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

Issue of December 4, 2004

8 articles in this issue.


Fever Dreams 022 by Sand Pilarski — Comic

Why kangaroos should never wear garter belts.

Contests: Literal Lattes and Santa by Gillespie and Queen — News

Literal-Latte.com seeks poetry about food and any sort of fictions under 6,000 words in length, while here at the Piker Press we will be seeking unusual letters to Santa.

In Which HP Lovecraft, a Baseball Bat and a Balloon All Work in Tandem... by Basil D. — Nonfiction

Cover story.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Bruce-Free Thanksgiving by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed

With the holidays approaching, your only hope is to contract some mysterious and highly contagious disease. Otherwise you'll have to put up with... the relatives.

Dawn by Patrick Devine — Poem

Poem

Anachronocity v8p9 by Josh Brown — Serial

Vol. 8 - Truth and the Goddess Arl - Part 9 <br> As if Katlyn didn't have enough problems with her injured leg, Horus's non-responsive attitude, and six unconscious bodies. Now add an approaching gang of thugs and all she needs is another hole in the head to have a perfect day.

At Your Service 01 by Jeff Vierra — Serial

<b>Chapter One: The Start of a New Day</b>. Ever wonder what kind of man takes a religious vow? Steve is about to be ordained as a Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church. His story is a little bit earthy, a little bit mystic, and a little bit about wondering that very same question himself.

Abnormal Psych 101 by Reety Holt — Serial fiction contemporary

From the day she was offered a full time secretary to the director of the residency training program in psychiatry, this temp understood that a lot of the strangest cases to come through the office weren't necessarily patients.

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