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

Issue of July 28, 2008

9 articles in this issue.


How The Twister Came To Kansas by David Lignell — Cover story short fiction

David Lignell lives with his wife Colleen and their family in Lawrence, Kansas. He is an active member of Pam Casto's flash-fiction workshop listserv.

Lichloved 80-somethin' Synopsis by Alexandra Queen — Dark humor, fantasy

Holy crap, it's been a while. Let's get caught up on the story, shall we?

Lichloved 82 by Alexandra Queen — Dark humor, fantasy

The Mounds of Scorpid Hominae. The troop isn't listening, so Hazzanghoul uses small words...

A Weekend with Hellboy and Mamma: Movie Reviews by Lydia Manx — Movie review

Staff Writer Lydia Manx gets the movie-going bug and tells us what she thought of "Hellboy 2" and "Mamma Mia!"

The X-Files 2: I Just Want To Leave by Bernie and Sand Pilarski — Movie review

Yet another movie weekend! Bernie and Sand go see "The X-Files: I Want To Believe."

Peek of the Week 153 by Cheryl Haimann — Photo art

Astrophotograpy: the Moon.

Patterns in Blood 36 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

In a race against time, Alanna returns in disgust to the Hagen family home to find a key that might save Michael's life.

Nightmare by Ron Mulhollen — Short fiction

Waking exhausted from an uneasy sleep, the worst thing for the sleeper to find out is that there is no escape ...

The Aser Stories 60: Fish Story by Sand Pilarski — Short fiction fantasy

Recent history gets tweaked as Dan Ur-Jennan relates how she single-handedly defeated the army of Kaladang the Axe. Well, of COURSE there's lots of beer involved!

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