change
— A child's poem transforms an empty mansion into a haunted space through accumulating details of abandonment and decay.
— A young writer imagines a digital universe with corrupted code 719, where trees shake and reality glitches as everything falls apart.
— A young poet reflects on the fleeting nature of days, the irreversibility of time, and the pull of home as evening approaches.
— A devil and angel switch moral roles after the angel bites the devil's ear, which transforms into a halo the devil swallows.
— Saturn leaves the solar system sobbing, returns later transformed—gray, shriveled, solid ice where gas once swirled, orbiting differently.
— After her best friend moves to Switzerland, an eight-year-old girl struggles with loneliness at school and finds solace in their Skype conversations, though nothing feels the same.
— Time's passage traced through family moments — a brother's kite, grandfather's lined face, babies' bright eyes — questioning permanence while accepting change's necessity.
— A young poet reflects on the passage of time, the uniqueness of each day, and the mysterious nature of space in simple, contemplative lines.
— A girl receives a cedar bracelet and a story about courage from her cousin before moving across the country, finding strength to face change.
— A whimsical origin story explains how the floating, two-eyed giiants of Chocolate Lemon island became the one-eyed cyclopes we know today.