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

Issue of August 21, 2004

6 articles in this issue.


Contests: Zoetrope, Mona Schreiber and Cheryl by — News

Zoetrope quarterly is accepting submissions for short fiction in all genres. The Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Nonfiction is accepting entries through December 1, 2004. And here at the Piker Press, the Write Fiction Like Cheryl contest continues through August 31, 2004.

GGGL: Unconventional Courtship by Writer Gypsy — Op_ed

<b>Gypsy's Guide to Good Living:</b> My dream partner was described as "a little husky, loves to fish, wants someone to spoil and be spoiled by." Yes. I answered a personal ad.

Wicked Mother by Sand Pilarski — Poem

Poem

Anachronocity v7p3 by Josh Brown — Serial

Vol. 7 - What a Mess - Part 3 <br> The search for the escaped Elder kicks into high gear as the ship nears the trade outpost on Nelson's Folly. An unexpected visitor distracts Alex from his part in this round of hide and seek--and his sanity.

Dreamer 59 by Sand Pilarski — Serial

The paragon of virtue, Aunt Sully, has feet of clay. She knows that, and can live with that weakness ... but can she explain away that weakness to the kids? And we know she can't hide from it in her dreams.

Gamble 02 by Sailor Jim Johnston — Short

Tod Ruckle is a lowly software testing engineer just trying (and failing) to make ends meet. So why is multi-gazillionare Polyimere Ransford Millennium calling him on the phone? To make the strangest wager Tod has ever bet on. Part 2 of 5.

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