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

Issue of April 14, 2008

9 articles in this issue.


Review in Haiku: By Bread Alone by Katrina Stonoff — Book review

Katrina Stonoff reviews "By Bread Alone" by Sarah-Kate Lynch.

Black Whiskey by Mel Trent — Cover story short fiction fantasy

Unexpectedly, McBride is the next best hope for the injured Kaine and Iai. McBride knows that Iai has the power to heal himself, but what about Kaine, who was never expected to survive his own birth? But it is an odd fact that power comes when you're willing to take it ...

Notes From the Office 07 by Cheryl Haimann — Editorial

Tennyson wrote, "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." The Academy of American Poets suggests that in spring, and specifically in April, you turn your fancy to poetry.

Peek of the Week 138 by Barb Goss — Photo art

Border collie puppy Luke Goss in his Pennsylvania spring.

Keeping Up With The Suzukis by Terri Edwards — Poem
Truly Madly by Lydia Manx — Poem rhymed
Patterns in Blood 21 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Mugged, her house in scattered disarray from intruders, Alanna struggles to make sense of her world, only to suddenly smell -- smoke!

The Aser Stories 45: Hot Stuff by Sand Pilarski — Short fiction fantasy

Aser, Danner, and Margot the Troll find a really excellent tavern -- but it has a nasty secret, and not just that a certain bartender has a thing for trolls...

Really? by Kevin Landis — Short science fiction

Which is more attractive, the dreamer or the realist? Roy became an explanation in and of himself...

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