!

>>497528
hmmm

you heard of this guy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

pretty darn crazy. He killed 505 with only a bolt-action rifle and a submachinegun!