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

Issue of March 27, 2005

10 articles in this issue.


Fever Dreams 037 by Sand Pilarski — Comics

A serious case of ponies envy...

Contests: College Stories by Kellie Gillespie — News writing contests

CollegeStories.com and Random House is teaming up for a book about college life. They are looking for true stories about your funniest or wildest times in college. All stories will be published anonymously, so you don't have to worry about any embarrassing moments cropping up when you least expect them.

Contests: Piker Press Poetry Open by Cheryl Haimann — News writing contests

There is still time to get your anapest together and enter our March poetry contest.

Know Your Writing Markets 08 by Kellie Gillespie — News writing markets

Got some favorite funny stories kicking around your family? This week's look at humor markets might be just the thing.

iShuffle by Ed Moyer — Nonfiction product review

The iShuffle offers the ability to quickly transfer information, photos, or music to what amounts to basically a portable hard drive. What? Yeah, don't worry. A hard-workin, motorcycle-ridin, non-Macintosh-using Texan brings you a product review for technology fans who don't necessarily know much about technology.

Meanderings 13 by Basil D. — Op_ed humor food diet

<b>The Snot-Kid Diet.</b> What could turn a blissfully "heavy eater" away from a paradise-like buffet? Weight loss is just one snot-nosed kid away.

Oort Cloud Oddities: HMO blues by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed humor health care

Signing up for health insurance is almost worse than life threatening diseases.

Sanctuary by Lydia Manx — Poem blank verse

Free verse.

This is the Day by Ed Moyer — Poem blank verse

Free verse.

Moldageddon: The End of Shara's World 02 by Vipsania Lim — Short fiction horror sci-fi apocalyptic mature content

An evening of headgames and petty power struggles has turned deadly. Shara must face the predators at home to seek help, where a sexual assault forces her to make a stand. The strange goings-on around her are a harbinger of the end of an entire way of life, but Shara is blind to everything but her own little world crashing down around her. Part two of two. <a href="http://www.pikerpress.com/advisory.cfm">Parental Advisory.</a>

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