Stone Soup Magazine

Artwork·Aspen Clayton

Artwork·Eden George

Story·Nate Varga — A lost British soldier stumbles upon a Bedouin camp in the Arabian desert and is led to witness the rare blooming of the Queen of the Night flower, triggering memories...

Artwork·Emily Yu

Artwork·From the “Group Portrait” Workshop (2019) Run by Hands on Art Workshops, at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya

Artwork·From the “Group Portrait” Workshop (2019) Run by Hands on Art Workshops, at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya

Story·Translated from Urdu by Zahraa Haq, Art by Karuna Yang — A forgetful servant trying to remember the word for salt keeps adopting new phrases from people he meets, creating misunderstandings until a cobbler accidentally reminds him.

Artwork·Arjun Nair

Poetry·Kieran Fong — A poem traces the cycle from evening through night to dawn, observing how moonlight and starlight transform the landscape before sunrise returns.

Story·Hadley Taylor — A curious girl defies warnings about a grumpy man's forbidden book collection, only to be seized by magical vines that emerge from an enchanted volume.