Updates – The Hickory Stump

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.

First issue released: Winter 2017

December 9, 2017 John Barefield 0

In our first Issue, join Chery Loos as she tells us a tale of overcoming loneliness and isolation in Lost & Found. Let Bartel Miki […]

First issue coming December 9, 2017

November 15, 2017 admin 0

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

Pedro Rivera

Be careful if you don't want to end up like Pedro Rivera...

The Dash Between the Dates

Why does God allow capital punishment?

Before the Dawn

I confess. I didn’t know them, personally, at least. Like every school child, I learned of their dynasty’s achievements and what it meant for our [...]

English Tea and Crawdads

Old Felix Hicks caught the biggest fish of his life the day he died. He’d been teetering on the bow of his rickety boat in [...]

The Broken Pawn

The world is a chessboard. Meet an unusual piece.

Josephine’s Tears

Josephine was an Indian gal, Nakota Sioux, raised in the grasslands of the Great Western Plains. Her people were proud and strong, her parents kind [...]