Slow Trains

Slow Trains is an online literary journal that publishes fiction, essays, and poetry. According to its About page, the journal is "a celebration of great writing, with an emphasis on fiction, essays, and poetry that reflect the spirit of adventure, the exploration of the soul, the energies of imagination, and the experience of Big Fun." It is published quarterly near the seasonal changes, approximately in March, June, September, and December, and is accompanied by a regularly updated blog, Rave On: Postcards from Slow Trains. The journal's editorial identity is closely tied to music: a reviewer quoted on the site notes that "the presence of music can be felt throughout the work they publish, whether or not the content of the piece is overtly about music," and praises its "realization of the rhythm, structure, lyricism, and tone both in music and in writing." The site organizes content into sections including Fiction, Essays, Poetry, The Ten, On Baseball, Chapbooks, and In Memory. Its stated favorite themes include music, travel, sex, humor, love, loss, art, spirituality, childhood and coming of age, baseball, and dreams. Slow Trains has received recognition in the literary community: it is "honored to have fiction included in the 'Best of the Web' award anthology, E2Ink-1, guest edited by Pam Houston," and it has been "listed as a recommended fiction resource in The Best American Short Stories." The journal regularly submits exceptional writing to the "Best American" book series and makes Pushcart nominations. Its editorial team has included Sam Emerson, Susannah Grace Indigo, Seonaid Lennox, Brian Peters, and Eric Black, with web design by Brian Peters. The journal's name echoes a Paul Simon lyric quoted on its site: "Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance, everybody thinks it's true."

Slow Trains is an online literary journal. Its About page describes it as "a literary journal through which the presence of music can be felt throughout the work they publish, whether or not the content of the piece is overtly about music." The journal is published quarterly near the seasonal changes, approximately in March, June, September, and December, and maintains a blog, Rave On: Postcards from Slow Trains, updated on a regular basis. It has received recognition in the literary community: fiction from Slow Trains was included in the "Best of the Web" award anthology E2Ink-1, guest edited by Pam Houston, and the journal has been listed as a recommended fiction resource in The Best American Short Stories. It regularly submits writing to the "Best American" book series and makes Pushcart nominations. The editorial team has included Sam Emerson, Susannah Grace Indigo, Seonaid Lennox, Brian Peters, and Eric Black, with web design by Brian Peters. The journal's name references a Paul Simon lyric quoted on its site: "Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance, everybody thinks it's true."

A literary journal celebrating writing with a musical sensibility, emphasizing adventure, imagination, and Big Fun.

• Fiction

• Essays

• Poetry

• Chapbooks

• Rave On: Postcards from Slow Trains

1. 1Slow Trains Literary Journalslowtrains.com
2. 2About Slow Trainsslowtrains.com
3. 3Slow Trainswikidata.org