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

Issue of August 24, 2009

9 articles in this issue.


Notes From the Office 18: Look Out! It's the Aliens Issue! by Sand Pilarski — Cover story editorial

Yes, it's late, but it's worth waiting for! The Staff of the Piker Press comes through with all kinds of ideas that have just been waiting for the right moment ...

Peek of the Week 209 by Richard Voza — Photo art

Tree of Life at Disneyworld, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Earth Girls AREN'T Easy by Ed Moyer — Short fiction science fiction

Joy-riding vacations before graduation are not a good idea, even if you have a pal with a ride who says he knows all about the locals ...

Existence of the Unasked by Lydia Manx — Short fiction science fiction

Possibly the most annoying of alien abductions is not the one which is simply inconvenient, but the one that is also completely mistaken ...

Footnote by Mel Trent — Short fiction science fiction

They came to Mars from Gurstock as the latter planet disintegrated in waves of nuclear blasts. The Gurstockians didn't seem to mind ... they had a goal ...

The Hunt by Carrie A. Golden — Short fiction science fiction

It came from space in a fiery cluster of molten steel, shattering the solitude that covered the blue water below as it plunged deep into the cold darkness. There it would lie dormant, to be stirred by life that flourished both in the water and above.

The Singularity by Chas Wallace — Short fiction science fiction

Inexplicable, inexorable ... only those who witnessed the Singularity truly understood the meaning of those words.

Gray by Dan Mulhollen — Short science fiction

Color matters in a population ... at least until the population realizes that color doesn't matter, and that we're all people under whatever skin color we wear ...

On The Wagon by Tyler Willson — Short science fiction

Dint your Momma ever tell you that gettin' pie-faced drunk could get you took advantage of?

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