Spring 2019 – The Hickory Stump

Melody Woods

April 15, 2019 Jeremy Hull 1

The stranger looked confused to Melody. Turning around expectantly in the darkening IGA parking lot, he looked in the car at her father: wedged behind […]

The Hit

April 9, 2019 A. A. Rubin and Tyler Carpenter 0

A hard-boiled hit man in Edge City is ready for anything…except this. Writer and illustrator of “The Hit” share what goes into making a professional […]

Dress Code

April 9, 2019 Pamela Love 0

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 […]

Hey Can Lady

April 5, 2019 Brian James Lewis 2

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

Chili

April 5, 2019 Amira Shea 0

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. […]

A Good Deal

March 20, 2019 T.R. Kisgen 7

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 […]

The Sewing Machine

March 20, 2019 Stephen Cole 7

“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 […]