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

Issue of November 13, 2004

9 articles in this issue.


Contests: Five Points James Dickey Prize for Poetry by Gillespie and Queen — News

Five Points is a literary journal that publishes quality fiction, essays, poetry, photographs, artwork and interviews; now, they're looking for poems with an original voice. And significance. And don't forget -- it's not too late to join in for NaNoWriMo and the Darklight anti-fanfic contests.

Lo-Carb for the Holidays? by Wendy Robards — Op_ed

Do you dream about buttery cookies, pies crammed with fruit, the brown glaze of fat turkeys just out of the oven, and mounds of garlicky mashed potatoes? This holiday season, just kick those skinny little lo-carb Nazis to the curb and enjoy yourself. After all, carbs are organic.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Viking Sanchez by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed

When your daughter's first and best loved dolly, the one named after a dearly departed family member, is just too decrepid and smelly to go on, there's only one way to dispose of it. Break out the little horned helmets: it's time for a Viking Dolly Funeral.

Acupuncture by Monique Jetton — Op_ed alternative medicine

The Chinese have been swearing by it for centuries. Who's to say that acupuncture doesn't work? To this westerner exploring the medical mysteries of the east, the results are good enough to keep going back. From needles to the skin, to medicinal herbs taped directly to the ear, Monique finds that she is all for reordering the flow of her <i>Qi</i>.

Veteran's Day 2004 by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed political military essay

Cover story

Bat by Shannon Hubbell — Poem blank verse
Anachronocity v8p6 by Josh Brown — Serial

Vol. 8 - Truth and the Goddess Arl - Part 6 <br> Broken and bloodied, beaten and battered--these are not a few of Alex's favorite things, yet the future seems to think that they are. Alex and company face their coming fate as they're lead through an angry mob to their final destination.

Disappeared by Schizophrenic Chick — Short

A large, vacant, vintage manor decked out for Halloween makes the perfect "Haunted House", but maybe this one was decorated a little too well.

No Sparrow Shall Fall by Sailor Jim Johnston — Short

Professional dare devil Ax Roberts finds himself bound to his bed, but this isn't just another stunt. It's a wake up call. Of sorts.

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