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

Issue of October 30, 2004

10 articles in this issue.


Fever Dreams 019 by Sand Pilarski — Comic

The origins of war.

Contests: NaNoWriMo, Wergle Flomp, Ghost Story Results by Gillespie and Queen — News

Write a 50,000 word novel in thirty days, submit a subversive parody to a real poetry contest, and get the straight dope on the Piker Press Ghost Story Contest.

Dia de los Muertos 2004 by Alexandra Queen — Nonfiction myth culture

Cover story

GGGL: Container Gardening for the Space Challenged by Writer Gypsy — Op_ed

Do you dream of fresh vegetables but have nowhere to grow them? No need to sneak into the neighbor's yard, simply follow these steps to create a container garden that will fit anywhere.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Key Ring Synergy by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed

Marriage is a mysterious thing. A normal quirk in one partner can combine with a normal quirk in the other partner to create a synergistic insanity that outsiders find boggling.

Just 21 by Lydia Manx — Poem

Poem

Anachronocity v8p4 by Josh Brown — Serial

Vol. 8 - Truth and the Goddess Arl - Part 4 <br> Alex is busted for knowing and saying the true name of the Goddess Arl. In the void of time, Katlyn hears the true origins of the Elders and their ultimate plans for the future.

The Rubiyaat of Ozzie 27 by Alexandra Queen — Serial fantasy humor

It's a chicken the size of a rowboat, and it's got Minerva! Heedless of his own safety, Ozzie is willing to charge up a mountain, off the side of a cliff, and into the bowels of a mountain to save the fair lady. She's kind of a scrapper, though, and it looks like there will be more saving to do before the day is over.

Metaphysical Sex by Kellie Gillespie — Short

The winner of the 2004 Piker Press Ghost Story contest. Let the secretary welcome you to the Institute for the Sexual Study of Metaphysical Beings. Ghost busting will never be the same.

Nightplay by Lydia Manx — Short

What was supposed to be fun evening at the club has turned into an involuntary adventure at what it's like to be dead. After a run-in with vampires, spirit mediums and vengeful dead, this ghost is about to learn that the underbelly of the city just gets seamier when you cross over to the other side.

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