Issue of May 26, 2008
11 articles in this issue.
There was a reason that the Munchkins were so fond of Glinda ...
Once upon a time, there were a bunch of Writers who had all kinds of words trying to pour out of their heads, through their fingers, and into print. Having little opportunity to get published, the Writers felt sluggish and sad, like highways with a magical traffic jam. Then one day, a tall blonde editor with a silver sword and an imagination like a wizard par excellence appeared, struck a computer with a spell of coding, and made The Piker Press appear ...
Dan Mulhollen tokes a new look at an old classic fairy tale: "The Little Match Girl."
Dan twists another fairy tale into something to make your eyes bug out.
"I always hated this fairy-tale," says Lydia Manx. "It was a pleasure to give 'Snow White and Rose Red' a new look."
Spin staw into gold? A little man with an unknown identity? Lydia Manx revisits "Rumplestiltskin".
Unseasonably cold and wet weather on Memorial Day weekend drives Sand and Bernie to the movies as easily as record heat waves do -- this time to see "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
Dogwood blossom, Moore Square, downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.
Peter's horrifying revelation about the state of Alanna's house makes her realize that she was never really as safe as she thought ... and neither were her friends ...
An Aser story. Is there anything sicker than an entire community of mimes? First appeared 2003-11-29
There is more than one side to any story, even a fairy tale.