The joy of the night train. The magic of crossing countries and continents through the darkness and why the aim is not only the destination but the pleasure of the journey itself. My essay for The Winding Trail:
the-winding-trail.com/2025/07/25/t...
"We re-write the same page, rubbing out the past, pretend we’ve invented something new. Yet I can’t help but think the soul of the place is being permanently erased [...] and my aching heart yearns for the rough and tumble enjoyed by the everyman."
www.elsewhere-journal.com/palimpsest/2...
The magic of crossing countries and continents through the darkness and why the aim is not only the destination but the pleasure of the journey itself.
"There are no ghosts in Grandi—in this modern apartment building, with its lovely glass balcony facing the sea. Whatever ghosts are here I brought them with me."
Read 'The Strength of the Light' by Jenna Sciuto from our latest issue: www.elsewhere-journal.com/palimpsest/2...
We are open for submissions again! Send us your prose and poetry about The End of the World by the end of March. More details here: www.elsewhere-journal.com/submissions
We are open for submissions again! Send us your prose and poetry about The End of the World by the end of March. More details here: www.elsewhere-journal.com/submissions
"For a city like Kolkata, once you unravel the layers of summer dust, the monsoon downpour and the winter smog, you would be surprised at this feat." Read "Kolkata and its Nobel Legacy" by Neelakshi Ghosh in our Palimpsest issue: www.elsewhere-journal.com/palimpsest/2...
“I move slowly, deliberately, suddenly mindful that the cleats of my boots are overwriting the prickings of rabbits, crow prints, a fragment of a fox’s story told in the early light.”
“The Letter” by @alifeofshortlives.bsky.social in our Palimpsest issue: www.elsewhere-journal.com/palimpsest/2...
"...you, the Wanderer, would venture forth and navigate the Oslo streetscape, engraving a tribute to the city on these spindrift pages, a labyrinthine sentence..."
'An Oslo Wordhoard' by Mark Crimmins from our Palimpsest issue:
www.elsewhere-journal.com/palimpsest/2...
"And perhaps it is this idea of coming from afar, this ability to always see something as if for the first time, which helps us cherish even the landscapes we are most familiar with."
Pilgrims by Jamie Lin from our latest issue:
www.elsewhere-journal.com/palimpsest/2...
We continue our series of occasional short interviews with contributors and friends of Elsewhere with Seán Carlson, whose poetry featured in our Trespass issue:
www.elsewhere-journal.com/blog/2026/3/...
