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

Issue of July 25, 2005

9 articles in this issue.


Fever Dreams 051 by Sand Pilarski — Comics

It's no different in the insect world...

I Hate Tom Cruise Week by Alexandra Queen — Cover story
When Bad People Happen to Good Things by Tedi Trindle — Nonfiction editorial

If you're feeling depressed, don't listen to Tom Cruise. It won't help, and it might hurt a lot more than you think.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Martong Theme Restaurant by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed

Weenies in a blanket used to sound unappetizing. Then along came Eric Wang and his Martong Theme Restaurant - now a chain of diners in Taiwan were you can eat while sitting on a toilet, out of a plate shaped like a toilet, from a menu featuring food like soft-serve chocolate ice cream. Pass the weenies, please.

Meanderings 27 by Basil D. — Op_ed humor

In which Basil attempts to blame his expanding waistline on anything and everything else and comes to a chilling conclusion -- what he eats just may actually be his own responsibility. A horror story.

Oh, Tom -- With Greatest Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning by Sand Pilarski — Poem humor

Let's celebrate "Can't stand Tom Cruise Week" with a sonnet from a Piker Geeze! "How do I loathe thee ... ?"

Two TomKat Poems by Cheryl Haimann — Poem rhymed humor
Time Traveler 02 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction romance contemporary mature content

Part Two of <i>Time Traveler</i>. No one really knows how Life, the Universe, and Everything came to be. Origins are lost from memory, even the origins of the people we come to be ...

The Power of Friendship 03 by Anna Parrish — Short fiction fantasy mature content

Seven years have passed, and Blackman has returned once more. Thoughts of the past burn in his mind, but not warm feelings of friendship. Hate and revenge are the driving forces in Blackman's life, and he is willing to strike a bargain with the warlock and serve a demon to further his dark goals. It seems Blackman has chosen his path, and yet no choice is written in stone -- the old school teacher sends an urgent letter to Blackman's childhood companion, begging him to return. Is Harper's simple gift of friendship going to be strong enough to counter the lure of vengeance and power? Part three of five.

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