Daisy discovers a dryad in a clump of lilac bushes in her backyard Daisy was four when she first met the Bush Girl. She had learned that her mother was making stir-fry for dinner and had decided to run away. Daisy liked the idea of running away. It sounded like something a character in a […]
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Spring Wakes
Spring is waking up I know And yet I’m not quite Sure For Sometimes In the Frosty-cold mornings Winter Sneaks back And plays Until Spring runs across The yard And Winter Disappears.
Wood Oysterlings
Quiet in the wood. Robins hop from branch to branch. Gently, the branch sways— up down—again—up down and stops. The breeze weaving around the trees pushes plants over. Leaves jostle together. My footsteps odding out of the sounds. Above, raucous rooks haw and caw while landing on branches. Ever so suddenly they take off— each […]
Editor’s Note
In this issue, things go missing. There is a woman who has lost her husband and is now losing her mind. There is a girl whose best friend goes missing. There is a boy who is rushed to the ER after hitting his head at the playground and momentarily forgets where he is and why. […]
Wish Upon
Red Galaxy Up, up, up. Into the deep, dark sky. The moon is up there, Almost full, Not quite. I ignore it. Tonight I’m looking for something else. I rest my chin on the windowsill, Searching. There! My gaze lands on a single bright light. A star. Beautiful and pure. I smile. I stare at […]
The Violin Lady
Hoa wonders about the mysterious lady who is always playing the violin The woman had always been there, it seemed from the beginning of eternity, or at least as long as my eight years of memory could recall. Though Mama said she remembered her from when she was my age. But that’s hard to imagine, […]
Editor’s Note
“Snow-sleet coming down / Like alabaster flowers raining / down on me.” “Seagulls struggled to fly against the wind. They were like kites getting flung around, as flimsy as rag dolls.” “Realization sets over me, / Like the winter sun over the countryside.” “I climbed up the ladder then paused, positioning myself as if I […]
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From William’s Writing Workshop, #68: Sense of Place The Writing Challenge: Describe a place or a setting in which a story will take place from the point of view of a character. Arctic Winter Cold, howling wind whipped through my fur, blowing endlessly. The deep snow crunched under my paws, stretching as far as my […]
Snow Day
A year after the snow day that changed her life forever, Anna finds a wounded bird On Tuesday morning, a sheath of crystalline white over the bedroom window obstructed Anna’s view of anything else outside. Snow day, she thought, and without explanation, a feeling of dread crept over her. School would be canceled, she knew, […]
One Day Old
What a wonderful time of year it is, winter. Snow fills the air, soft and cold Tumbling down white dunes, forever bold Standing atop it, I seem never to shiver Technically I was born a day ago, Made by children with smiles that glowed Alas I cannot play with them, for I have no legs […]
