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

Issue of April 30, 2012

12 articles in this issue.


Destructo-Week by Sand Pilarski — Announcement

Yes, we noticed that we were dead in the water for a week! Now we're back ...

The Snow Child: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "The Snow Child"

A Russian fairy tale forms the core of Eowyn Ivey's novel, "The Snow Child," a story of grief and recovery.

Barbaro by Barry Udoff — Cover story essay horse race Preakness Barbaro

Truly one of the worst moments in racing ...

Pirates! Band of Misfits: Avast, Ye Lubbers! by Bernie and Sand Pilarski — Movie review "Pirates! Band of Misfits"

With high hopes and lots of popcorn, Bernie and Sand skip merrily off to the theater for this long-awaited animated film.

The Twinning 5 by Barbara Rendall — Novella culture China

A tour bus visiting a village is a source of income for the inhabitants, but what will they make of a tour bus in distress blocking a road?

Peek of the Week 347 by Jacob Andrew — Photo art

A waterfall graces the forest along the Dosewallips Trail in the Olympic Mountains of Washington, USA.

The Complex 22 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires mature content

Now let a powerful Vampire Master show you what he can do ...

The Sangoma by KK Brown — Short fiction africa

What price can you put on Wisdom?

The Truth About Mummies by Ed Moyer — Short fiction fantasy

The battle is to the death, but who watches the fallen to steal away the vision of Valhalla?

Hot Cocoa by Ben Bartman — Short fiction haunting

When the lines between what is real and what isn't real begin to blur and tangle, the falling man may not know where to reach out his hand ...

P Is for Poetry by Jonathan D. Scott — Short fiction humor poetry

Really, you'd think H.W. Longfellow would have known better than to write something like that ...

The Girls Next Door by Ralph Bland — Short fiction relationships

Life is change, they say, but even a small change in life is like being swept downstream, and the banks of the river are never the same ...

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