Stone Soup Magazine
— A girl follows a mysterious fox with blue eyes through the forest at midnight to discover a magical meadow where animals can communicate.
— Letters crash like storm waves and words dive like birds in this visceral metaphor for the experience of dyslexia.
— My soul is a unicycle Either going too fast or Too slow Sometimes just right Gravity always wins It falls like a raindrop from the clouds
— A third-grader accidentally leaves class early, cries from embarrassment, then months later agonizes over whether her teacher will mention it at parent-teacher conferences.
— Creation, soul, mortal, Days, growth, heart— Life is something you can’t restart.
— A spotless leopard breaks her promise not to eat monkeys, gains spots as punishment, and must apologize to her friend to restore both her fur and friendship.