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AbramFrost — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 20:51:03 +0000

I found it a couple days go when I was perusing duotrope. I started reading a couple of the stories, and so I decided I really liked the magazines mission statement. Downloaded Twine, and am currently working on a IF story I may try to submit.

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Melanie — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 05:59:02 +0000

On Duotrope, looking for places to submit my fiction. I love the idea of interactive fiction, and I’ve even played around with Twine before, so when I saw Sub-Q’s entry, I was over here like a flash.

A Man In His Life

joshg — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 01:08:48 +0000

Really loved this week’s publication. That was an amazing poem and I like the way it was made interactive.

My one critique – I found that reading the Ecclesiastes bits while I was midway through reading a stanza felt a bit broken, like it was interrupting the poet’s voice. (Reading the Ecc.3 bits afterwards didn’t have the same effect and they were well chosen.)

Possible alternate design – have the Ecc.3 lines beside the original poem, instead of placed in line with it? As it is, my eye tries to scan it as an additional line of the original poem. Maybe a second hidden column just to the left, right-aligned?

Thoughts for the future. Great work.

Reply To: Which familiar is yours?

Dominia — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 19:54:40 +0000

Same. He looks like he doesn’t take any guff from anyone. A good pal to have by your side.

Which familiar is yours?

joshg — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:08:18 +0000

Rufus. I mean, come on. Rufus.

Reply To: How did you discover sub-Q Magazine?

joshg — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:07:18 +0000

Via Emily Short, possibly others. Been following the parser IF scene for quite a while, also enjoying the new Twine scene.

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maz_r — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:44:20 +0000

Via Emily Shorts blog.

Reply To: How did you discover sub-Q Magazine?

sub-Q — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 21:18:09 +0000

Thank you for the kind words, and thank you for the info! This is interesting and exciting–glad to hear we’re reaching people interested in what we do. Welcome, welcome, welcome, and we’ll keep doing what we’re doing!

Reply To: How did you discover Twine?

sub-Q — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 21:15:41 +0000

Dang interesting, ColorfulWar. It’s amazing the different paths that lead to the same destination. Welcome! Keep making keep making keep making!

Reply To: How did you discover Twine?

ColorfulWar — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:20:53 +0000

Wanted to make poems into games. Was interested in structure, specifically. Form, I guess it should/could be called. Needed something kind to people with zero programming skills. Twine seemed to fit. You can do a lot with the basic linking thing, even if it looks like garbage. Structurally/formally, it’s dashed fun to play around with. Great for making proof of concept.

Guess I should add that I also came the long way around, with lots of roundabout searches on digital poetics coming up empty, and expanding the field to interactive fiction, and how those tools could be utilized to make poetry relevant again. Or blur the lines between a story or a poem. Make interactive word things.