Contents

Letter From the Editor

Editor’s Note

By Emma Wood

Stories

Friends

By Raya Ilieva, Art by Oskar Cross

Naomi and Oscar are best friends, and they do the same thing every day—or at least, they used to

Stories

Treacherous Climb

By Sarah Süel, Art by Audrey Li

Kate and her pet mouse set out to scale colossal, rocky Mt. Treacherous

Stories

Memories

By Renee Wang, Art by Sabrina Lu

After learning he has only a few days left live, a man looks back on his life

Personal Narratives

Autobiographical Vignettes

By Anushka Trivedi, Art by Eliana Pacillo

The author reflects on the rain, on God and the nature of life, on becoming an older sister and the pandemic

Poems

Midnight

By Julia Marcus

Poems

Air

By Julia Marcus

Poems

Oak

By Graham TerBeek, Art by Elodie Weinzierl

Poems

Moonlight

By Sofie Dardzinski

Poems

Time

By Sofie Dardzinski

Poems

Rainbow

By Ethan Edwards

Poems

The Earthy World

By Olivia Wang, Art by Sabrina Lu

Poems

Nothing

By Jake Sun, Art by Anna Weinberg

Art

Baleful Strix

By Zoe Campbell

Art

Girl with a Camera

By Eliana Pacillo

Art

Layers

By Grace Williams

Art

Fountain

By Oskar Cross

Art

A Tangled World

By Elodie Weinzierl

Art

Blue Jay

By Aspen Clayton

Art

Cardinal

By Aspen Clayton

Art

Aspiration

By Audrey Li

Art

Supreme Sunshine

By Sabrina Lu

Art

Desolation

By Sabrina Lu

Art

Underneath

By Anna Weinberg

Honor Roll

Stone Soup Honor Roll: October 2021

By The Editors

Highlights from StoneSoup.com

Highlights from Stonesoup.com

By Brais Macknik-Conde