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

Issue of May 1, 2005

8 articles in this issue.


Book Review: Dreamer by Sand Pilarski by Wendy Robards — book review

Rich characters and vivid dreams provide the counterpoint to this tale of relationships as Solange Ambris loses first her exquisite but straying husband, then her admirable but controlling mother, leaving the middle-aged Sully left with the task of finally deciding for herself who she is when not defined by others.

Fever Dreams 041 by Sand Pilarski — Comics

Normally, Little Red Riding Hood knew better than to check the mail before breakfast.

WebSurfing 17 by Cheryl Haimann — News internet opinion

Cheryl Haimann appears as a guest columnist to reassure us that even though National Poetry Month is over for another year, the Web makes it easy to bring poetry into your life all year long.

Myths of Modern Japan 02 by Terri Edwards — Nonfiction Japan travel

No trees. Fake plastics replacing real bamboo left and right. Wildlife pressed into ever-decreasing spaces. Constant complaints about the weather. Is it any wonder that a foreigner living in Japan might blink when her neighbors tell her, "We Japanese love nature"?

Meanderings 17 by Basil D. — Op_ed editorial

<b>Check-out Girl.</b> Once upon a time, back when the cold war was raging and ugly gold medallions were considered the height of fashion, I attended high school. One of the girls in my class, Ann, was funny, pretty and absolutely brilliant &mdash; a straight A student all through school. I found out recently that sometimes the brilliant ones don't make it in life the way you'd think. Sometimes they fall through the cracks.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Steroids and Baseball by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed humor editorial sports

Just call em the St. Louis Carnies and be done with it, because this whole steroids-in-baseball freak show isn't going to be over until the Bearded Lady strikes out.

Heart Strong by Lydia Manx — Poem unrhymed

Free verse

Anachronocity v9p6 by Josh Brown — Serial fiction, sci fi

Vol. 9 - Mama's Pride - Part 6 <br> Just what does Franky remember? Katlyn reveals to Alex her findings on the past of General Frank Oswald--what he was, and how he came to be what he is now.

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