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Editorial·William Rubel — One of my primary goals redesigning the Stone Soup website was to make the site feel more like a book. Stone Soup has long said that we show respect for...

Poetry·Avi Mehta — As we lay in the sharp blades of wet grass You told me that Theoretically We all turn to walls When we don’t know I’m not quite sure I understood....

Poetry·Louise Fisher, age 13 — And so the monster woke A cold sweat down its neck. A horrible dream Replaying in its mind. A perfect angel, Skin of porcelain Eyes of blue. Hair falling in...

Editorial·William Rubel — “The air was redolent with the smell of garlic,” is what I typed into the notes program on my phone an early Sunday already hot morning in Taipei, Taiwan, July,...

Uncategorized·Rachel Lippe, age 15 — 4:48 iMessage Today 4:48 AM i wrap my hand around my wrist, feel my heartbeat run my fingers up and down my skin, skin i wish i could crawl out...

— Crippled Detectives A Novel in Twenty-Five Chapters by Lee Tandy Schwartzman, age 7 Stone Soup Magazine  ·  Children’s Art Foundation Chapters Editor’s Note Chapter One: A Sad Trial Chapter Two:...

Lee Tandy Schwartzman, age 7 — ← Crippled Detectives Chapter One A Sad Trial “Oh!” said Sylvia suddenly. “What?” said Lee alarmed. “Oh I have to go out with you to get firewood,” replied Sylvia. “Oh...

Lee Tandy Schwartzman, age 7 — ← Crippled Detectives Chapter Two More Badness After that they went away. They went to France because they had better doctors there. One day Lee used crutches to find Ben...

Lee Tandy Schwartzman, age 7 — ← Crippled Detectives Chapter Three Clues “Now we better get to the top of this,” they said. “Now to find out his phone number,” said Lee. “Let me see how...

Lee Tandy Schwartzman, age 7 — ← Crippled Detectives Chapter Four We Fail Suddenly the guard woke up, saw their footprints, and pressed the alarm button. We heard it and hunted for the door to the...

— ← Crippled Detectives Chapter Five Sickness But no one came in the night, but all night long not one of them could sleep, so they sang “Lavender Blue Dilly Dilly,”...

— ← Crippled Detectives Chapter Six Our Trouble!!! After they got better they were not well because they had a pain, a dreadful pain, that made them paralyzed when they ran,...

— ← Crippled Detectives Chapter Seven Waiting Like any girl or boy in the world knows, it is not very pleasant to wait unless you have something to amuse yourself. They...

Uncategorized·William Rubel — No AI work accepted. Finish your work by reading written work aloud before submitting, making minor adjustments if you hear something isn’t quite right. Writing: No handwritten work accepted. This...

Stories·Norah Ailing Gruber — In light of the recent ICE activities. In my mother’s purse, I found a paper detailing what to do if an ICE agent came to your door. It was next...

Editorial·William Rubel, age 7 — by Lee Tandy Schwartzman, age 7, Seattle, Washington Lee Tandy Schwartzman wrote and illustrated this story when she was 7 years old. We first published it in 1978 as the...

Curriculum·William Rubel — Stone Soup is about human-made literary writing. Whether you are writing a story, a poem, an opinion piece, or an essay, you add expressive power to your work through using...

Curriculum·William Rubel — There are two kinds of writers. There are human writers, and there are computer writers. Think of it another way. Let’s say that it was possible to hire a robot...

Curriculum·William Rubel — There are two kinds of writers. There are human writers, and there are computer writers. Think of it another way. Let’s say that it was possible to hire a robot...

Curriculum·William Rubel — You are a writer when you write. It is that simple. A writer writes. Just as dancers dance, actors act, and violinists violin. What is different about writing is that...