Issue of November 2, 2020 : Piker Press

Simenon Again by Fred Russell — Book review "A Stain on the Snow"

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Wylie Was Dead by A.J. Lagodzki — Cover story fiction horror

A.J. Lagodzki is a horror and thriller writer whose research for stories tends to leave her Google search history looking rather concerning.

Fun Sum by Harvey Silverman — Essay memoir

Is there a mathematical way to express enjoyment?

A Flattering Question by Brian Rihlmann — Poem unrhymed

"...shattered my glass against their concrete..."

A Health Timebomb Looms Large by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"Living for months without a drop of water..."

Atlanta to Destiny by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...toward a smooth ending on the tarmac of dreams..."

Covid-19, Week 11 -- A Dream by Judith Alexander Brice — Poem unrhymed

"...I need instructions, a direction to go. It's urgent, I repeat..."

Dance of Tears, Chief Nobody by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"...earth possessions strapped to my back rawhide..."

i'll be your karma by Linda M. Crate — Poem unrhymed

"...only death heavy and hard and cruel..."

Life Is Slavery by John Tustin — Poem unrhymed

"...spoken by another wearing the same ragged clothes..."

Nights Adrift by Frederick Foote — Poem unrhymed

"...a release from summer's warm, wicked, wiles...."

Recycle Bin Baby by Ryan Quinn Flanagan — Poem unrhymed

"...unforgiving Canadian winter..."

"...grows heavy, veins fill with polypropylene..."