Stone Soup Magazine
— A child flees to a secret hiding place after her father rejects her attempt at comfort, wrestling with guilt and confusion about his sadness.
— A rock on the beach narrates what it has witnessed over ages — seagulls, tides, weddings, sunsets — and invites readers to make memories it will keep safe.
— A man awakens with no memory in a desolate landscape, recovers fragments of his past through visions, and discovers he has been dead for decades.
— After his grandfather's death, a boy finds solace bird-watching in Central Park, where observing cardinals and hawks helps him accept his grief and stop running from loss.
— A child traces the day from morning cheer through sunset to a dark night where drops fall outside and nothing returns.
— A cat narrates its elaborate escape from being taken to the vet, until it accidentally speaks English and shocks its humans into submission.
— I gleamed across the ocean, As I stood up on the lighthouse. Before I realized anything, A light shined on me. The sound of waves Scared me I had to...