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January 14th in Asheville. Year 2023.

No one is awake, and the silence is so absolute that you can hear the universe rearrange itself outside my window. It is blue-gray and a moth-eaten blanket of snow barely covers everything. The wind whips whistles whines ROARS. It is the bleak midwinter, and I the only thing alive. I lift the blind and […]

Thin Ice

The narrator has a close call on the thin ice of a forest stream I rubbed my mittens together to bring some warmth to my cold hands. The temperature had dropped below what the thermometer could read. But I still loved the winter wonderland of the forest; no blizzard could deter me from the great […]

I am Here

I am from a place not of leprechauns, rainbows, and pots of gold, but instead a teenaged sky, moody with deluges of rain, moments later opening to periwinkle heavens and effervescent light, scurrying clouds away. I am from salty, rocky beaches, gray water too cold to swim in (even though we do every New Year’s […]

Editor’s Note

It’s January, and I was expecting this issue to be full of winter poems and stories—and there are some, such as “One Winter Day,” the evocative nonfiction piece that opens the magazine, and a chilling story called “Thin Ice.” But what surprised me was the humor I discovered this season! There’s a hilarious and a […]

Highlight from Stonesoup.com

From the Flash Contests The First Snow Linda sat on the porch watching the clouds, and occasionally, the butterflies fluttering over the front yard. Ever since she’d been diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer last year, she started to slow down and to appreciate the simple yet beautiful things all around her so much more. Suddenly, […]

Seasons

As the seasons change, the animals must face extreme weather conditions. There was once a spring so windy the fields were empty, the people were lifted off their feet, and the sky was dotted with flying leaves. “My god,” Mole exclaimed as he hopped frantically back into his hole. He wiped at his frizzled fur. […]

Seasons

Winter, winter, coming clear, come outside, what do you hear? Wind whistles through the trees, a robin tweets, no more freeze. Spring has come as small as a hum, and too fast, summer is second to last, summer, summer, fall’s the last. Who knew the year could pass so fast? Winter, winter, coming fast, the […]

The Sun’s Sister

I am the sun So big and bold My seeds leave me When I’m old I stand and sway watching them fly away to freedom Bobbing in the breeze And finally landing in the shade beneath The trees But now it is Spring And I am blooming bright Now it is Summer and I am […]

Spring

Hmmm . . . Is it? Is the time ripe? Or is it not . . . Hmmm . . . Better go check in case it is, Better not delay the bliss, Maybe it is, There is a smell of grass, Maybe it is, The chickadees are exploring, Maybe it is coming . . […]