Stone Soup Magazine

Poetry·Shivanshi Dutt — A girl reflects on her name change from Anusha to Shivanshi in preschool, and the various nicknames that mark different relationships in her life.

Artwork·Ivory Vanover

Artwork·Saira Merchant

Personal Narrative·Xi Huang — A young writer celebrates the everyday magic of erasers, cataloging their varieties, textures, and the quiet miracle of their ability to make mistakes disappear.

Artwork·Shaivi Moparthi

Story·Alexandra Steyn — A woman with failing memory navigates her empty house, discovers something terrible on her street, and forgets both the horror and that her husband is dead.

Artwork·Adam Ganetsky

Artwork·Anna Weinberg

Poetry·Holly Jane Doyle — A walk through winter woods reveals tiny mushrooms listening to every sound — from robins hopping to rooks cawing to human footsteps.

Poetry·Holly Jane Doyle — Men with feathered heads descend to a berry bar, dollar in hand, seeking berries the size of bunny tails in this surreal prose poem.