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

Issue of August 1, 2005

7 articles in this issue.


Fever Dreams 052 by Sand Pilarski — Comics

Bethie has no idea how to solve her ant problem.

Peek of the Week 01 by Sand Pilarski — Comics photograph

Our image of the week - a photo of fortnight lilies.

OnceWritten.com Contests for 2005 by Monica Poling — News writing contests

Three writing contests are coming up at OnceWritten.com for 2005 - Halloween Fiction, Summer Poetry, and Fall Fiction.

Ask Biker Ed 04 by Ed Moyer — Nonfiction

Whether you call it the Ride Bell, Biker Bell or Grimling Bell, it's a classic part of biker mythos that everyone who throws a leg across should know.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Astrological Hair by Alexandra Queen — Op_Ed humor astrology astronomy

Disbelieve astrology if you must, but don't mock the stars. They will get you. Alex allows her hair to give a horoscope, then allows her mouth to get her in trouble with the planets.

Time Traveler 03 by Sand Pilarski — Serial Fiction contemporary romance mature content

Augusta accepts a lunch invitation from the phallus-obsessed Radigan, and finds heavenly food and a disconcerting observation by a tall, dark stranger. "I wasn't looking for anything more than food," she says. "Maybe it would have been better if I had just gone hungry."

The Power of Friendship 04 by Anna Parrish — Short fiction fantasy mature content

Harper has returned to see if his friendship can save his boyhood companion from the darkness that seems to be consuming him. A hair cut, a bath, some clean clothes might change Blackman outwardly, but is there anything to be done to turn the inside away from the evil and hatred he has embraced? Part four of five.

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