Jennifer Parsons

Trees live their lives on a different scale, and we poetically imbue them with traits we examine in ourselves. This does not, by any means, imply that they lack these traits. When our story trees talk or move, express feelings, wrestle with immortality, nurture others, or hold the secrets of life, they may not literally do it in the same ways they do in what we perceive as 'regular life'-the stories just help us to see ourselves a little better, and imagine the ways that they can. And make no mistake, they can. - from the editorial Featuring: The Warrior Tree by Chana KohlShadow and Ash by Sarah McPhersonLost and Found; Retreat and Return by Emma SchmidThe Beginning by Katrina CarruthThis Sweet and Bitter Fruit; or, Ladon's Lament by Maeghan KlinkerHunger by Meg MaloneBreak Fresh Ground by Callie S. BlackstoneLinden's Legends by Suzie GraceThe Mother Tree by Elana GomelLive Oak by Carly RacklinOf Wood and Flame by Anna MaddenThe Wee Folk by Keira ReynoldsThe Heavenly Dreams of Mechanical Trees by Wendy NikelBeech, Please by Maria Paige BrekkeThe Trimming of the Branches by Ali MillerEnd of the World, Beginning of Everything by Kiersten GonzalezQuercus by Emma Louise GillThe Oak Tree by Liz Baxmeyer