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Don’t miss out on the Spring issue!

April 25, 2019 John Barefield 0

Our Spring edition is here. To explore this issue’s great content, keep on reading. Top Feature The Sewing Machine, by Stephen Cole Perennial favorite Stephen […]

Dorea Marshall wins 2018 Hickory Stump Short Story Competition

July 20, 2018 John Barefield 4

Maria Brandt, Anne Panning, Jay Keith and I are happy to report the winner of the 2018 Hickory Stump Short Story Writing contest. Competition was […]

Last call for submissions fast approaching

June 26, 2018 John Barefield 0

Well the time has come.  Summer is definitely here, and our summer issue cannot be far behind. You can all look forward to your next […]

Maria Brandt: Using the Grassic Short Novel Prize to forge connections

June 12, 2018 John Barefield 0

We were lucky enough to catch up to Maria Brandt, author of The Grassic Prize winning short novel All the Words, to discuss how winning […]

Summer Issue Sneak Preview: Stephen Cole Speaks Out

June 5, 2018 admin 0

We managed to catch up with Hickory Stump Contest winner Stephen Cole, which wasn’t easy. Stephen has a plethora of musicals under his belt and […]

Join Giller-Prize-winning novelist Elizabeth Hay in our Summer 2018 issue

May 20, 2018 John Barefield 0

Like its namesake, The Hickory Stump is a great place to sit and read. Come here each season and take a break in the shade. […]

Hickory Stump Short Story Competition open for submissions till June 30th

April 6, 2018 John Barefield 0

“Competition is the key to success.” The Hickory Stump Short Story Contest is now open to submissions. Submit your short story of up to 4000 […]

Read the Spring 2018 issue

April 5, 2018 John Barefield 0

The spring issue is now here,  with fiction from a half-dozen great authors.    

Stephen Cole wins Hickory Stump Short Story Competition

April 5, 2018 John Barefield 4

We are proud to present contest winner Stephen Cole’s “Sisters Through a Window,” a poignant and structured look at the lives of Russian Jewish immigrant […]

Spring issue coming April 5

February 9, 2018 admin 0

Check back here on April 5 and celebrate spring with the second issue of The Hickory Stump.

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Current Issue

Spring 2019

Featured

Comics

The Hit

A hard-boiled hit man in Edge City is ready for anything...except this.

Featured

The Sewing Machine

"There's no room for the Singer. And besides, you don't sew anymore," her daughter wearily said. The Singer sewing machine had been in every apartment [...]

Short Stories

A Good Deal

It was easier to go through life without romance, but sometimes I wished for companionship. Someone to talk with, to eat with, to watch a [...]


Melody Woods

Melody Woods always knew that she was different from everyone else in the small farming town of Linden, Michigan. But learning how to survive as an outsider in plain sight was a skill that she had learned early on in her new home.


Flash Fiction

Chili

The obituary read: “Mary Elanor Abigail Thomas, the Fourth, beloved daughter, sister, and mother passed away peacefully at her home in town earlier this week. [...]


Dress Code

Phobias are more common than you might think. Spiders. Heights. Public speaking. Alex Fields lives in terror someone might do something wrong and not get [...]


Poetry

Hey Can Lady

  Hey Can Lady - I wonder if you were ever anybody’s sexy baby and if you were, what went wrong? Those cast off clothes [...]


Comics

Comics

The Hit

A hard-boiled hit man in Edge City is ready for anything...except this.

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