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Choices and Witnesses

by Oren Milgrom-Dorfman Age 12

Published January 1, 2022

Best Friends Forever

by Charlotte Moore Age 12

Published January 1, 2022

On a field trip to an old spooky castle, Lola meets a mysterious girl The castle loomed large and ominous above me. I heard the tour guide blabber on about some people who had died...

Dear Tom

by Bea Hertzmark Age 10

Published January 1, 2022

A kid spends the school day writing a letter to their missing friend Dear Tom, You are not missing much. School is the same. I am supposed to be writing a poem about the fall...

Up on the Roof

by Harper Fortgang Age 13

Published January 1, 2022

Violet lives in the Divided States of America, a country split between the Purple and Green People “Who’s there?” I call into the empty blackness, a chill running down my spine. I watch as a...

An excerpt from Born on the First of Two

by Anya Geist Age 14

Published November 4, 2021

Editor’s Choice in our 2020 book contest Born on the First of Two was released on December 1, 2021. You can order the book at Amazon or Barnes & Noble, and at our store: amazon.com/stonesoup...

Rainbow

by Lindsay Gale Age 9

Published November 4, 2021

Blink

by Lucia Osborn-Stocker Age 12

Published November 4, 2021

Being a guard dragon means a lonely and difficult life I paced, on high alert, by the doorway, the rusty metal chain around my neck clunking. I growled at a rider passing by. My dark-green...

Ma’s Riches

by Fiona Clare Altschuler Age 11

Published November 4, 2021

A poor mouse family prepares for a visit from their king and queen Corn Lily and Day Lily lived several miles from an abundant wood. They were twin mice, and their family was very poor....

Street Cats

by Annabelle Vaughan Age 9

Published November 4, 2021

The Lonely Radio

by Avital Sagan Age 12

Published November 4, 2021

Choices and Witnesses

Story Age 12 Published January 1, 2022 by Oren Milgrom-Dorfman

Flash fiction pieces that speak to the mysterious pull of the wild Choices Opal took a step onto the forest path. Her posture relaxed as she centered herself on the forest path. Opal’s parents were a few steps behind her. She lightly ran ahead. Opal didn’t want the unusual hike to be filled with the sounds of her parents talking to her sternly, the sounds that filled the rest of her life.

Best Friends Forever

Story Age 12 Published January 1, 2022 by Charlotte Moore

On a field trip to an old spooky castle, Lola meets a mysterious girl The castle loomed large and ominous above me. I heard the tour guide blabber on about some people who had died inside the castle, probably trying to make it appear scarier than it was—something about ghosts and people hearing screams when no one was there. I wasn’t scared; I just didn’t want to be there.

Dear Tom

Story Age 10 Published January 1, 2022 by Bea Hertzmark

A kid spends the school day writing a letter to their missing friend Dear Tom, You are not missing much. School is the same. I am supposed to be writing a poem about the fall and how magical it is, but poems just do not work for me. Ms. Soody said poems are magic falling from the sky. I disagree. Every time I think of a poem, the flashback hits me like a bee stinging my arm.

Up on the Roof

Story Age 13 Published January 1, 2022 by Harper Fortgang

Violet lives in the Divided States of America, a country split between the Purple and Green People “Who’s there?” I call into the empty blackness, a chill running down my spine. I watch as a black cat leaps past me and around a corner, disappearing into the darkness. I exhale a sigh of relief and try to convince myself, yet again, there is nothing to fear.

An excerpt from Born on the First of Two

Story Age 14 Published November 4, 2021 by Anya Geist

Editor’s Choice in our 2020 book contest Born on the First of Two was released on December 1, 2021. You can order the book at Amazon or Barnes & Noble, and at our store: amazon.com/stonesoup Prologue Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. The girl’s breathing was labored and fast, the way it always was when she had this dream, this memory.

Rainbow

Story Age 9 Published November 4, 2021 by Lindsay Gale

Brianna’s head is in the clouds, and she’s happy that way until a comment from her art teacher pushes her to change What are rainbows? People think rainbows are those colorful arched things that fade quickly. Why? Rainbows aren’t always arches. They can be all shapes and sizes. I can see rainbows anytime, everywhere. Whether it’s sunny, cloudy, or snowy, I can see them.

Blink

Story Age 12 Published November 4, 2021 by Lucia Osborn-Stocker

Being a guard dragon means a lonely and difficult life I paced, on high alert, by the doorway, the rusty metal chain around my neck clunking. I growled at a rider passing by. My dark-green scales felt clogged with dirt, the spikes along my back chipped and dented. The huge castle doors behind me loomed angrily. My stomach hurt from hunger.

Ma’s Riches

Story Age 11 Published November 4, 2021 by Fiona Clare Altschuler

A poor mouse family prepares for a visit from their king and queen Corn Lily and Day Lily lived several miles from an abundant wood. They were twin mice, and their family was very poor. They lived in a small burrow, poorly furnished, on dry, cracked ground. Their mother planted little seeds every year, but the plants died before they were knee-high to a splinter.

Street Cats

Story Age 9 Published November 4, 2021 by Annabelle Vaughan

Lorraine gets fed up when the cats in her neighborhood won’t stop following her around Cats never stopped following Lorraine in the street. They even followed her to the park, on holiday, also to school. Lorraine got fed up, so every day she went in disguise, but the cats got super scared when they could not see her. One year ago, Lorraine saved a cat from being run over.

The Lonely Radio

Story Age 12 Published November 4, 2021 by Avital Sagan

A radio grapples with its essentially passive existence as the world crumbles around it Radios have become old-fashioned. I know that through the snippets of conversation I hear as I sit on my table. Despite that, they’ve never done more than talk about replacing me. There’s a man who uses me the most often.

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