Issue of August 27, 2018 : Piker Press

About THE ODDS 26 by Bill Harvey — Comic

The nice thing is the lack of crowd noise...

Sinner, Come Home by Ralph Bland — Cover story fiction life

"It was humid like it was going out of style, the way it had always been when I was growing up..."

Dark Whispers: Guest in the Dungeon by Lydia Manx — Fiction horror vampires ghost mature content

Even a vampire has to watch what she eats. A careless snack lands Vickie in one of Kenyon's less inviting playrooms, where she learns a lesson that possibly even Kenyon doesn't know.

100 Opinions and Choices by Sravani Singampalli — Poem unrhymed

"...Do you feel that love is the most intriguing thing?.."

Proliferation in the Wrong Place by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...during the reign of the unseated strongman..."

Red Cardinal by Tohm Bakelas — Poem unrhymed

"...red as the cliffs of moab..."

The Howling Plains by Lana Bella — Poem unrhymed

"...Until what she feared was already breaths in her chest..."

Yogurt and Honey by Robert Ronnow — Poem unrhymed

Robert Ronnow's most recent poetry collections are New & Selected Poems: 1975-2005 (Barnwood Press, 2007) and Communicating the Bird (Broken Publications, 2012). Visit his web site at www.ronnowpoetry.com.