Stone Soup Magazine
— A lonely house repeatedly modernizes itself to attract families who always leave, until it returns to its original form and finds lasting residents.
— At dawn, a girl waits at the village edge for her father's return, watching fog roll over the hills until she finally spots him arriving with his donkey.
— In 1826 New Mexico, ten-year-old Narna and her blind sister Lana escape their father's cruelty with their mother, finding refuge and community with relatives in a small adobe village.
— Night unfolds through sensory details as a speaker lies in bed, transforming darkness into a symphony of moonlight, rain, wind, and the subtle fragrances of sleeping nature.
— A girl who visits a special tree daily finds a mysterious note warning that hunters are attacking animals in Croygami Woods.