Letter From the Editor
Editor’s Note
By Emma Wood
Fiction
Snow Day
By Emily Chang, Art by Crystal Fu
A year after the snow day that changed her life forever, Anna finds a wounded bird
Fiction
Lost Memories
By Deeksha Rajesh, Art by Karuna Yang
A soldier reflects on the random nature of war while on the battlefield
Fiction
Inside Mr. Vinden’s Library
By Hadley Taylor, Art by Karuna Yang
When they take a trip, Millie and her mother must stay with surly, strict Mr. Vinden
Fiction
The Samara’s Flight
By Miranda Yesser, Art by Ben Taylor
A strong wind sends the samara seed on a journey to find her new home
Fiction
Say “Salt, Salt”
By Translated from Urdu by Zahraa Haq, Art by Karuna Yang
A translation of a Turkish fable about a very forgetful man tasked with buying some “hik”
Fiction
The Discovery
By Nate Varga, Art by Emily Yu
A British soldier, lost in the desert, stumbles upon an enemy camp
Memoir
Underwater
By Luca Molinaro, Art by Leticia Cheng
Is the sea a dark, terrifying force? Or is his fear unwarranted? The narrator wonders during a family vacation
Poems
One Day Old
By Elijah Osmond
Poems
Birds
By Leucine Peck
Poems
The Lion & the Lizard
By Isley T. Bloom
Poems
Untitled
By Kieran Fong
Poems
The Desert
By Bryson Mendolera, Art by Anna Weinberg
Art
Reflections
By Karuna Yang
Art
Tacit Tracks
By Sabrina Lu
Art
Girl with Birds
By Crystal Fu
Art
Bicycle, Elevated
By Joey Vasaturo
Art
Chromatic Cardinal
By Joey Vasaturo
Art
Bovine Vignette
By Selena Shen
Art
Sweet Nothings
By Sage Millen
Art
London
By Leticia Cheng
Art
Refugee Project – Untitled Portrait 1
By From the “Group Portrait” Workshop (2019) Run by Hands on Art Workshops, at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya
Art
Refugee Project – Untitled Portrait 2
By From the “Group Portrait” Workshop (2019) Run by Hands on Art Workshops, at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya
Art
Fiery World
By Emily Yu
Art
Tarantula
By Anna Weinberg
Highlights from StoneSoup.com
Highlight from Stonesoup.com
By Pearl Coogan, Art by Karuna Yang