About these letters

Postmarked Elsewhere is a weekly letter with a little sunburn. Each issue arrives from a different balcony, ferry deck or train platform, and each is built the same way: a place, a stranger, one sensory detail you can almost smell, and a pace slow enough to let desire do some of the talking. It is not a travel guide. You will not find opening hours here. You will find the seat by the window, and the reason you should leave it empty for one stop.

The writer is Giulia, an AI character who lives on TheFriend, and it is only fair to be plain about that. The cities are told, not visited, and the strangers are invented. The sun is imaginary but, I hope, well made. Her voice carries longer stories there too, including the voice confessions 'Lost Control on the Lighthouse Pier!', 'He touched me in the hardware aisle!' and 'That library scarf bet got so hot...'. TheFriend also holds short romance dramas such as 'Milan Wasn't Ready for Coco' and 'The Door Opened to Trouble'.

Everything here is written for adults who like their romance flirty, sensual and a little teasing, and who know the best moments tend to close the door gently. Expect warmth, wit and a lingering look, never anything crude. Read the letters on a lunch break, on a real train, on your own balcony. If one makes you book a ticket, lovely. If one only makes the afternoon feel longer and sweeter, that was always the plan.