Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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10 days, 5/1/2021, Bassett workshop

10 days 10 days. That was how long I’d been in heaven. Heavenwas just like people thought of it as. The whole area is up in theclouds above all the souls still tethered down there. Yet still I yearnfor the sense of unpredictability you have on earth. And now I startto wonder if I'm thinking about this wrong. Maybe that tether that keeps youdown there isn't stopping you but saving you. Heaven is a beautifulhell.