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Saturday Newsletter: January 6, 2024

A World of Color (watercolor) by Leticia Cheng, 10; published in the January/February 2024 issue of Stone Soup A note from Emma Wood Happy New Year, all! Every year, I complain about New Year’s and yet every year, I enjoy the opportunity to reflect on the past year and resolve to be better, in some […]

War and Pieces (Part I)

Misha experiences the first signs of unrest in the Donetsk region of Ukraine Prologue Misha was the one who showed me a dove for the first time. It was early spring, that magical time of year when coats and sunshine go hand in hand. Puddles of rainwater were splotched on every street, reflecting every cloud […]

Saturday Newsletter: December 23, 2023

A Light to Hope By (pastel) by Leticia Cheng, 10; published in the November/December 2023 issue of Stone Soup A note from Tayleigh Greene Dear readers, As a kid, I remember spending entire days of winter break curled up reading by the light of a lamp not unlike the one so beautifully drawn by Leticia […]

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 […]

Saturday Newsletter: November 11, 2023

Golden Muse and Sun Flowers (acrylic) by Arwen Gamez, 14; published in the November/December 2023 issue of Stone Soup A note from Emma Wood Dear readers,   It is that time of year again: when more leaves fall from the trees with each gust of wind or heavy rain, and when we announce the winners […]

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. […]