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The Mourning Dove

by Meital Fried Age 13

Published October 17, 2021

There was a mourning dove sitting on our roof. Well, sitting might not be the right word. Most of the...
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Treacherous Climb

by Sarah Süel Age 10

Published September 29, 2021

Kate and her pet mouse set out to scale colossal, rocky Mt. Treacherous “Squeak!” I was feeding my pet mouse,...
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The Trials and Tribulations of Swifty Appledoe (Part Three)

by Ariana Kralicek Age 12

Published May 25, 2021

This is the third and final installment of Ariana Kralicek’s novella. You can read the first two installments in the...
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The Bright Yellow

by Ella Kate Starzyk Age 11

Published March 22, 2021

A girl wakes up to discover that everything has turned yellow Bright as the sun, a color stands out from...
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The Flowers That Live Forever

by Iris Chen Age 10

Published February 16, 2021

Olivia Judertt is determined to bring color to her gloomy, gray town A young girl walked through the gloomy roads...
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Death by Kickball

by Lucy Laird Age 12

Published November 22, 2020

Time slows to a crawl as Elenora wonders if she will make it out of a game of kickball alive...
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Balancing My Nerves and a Bike

by Audrey Young

Published October 19, 2020

My mom used to like telling people about how she was in labor with me for over 36 hours. She...
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The Barista

By Thomas Jones, Art by Mia Fang

Published November 11, 2018

The barista in the LAX airport got to his shop at 5:00 a.m. and opened at 6:00. He did...
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The Girl Who Is Allergic to Everything

By Kyra Yip

Published November 10, 2018

Allergies A lot of people have allergies. Allergies to gluten, nuts, and eggs. I have allergies to a lot...
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Garage Junk

by Jerry Xia

Published April 18, 2018

Few things could make me enter the garage at night but thirst was one of them. Although the space was...
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The Mourning Dove

Story Age 13 Published October 17, 2021 by Meital Fried

There was a mourning dove sitting on our roof. Well, sitting might not be the right word. Most of the time, we say one word because a better word doesn’t exist.
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Treacherous Climb

Story Age 10 Published September 29, 2021 by Sarah Süel

Kate and her pet mouse set out to scale colossal, rocky Mt. Treacherous “Squeak!” I was feeding my pet mouse, Hammy, some savory cheese I’d ripped off my sandwich.
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The Trials and Tribulations of Swifty Appledoe (Part Three)

Story Age 12 Published May 25, 2021 by Ariana Kralicek

This is the third and final installment of Ariana Kralicek’s novella. You can read the first two installments in the April and May 2021 issues of Stone Soup, or in its entirety here.
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The Bright Yellow

Story Age 11 Published March 22, 2021 by Ella Kate Starzyk

A girl wakes up to discover that everything has turned yellow Bright as the sun, a color stands out from the rest. That’s yellow. Everywhere I go, I see yellow.
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The Flowers That Live Forever

Story Age 10 Published February 16, 2021 by Iris Chen

Olivia Judertt is determined to bring color to her gloomy, gray town A young girl walked through the gloomy roads of Brickville. As she walked, some rain began to fall.
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Death by Kickball

Story Age 12 Published November 22, 2020 by Lucy Laird

Time slows to a crawl as Elenora wonders if she will make it out of a game of kickball alive 11:56, 11:57. I stared at my watch. The seconds ticked by oh so slowly.
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Balancing My Nerves and a Bike

Story Published October 19, 2020 by Audrey Young

My mom used to like telling people about how she was in labor with me for over 36 hours. She would laugh and say that I was so comfortably curled up inside that I didn’t feel like coming out, and wh...
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The Barista

Story Published November 11, 2018 By Thomas Jones, Art by Mia Fang

The barista in the LAX airport got to his shop at 5:00 a.m. and opened at 6:00. He did this so he could catch the early tide of people that usually came in at that hour.
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The Girl Who Is Allergic to Everything

Story Published November 10, 2018 By Kyra Yip

Allergies A lot of people have allergies. Allergies to gluten, nuts, and eggs. I have allergies to a lot of things like nuts, seafood, eggs, and gluten. The list goes on and on.
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Garage Junk

Story Published April 18, 2018 by Jerry Xia

Few things could make me enter the garage at night but thirst was one of them. Although the space was lit by a bright, automatic light on the garage door mechanism, the lighting always felt inadequate...
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