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

Issue of August 18, 2008

9 articles in this issue.


Crossing the River: Review by Wendy Robards — Book review

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Crossing the River" by Caryl Phillips.

Sweetsmoke: Book Review and Give-away by Wendy Robards — Book review

Wendy Robards reviews "Sweetsmoke," by David Fuller, and explains how to enter her book give-away

Turn Off the Main Road: Color The Skies! by Sand Pilarski — Cover story nonfiction

No other sound is like it -- it's not a hiss, it's not like the sound of the wind; though loud, it is nothing like a shout or an explosion. The sound of purposeful flames leaping out to heat the air, to make the air lighter than you ever thought it could be -- that sound is a jubilant roar, the sound of a dragon exulting in power, the power to make people fly ...

Lichloved 85 by Alexandra Queen — Dark humor, fantasy

The Mounds of Scorpid Hominae. Ashlinne is putting everything she's got into this relationship. Why doesn't her new friend want to stay and play?

Lichloved 86 - Bonus! by Alexandra Queen — Dark humor, fantasy

The Mounds of Scorpid Hominae. ...because Hazzanghoul can't resist being the homewrecker. Bonus strip!

Peek of the Week 156 by Chas Wallace — Photo art

A view of the Sundial Peaks across Lake Blanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.

Patterns in Blood 39 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

He's a what? A double agent? A spy? A collaborator to a lot of murders? An assassin? Alanna comes to the conclusion that automatic weapons ... and other weapons more obscure are the only answer.

Avalon Springs, Part 2 by Dan Mulhollen — Short fiction mature content

Are words only words, or can they be something more? And is a gesture only a gesture, or can it be a statement of belief? And who is it who really has the right to decide what meanings words or gestures have for each person?

The Aser Stories 63: The Second Step by Sand Pilarski — Short fiction fantasy

You know how they say "The first step's a doozy?" Well it's a piece of cake until you decide to put the next step in front of the first.

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