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

Issue of April 2, 2007

6 articles in this issue.


Everybody Loves Ramen, or Guilty Pleasures by Piker Staff — Cover story collaboration short essays

Oh, quit trying to convince everyone that you only eat healthy fresh food. Almost everyone has some nasty craving for foods that are less than gourmet. Maybe it's Vienna Sausages. Maybe it's those four-for-a-dollar chicken pot pies. Maybe it's nachos made with jar cheese and barbecue flavored potato chips ... you'll note, as some Filthy Pikers share their thoughts, that not one of them mentioned chocolate, Bane of Waistlines everywhere. Hmm. Probably because not a one of them feels guilty about it.

Lichloved 64 by Alexandra Queen — Dark humor, fantasy

Atone for your misdeeds while you may.

Peek of the Week 085 by Alexandra Queen — Photo art

Armless, headless, she still haunts the room where she met her fate ...

In the Trunk by Sand Pilarski — Poem rhymed humor

A ride in the trunk is what this woman needs ... and the secret, savory destination ...

Dark Whispers: Running Amok 33 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Charlotte keeps hearing more and more stuff she never thought she'd hear, like she how she missed her old pals and how they just avoided her for so many years ... and then she hears that Legs has lost track of the little witch spawn???!

The Aser Stories 07: Crosspasses Market by Sand Pilarski — Short fiction fantasy humor

Take a deep breath -- there's something on the breeze. Must be the Twosday Market in Crosspasses.

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