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

Issue of July 17, 2004

8 articles in this issue.


Seven Steps Up--New Mexico 2003 by Lydia Manx

Cover story

That's Life 12 by John Queen — Comics

An educational moment - the recent Senate actions on controversial issues inspire Telnit to break open the dictionary.

Nature's Paradise: a Cayman Brac Travelogue, Part II by Kellie Gillespie — Nonfiction

Once settled into the little rental house on Cayman Brac, the party gets down to the real business of vacationing: snorkeling, playing cards, and finding an open liquor store.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Galapagos TV by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed

The marriage of documentaries and reality television: sure, it might be dumbing down science a little bit, but who wouldn't want to watch Paris Hilton try to harvest live electric eels for scientific research? (BZZZZT! "Omigod, <i>owww</i>!!!")

A future so uncertain by Lydia Manx — Poem

poem

Anachronocity v6p5 by Josh Brown — Serial

Vol. 6 - Ends and Means - Part 5 <br> As Sela attempts to deal with the travesty on Calisto, she recalls her past with Bethany's family. Meanwhile, Alex finds it's not easy to escape a lovesick teenager by just walking out the door.

Dreamer 54 by Sand Pilarski — Serial

Sully has been the proverbial paragon of virtue since she married Adam so many years ago, even after he deserted her. Everybody knows that, even her admirer, John the romantic policeman. Fate knows all about virtue, too, and is not always sympathetic.

Levels of Reality 2 by Sailor Jim Johnston — Short

Just another day at the virtual office? A homicidal hacker seems to have found a way to kill his coworkers via the virtual reality network. Jim has two choices: rely on his exwife, or have his head blown off. Decisions, decisions. But where does virtual end and reality begin? Part 2 of 2.

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