Coming of Age
— Jack Lyra hadn’t spoken in months. She had stayed in her room ever since the accident. Her life seemed vacant since the fateful day a brother and sister wandered too...
— From Where The Mountains Range The pain in her voice felt like I had come to the edge of a steep cliff, for if I fell I would be left...
— Gabriella stood at the edge of the clouded forest in anticipation. Her cousin, Finn, was going to visit. Every month, it was like this. The fog allowed a rift in...
— An update from our twenty-fourth Book Club meeting! On Saturday, February 27, the Stone Soup Book Club discussed The Thing About Jellyfish, by Ali Benjamin. The story is moving; it...
— Here and There I woke up to a pair of big playful eyes staring at me and wings flapping fiercely in my face. I sighed, knowing that there was no...
— I Was the Fly It started out as just a normal day. I lugged my backpack over my shoulders, wincing as it faithfully dug into my shoulders in the usual...
— I am standing in my backyard. The trees are tall, towering over me. The birds land on the ground, pecking and pulling worms from the earth. One lands on my...
— Preface Stone Soup has been an inspiration to me for a long time, from when I first starting reading it as a ten-year-old, never even considering that I could submit...
— “Who I Really Am” by Rachael, 10 My mothers walk out the door. Their footsteps make hollow echoing sounds against the driveway. The car door slams shut hard. One mom...
— Stone Soup contributor and 20-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks with Stone Soup newcomer Sasha Miller, 8, about how it feels to submit to a magazine, her favorite author, and...