April 2018 – The Hickory Stump

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 […]

What Can’t Be Seen

Empty hands, cupping the sky, scooping starlight from inky night. “There is nothing,” he says as he grasps fingers at the air. I take [...]

Seagull

What ancient design birthed in you, inherent in your genes, brings you here every winter? Though I cannot know, I am glad you are [...]

The Hole

The hole in the ground is the result of untruths, denial, unspoken regret and impregnable pride. And to think, before we met, the surface [...]

To Beautiful Disasters

Loose lips, quick quips, sunk ships, Boys and girls who Meddle with matches. Some just want to watch the world burn. Your [...]