Stories

Story·River Mabry, age 13 — I stepped off the bus, savoring the taste of my toothpaste. I’ve been getting better at brushing my teeth and hair recently, since starting my meds. Obviously, it was expensive,...

Poetry·Teresa Cheng, age 13 — I had no official business near the couch, which is why my head was held high, like an austere national security inspector. I was not a busybody. I bowed to...

Poetry·Ruby Martin, age 18 — Awaiting the rush means I must marinate in restlessness. I’m reminded that once a consciousness slides, it receives a static shock from the Playground Gods in order to bring it...

Story·Iris Wake, age 16 — The child who runs down the street is clothed in sandals. They cling to her toes, strapped, slapping on the concrete gravel that grits the bottom of the shoes. The...

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...

Stories·Dhaanvi Jaipuriar — Dear Stone Soup Editors, Please find attached my poem, “the morning around us,” for consideration in the Monthly Flash Contest. It is approximately 338 words. I am a 14-year-old writer...

Stories·Xuan Jiang — Tang Li, aims to share this artwork to express her winter break plan– baking apples to an apple pie for the family. As a novice baker, she believes that sharing...

Stories·Mira Fox — I shook my wrist; the charms on my thin, silver bracelet made a ringing, clarion sound that pinched my ears. Each little trinket on my bracelet represented a past lover...

Stories·Rouchu Wu — This is a story about love and continuity. Through it, I hope people can feel that a parent’s love for their child never fades, with time or the limits of...

Stories·Anna Zhao — “What’s happening?” I looked out of my bedroom window down the road outside of our apartment. Cars were driving around, in perfect rhythm, it seemed. Not a car was driving...