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

Issue of November 11, 2019

10 articles in this issue.


The Eater by Harrison Kim — Cover story fiction food

A true friend is one who will give you the last French fry on the plate...

The Old Fisherman by Jerry Guarino — Fiction life

The loss is never-ending...

A Request by Cord Moreski — Poem unrhymed

"...I find myself in the kitchen asking for mercy..."

Convocation by Frederick Foote — Poem unrhymed

"...A dreary, sodden celebration..."

Death Came to My Room by Ahmad Al-Khatat — Poem unrhymed

"...I am dying of this heartless world..."

June 11th by Tony Gloeggler — Poem unrhymed

"...I appreciate how much he's missed..."

Ten Bits and Pieces by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Why fear a darkness without leopards?..."

the days too short and neverending by John Sweet — Poem unrhymed

"...you either have it or you die..."

The infertility poem or the sad woman in the photograph by Abigail George — Poem unrhymed

"...as I travel towards an unknown future...

The Goatmen of Aguirra 6 by Joseph Carrabis — Science fiction

Banks observes the Goatmen, and sees the things they do over and over, their rituals. But he knows it is time to learn more, the history, the reason, the transformation that these repetitive actions mean to the people...

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