Issue of October 30, 2006

Fever Dreams 110 by Sand Pilarski — Comics

According to folklore...

Birds of Ripon 04 by Bernie Pilarski — Comics birds

Certainly there is a valid reason for studying birds -- politics is the Number One.

Masked and Anonymous by Alun Evans — Cover story short fiction

Alun Evans is a twenty-three year old English writer currently studying film in Cornwall, the South of England. Mainly interested in short stories and poetry, he has been influenced by a number of writers, including Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, Jack Kerouac, and Franz Kafka. He believes in the idea of simplistic writing to create as much emotion as possible in each sentence.

Mes de los Muertos by Alexandra Queen — Nonfiction

Welcome to Month of the Dead here at the Press.

Peek of the Week 065 by Michael Cohen — Photo art

Doomed Lovers

NaNoWriMo 2006: Writing Some Words on November Evenings by Cheryl Haimann — Poem rhymed parody

It's National Novel Writing Month again and the Pikers are there! This poem accompanied the goodie bags given to NaNoWriMo participants at the kick-off party in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dark Whispers: Running Amok 14 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Charlotte knows when it's time to hit the road -- or the water -- again: when lust-filled Claude's furious wife shows up to confront him!

Halloween Fun by Lydia Manx — Short nonfiction

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