Issue of April 12, 2010

Iron Lake: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "Iron Lake"

Wendy Robards reviews the book "Iron Lake" by William Kent Krueger.

Red Shirt by Alexandra Queen — Comics

We all knew who would be the next victim ...

Better Than The Alternative by Mel Trent — Cover story short fiction fantasy

Poor Jack Runner. Mel Trent has chronicled his troubles before, but this time, she chooses an alternative reality for his story ...

Notes From the Office 26: Alternate Realities by Sand Pilarski — Editorial

What a fine, fat issue for the 8th Anniversary of the Piker Press!

Peek of the Week 242 by Richard Voza — Photo art

A sky full of improbable and magnificent color.

Strange Bedfellows 33 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires werewolves

Kenyon is on the hunt, and Renee has a hiding place, far, far away ... but it's an odd sort of hideout ...

A Second Chance by Dan Mulhollen — Short fiction alternate reality

It was like having a rug pulled out from under your feet. And yet, the fall itself taught a lesson about balance ..

Waiting For Nightfall by Lydia Manx — Short fiction fantasy

When it comes to the end, do you do what is right, or do you do what is inevitable?

And On The Seventh Day, God Chuckled by Jeffrey Carl Jefferis — Short fiction fun

What can you not admire about penguins?

Hoops With Lenin by Tyler Willson — Short fiction fun

Word is out on the street: Great Lenin plays some mean ball. Do you care to join him?

A Modern Narrative [6] by M.J. Nicholls — Short fiction insanity mature content

M.J. Nicholls concludes his Modern Narratives ... will Lucy Biatch and the feckless Nigel survive?

Life Less Love 4 by Peter Driscoll — Short fiction relationships mature content

The beginning, so full of promise. If we knew what the words would become, would we even say, "Hello"?