Stone Soup Magazine
— 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.
— A child recalls the surprise trip to the airport to pick up their new puppy, Yoda, arriving from Korea on Halloween day.
— An alien boy playing hide-and-seek accidentally gets sealed in a delivery box and shipped across his massive city before being discovered and returned home.