Stone Soup Magazine
— 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.
— A young flutist freezes with stage fright at a recital, flees the church, but finds courage watching sunlight on her flute and returns to perform triumphantly.
— Coltsfoot pokes its coltshead through the melting ground. Like a new butterfly it unfolds its winglike petals. So round and the yellow like a fresh sun marks the start of...
— A tiny owl hatches in the night, believing its hollow is the entire world, while darkness overtakes the bright sky.