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

Issue of December 23, 2019

11 articles in this issue.


Caldwell's Eve by Ralph Bland — Cover story fiction

After closing time on a lonely Christmas Eve...

An Existential Tale of Childhood 2 by Pranab Ghosh — Essay

Victor's father has tried to instill in Victor the value of human life. Now can he do the same with a love of knowledge?

Let Us Talk And Walk Writing Different Types Of Sentences by Ndaba Sibanda — Essay humor

Instruction in the use of sentences can be demonstrated this way...

What Do I Know 8 by Bernie Pilarski — Essay life

"The eighth in series of "Unresearched Essays," short, one topic essays, written using only information from memory, that perhaps provide an opportunity to shed a little light on who I am.

The Letter by Ronald Paxton — Fiction family

Remember to be open to kindness, even when it seems like it's too late...

I, Muffin 4 by Leo Siegel and Ron Singer — Fiction humor

Go out for tea, and while you're there, all kinds of things happen...

The Shoppers by Eric Suhem — Fiction humor

Hot commodities!

Capturing Color by Samantha Swain — Poem unrhymed

Samantha Swain is a young writer living in the Sacramento area with her family and significant other. She received a graduate degree in Immunology but has since decided to leave science behind in the pursuit of creative writing and studio art.

Christmas Spirit by Judith Alexander Brice — Poem unrhymed

Judith Alexander Brice is a retired Pittsburgh psychiatrist whose love of nature and acquaintance with illness inform much of her work.She has had over 50 poems published in journals and anthologies, including "The Golden Streetcar," "Voxpopulisphere.com," "The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette," "The Magnolia Review.com," and "Annals of Internal Medicine."

Monarch by Charles Cicirella — Poem unrhymed

"...Unfiltered, undisguised..."

Your name upon the air by Fabrice Poussin — Poem unrhymed

"...I will carve your name where it only belongs..."

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