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

Issue of August 16, 2010

10 articles in this issue.


Wild Comfort: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "Wild Comfort"

Wendy Robards reviews the book, "Wild Comfort" by Kathleen Dean Moore.

The Traverse by Jacob Andrew — Cover story short fiction

Just a hike, one might think, until the air stops nourishing your lungs, and the cold gnaws at your arms and legs, and gravity whispers that just one wrong step will be your last...

Almost Buca Di Beppo ... On the Cheap by Lydia Manx — Food "chicken saltimbocca"

If you've ever loved chicken saltimbocca at the wonderful restaurant Buca di Beppo, you'll enjoy this home-made version.

The Expendables: Danger, Danger, Will Robinson ... by Bernie and Sand Pilarski — Movie review "The Expendables"

Without checking early reviews, Bernie and Sand head off to the movies to see the first showing of "The Expendables."

Peek of the Week 260 by Richard Voza — Photo art

A flag hangs from the porch of a country house on Mantua Pike, Mantua, New Jersey, USA.

Raindrop Baby by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

I'm a raindrop Chicago baby, silhouetted in the night ...

Transitions 61 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family relationships

The new suite is finished, and it is time for Owen to move to the third floor. Yet doesn't that move of a few steps put him a lot farther away from the comforts of his childhood?

Strange Bedfellows 51 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires werewolves

Harry has been compromised, which means that the group's ace in the hole was no longer the highest card in the deck. Political intrigue tangles them like a spider's web ...

If Only She Could See His Teeth by Jeffrey Carl Jefferis — Short fiction

Love breathes slowly, watching quietly, and nothing at all is better than this, except ...

Flying Fox Part 2 by Cody Stanford — Short fiction fantasy

Another day, another battle to cross the gorge. The same as every day, except that today, a precious burden falls ...

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