A Reverie Through Stone | Deepanshi Matai

"plain gold earrings: you never wore any others. i have a pair that looks exactly like yours. i never wear any others. sometimes when i hold these, it feels like you’re still here, standing behind me..."

Swing | Rosalind Goldsmith

"You look up at the coroner behind her high desk and say: 'Listen to me. I’m breathing. I’m here.' But she looks doubtful..." Rosalind Goldsmith's stories have been published in the USA, the UK, and Canada.

Six Words | Steve Jensen

Steve Jensen is an Iowan living in Seattle with his wife, kids, and dog. He will always want to know the size of your town.

Selected Poems | J. D. Nelson

"tough insect tryouts this morning / a new earth happening / I have a pecking hand to work for the doctor / a hand and slow pecking..."

Nine Micropoems | Dylan Taylor

"Where, / The presentthen heres and / theres, / Mattermoving the this. / And many aretheres / here, / Many, / And manythis manies the manymores."

Ransom Note from Your PTSD | Caroline Montgelas

"Come alone. / Seek no help. / I can wait here / as long as it takes. / This is just between us..." Caroline Montgelas was chosen as a Stonybrook Children's Literature Fellow in 2019.