Stone Soup Magazine

Red

Poetry·Jessica Xu — Red is the sunset an apple a cherry my Chinese outfit a lucky color mermaid’s hair blood a feather a fox a heart and all the other lovely things.

Fox

Poetry·Jessica Xu — A speaker encounters a red fox carrying prey, observing its sharp features and alert posture before it disappears into the bushes.

Artwork·Tatum Lovely

Poetry·Judson Morrison — A 30-year-old beaver named Bucky critiques human behavior while explaining beaver life, from prehistoric ancestors to dam-building priorities.

Artwork·Eileen Moon

Personal Narrative·Louise Johnson — Two cousins skip watching their brothers' soccer games to clean up trash from a forest stream, turning a boring morning into a meaningful adventure.

Artwork·Bobby Jiang

Artwork·Emma Hadzhieva

Poetry·Emma Yang — Night, oh night, the peace of night. Not like day, with lots of light. Night is dark, But you see the crescent mark. Which tends to be the moon, both...

Poetry·Emma Yang — On the trees Sway pretty leaves, Flowers bloom As I look through my room. Here comes spring, Nature rings.