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

Issue of June 20, 2005

8 articles in this issue.


Fever Dreams 048 by Sand Pilarski — Comics

Flying Fish

Bit of Life? by Lydia Manx — Cover story short fiction horror vampire mature content

Rachel is suffering from a strange malady. Cramping muscles, tormented dreams that bleed over into her waking hours until she cannot be sure what's real. How can this be happening to her? And how is it that she keeps seeing ...him? *Parental Advisory*

Batman Begins: Father Knows Best, or Bat to the Basics! by Bernie and Sand Pilarski — News movie reviews opinion

Summer movie time, and Bernie and Sand go off to check out Batman Begins!

An Organized Life: Part 3 of 4 by Mary Klaebel — Nonfiction how-to

Closets! Are you overrun with things you haven't worn since college, or since your teenager was born? Or will never fit into again? Don't worry, you can probably get those closets under control in seven easy steps that will probably take you less than two hours, start to finish.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Night of the Living 'Do by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed humor hair supernatural

Stay away from the hair lightener, Carol Ann! Too much abuse of home care products has grave consequence, and even after the color has been fixed, there's something supernaturally creepy about that glamorous new style.

Meanderings 22 by Basil D. — Op_ed humor high school smoking

In which Basil pays for his indiscrete behaviour in high school. Back in those days, it was good to be a student athlete — deferential treatment, hero worship, a chance to date cheerleaders. But there was one big drawback: student athletes were forbidden to smoke.

A Night Out of Sorts by Lydia Manx — Poem unrhymed

A storm intrudes upon a night's sleep.

NASCAR Dreams 04 by Ed Moyer — Short fiction contemporary action

Inside the dark helmet, the rookie was in his haven, he was master of his own destiny. No harm could befall him whilst he was in his fortress. His breathing had returned to normal. His eyes were pinpoints as he went into a type of tunnel vision only seeing what was transpiring directly in front of him. He finally saw it, he could feel it, smell it, and taste it all at once. The Almighty Draft, he now knew how to conquer it. He now understood all those things that the legends had spoken of, when he was a youth. He was no longer afraid of going too fast. There was no such thing. Adrenaline began to pump through his veins instead of the normal red blood cells...

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