Wellspring: Uplifting stories for adults.

Original Short Stories, by Amber

These stories are offered freely, not as a gift, but as something left where it belongs. They are not meant to be gathered, owned, or remade. Like a rabbit in the wild, they are best met as they are — alive and free.

Amber lives quietly beside a little swamp where the birds seem to know her name and the fireflies live like fairies. She writes to draw out what was left unsaid, what was nearly forgotten – and to follow the path of remembering all the way back home.

For all the rabbits never meant to be pulled from hats, and the frogs with a poet’s soul – for the wild moments of spring, when the heart is light, the ground is soft, and every leap feels mad as a March hare.

• Wet Around the Edges (PDF) — small creatures navigate fear, memory, and the courage it takes to move toward life.
• Beneath the Bluebells (PDF) — a community learning that safety is not only found in hiding — it is forged together.
• The Rising (Coming Soon)— a tale of renewal and of the courage it takes to follow change all the way back to belonging.

Restorative Reading List

In this section, you will not find lessons or quizzes. You will find brief, friendly notes explaining what a work is about, why it might suit a reader at a particular moment, and where it can be found.

1. Browse the list of restorative works below.
2. Select a title and Read the short review. (In progress.)
3. Find a copy in your library or read it online.

One good story, at the right time, can be just the thing.

Short Stories and Short Books (Public Domain)

• The Selfish Giant – Oscar Wilde (Public Domain)
• The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde (Public Domain)
• The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams (Public Domain)
• The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett (Public Domain)

New titles may be added as I discover more stories and books that feel gentle, hopeful, and restorative — and easy to find.