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

Issue of August 20, 2007

7 articles in this issue.


Twins! by Mel Trent — Cover story short fiction

<b>Prologue: A Brief History of Angel City and the Collapse of the Shaman Rail Line</b><br><br> <p>2000 years ago, the Four Great Ships <i>Salvation, Absolution, Redemption</i> and <i>Phoenix</i>, crossed the edge of a dying universe and entered another to start life anew. Aboard <i>Salvation</i> were three psychics, Talon Konstantine, his daughter, Regan, and Daigoro. Each of them possessed the powers of the three star angels, Shaman, Firefly and Yuusei, who were created when the universe was born to protect the creatures of the universe from threats like the Void that had consumed the one from which they had so recently fled. The chronicles written at that time claim the existence of a fourth star angel psychic, called Samurai, who stayed behind to seal the Void. There is no evidence today of this mysterious fourth psychic except that the Void has not encroached this universe.

Lichloved 77 by Alexandra Queen — Dark humor, fantasy mature content

The Mounds of Scorpid Hominae. Hazz's description of chimeric magic gets sadly derailed. Never talk to thugs, children.

Pinhead Story: Part Four by Sam Virzi — Fiction

If you remember Dirty Harry Callahan and his Magnum, you probably can remember wishing you had a pistol and could deliver those famous lines just the way Clint Eastwood did ...

The Red Ripe Goodness of Summer by Lydia Manx — Food

Lydia Manx shares her secret talent for making jam.

Peek of the Week 104 by Jerry Seeger — Photo art

Active vent in the central crater of Mt. Etna, in Sicily.

Dark Whispers: Running Amok 51 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires mature content

Bartender Tim is only just starting to realize that his master, Kenyon, is not nearly as in control of things as he thought he was. Kenyon's territory is being invaded, and the invaders do seem to have the upper hand ...

The Aser Stories 25: Rose-Covered Cottages by Sand Pilarski — Short fiction fantasy humor

What kind of house suits you?

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