Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 16, 2026

Issue of March 20, 2004

6 articles in this issue.


Backyard Astronomy: Spring Planetary Fling (2004-03-20) by Cheryl Haimann — Nonfiction

Five, count 'em, five naked-eye planets are visible now. Learn how to find the smallest and most elusive of them all, Mercury.

Confessions of an Amateur Author by Kellie Gillespie — Op_ed

A new author finds that the road to publication is not paved with good intentions but instead involves a lot of anxiety, tears, sleepless nights and good vodka. A look at the process of producing an honest-to-goodness book, from proposal to the triumphant, Valium-assisted book signing.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Extreme Hobbies by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed

How come high school sports stick to things like football and tennis when there are so many more interesting activities out there?

Hamtramck Walk 13 by Amy Probst — Op_ed travel

<b>Beeing.</b>

Anachronocity v3p4 by Josh Brown — Serial

Vol. 3 - Land of the Bizarre - Part 4 <br> An oasis made of computers and their parts reveals itself in the midst of all of Alex's troubles. Finding the key to unlock that paradise proves to be more difficult than he at first imagined. Will anything ever go right? Not likely.

Dreamer 41 by Sand Pilarski — Serial

"Just what I wanted for the holidays," Sully muttered to herself sarcastically. "A hysterical sister and all five of her kids in trouble. Merry Christmas to all."

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