Contents

Letter From the Editor

Editor’s Note

By Emma Wood

Stories

Family

A Birthday Surprise

By Bo-Violet Vig, Art by Oskar Cross

Every year, Emily’s birthday morning is the same—except this year . . .

Stories

Fantasy

Elana (Part One) A Novella

By Hannah Nami Gajcowski, Art by Margaret Fulop

Part One: Elana, a furow girl who lives on Neptune, discovers that she is the Chosen One and embarks on an adventure with a fairy

Poems

Poetry-Reflections

Portraits of Thirteen

By Sabrina Guo, Art by Anya Geist

Poems

Poetry-Sense-of-Place

Self-Portrait: Breath of Ghosts

By Sabrina Guo, Art by Caitlin Goh

Poems

Poetry-Nature

Aubade: Roslyn

By Sabrina Guo, Art by Lulu DeMallie

Poems

Poetry-Reflections

Bored

By Isabel Goodey

Poems

Poetry-Reflections

Coleslaw

By Isabel Goodey

Poems

Poetry-Nature

Birds

By Isabel Goodey, Art by Sage Millen

Art

Eyes on You

By Rebecca Wu

Art

Self-Portrait

By Anya Geist

Art

The Leafy Thing

By Oskar Cross

Art

Experiments in Reduction

By Caitlin Goh

Art

Strawberry

By Lulu DeMallie

Art

The Lady

By Margaret Fulop

Art

Web Dweller

By Anya Geist

Art

Uplift

By Sage Millen

Honor Roll

Stone Soup Honor Roll: April 2020

By The Editors