Stone Soup Magazine
— As autumn brings a sense of spring, I sigh and eat another peach.
— A four-year-old puts a bean in her ear during preschool nap time, keeps it secret for days, and finally gets it removed at a foreign object removal clinic.
— A witch narrates her daily routine of potion-making, mushroom hunting, fortune-telling, and mirror-breaking, all told with playful rhyming couplets.
— A girl who lives in a pumpkin house sells pies to buy a silk dress for a quinceañera, disguises herself to attend, but finds acceptance when her friend defends her.
— A girl finds a dying kitten in the snow and her veterinary-student sister saves it, bringing the sisters closer after growing apart.
— A girl and her brother search for an owl in the woods, find it perched on an oak tree, and watch in wonder until it flies away.