Stone Soup Magazine
— A girl encounters a bear while riding her pony, watches in horror as a neighbor shoots it, and struggles with anger and grief over the senseless killing.
— An elderly doll shop owner facing eviction finds a lottery ticket after a mysterious encounter with a homeless child who may or may not have been real.
— A girl remembers Chuck, her beloved ice cream man who was fired for driving her home after she fell, and discovers he's now her mailman.
— A Navajo boarding school student is haunted by visions of an angry gorilla until a traditional medicine man reveals the source and performs a healing ceremony.
— A Navajo girl witnesses her grandfather, a medicine man, heal her mother from witchcraft by finding and burning a buried bear paw placed by a malevolent neighbor.
— A Cambodian child recounts surviving the Khmer Rouge regime, forced labor camps, dangerous escape attempts, and eventual journey to freedom in America.
— A young swimmer battles nerves at a championship race, wins unexpectedly, then faces the pressure of defending his position in the finals for a medal.
— A six-year-old boy recounts three escape attempts from Vietnam, imprisonment, and the journey through refugee camps to reach America.
— A Vietnamese girl recounts her family's escape by boat, surviving storms and death at sea, through refugee camps in Malaysia and Indonesia, to finally reach America.
— A boy secretly rides a magical winged sheep that flies to heaven, then falls and transforms grotesquely before dying.