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

Issue of December 28, 2020

15 articles in this issue.


Morning Light by Ajanta Paul — Cover story fiction life love

Ajanta Paul is a widely-published poet, short story writer and critic from Kolkata, India who has been in academia for ages and has returned to her first love -- writing. She did her PhD in English from Jadavpur University in the 1990s and is currently working at Women's Christian College, Kolkata.

Economics by the Shovelful by Harvey Silverman — Essay memoir

It was a snow day! Time for all the fun in the world in the best weather of all...

Recorded for Quality Assurance by Tim Miller — Fiction humor

Let's see, 25 years ago ... what did you know in 1995?

Sanyal, Haiku #2 by Jharna Sanyal — Poem haiku

Haiku by Jharna Sanyal...

A State of Upheavals by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...the state of the world was a commotion..."

Bourbon Trail by John Patrick Robbins — Poem unrhymed

"...a dash of water and bitter truths..."

Chinese Sonnets by Robert Ronnow — Poem unrhymed

"...Nobody pities the pointless samurai or gives him food..."

Me by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...the window shade down so I can not see out..."

PAPER MOON (1973) by Jay Passer — Poem unrhymed

Part autobio, part fabrication, part fantasy, part critique, Passer's poetry threads through movies he's witnessed over the last 50 years.

Stay Home by Ahmad Al-Khatat — Poem unrhymed

"...We were weak in times, but we never fall..."

Un-Unbirthday by Alex Andy Phuong — Poem unrhymed

"...We were all born for a reason..."

Winter's Shawl of Song by Judith Alexander Brice — Poem unrhymed

"...magic petals of snow their cold to sizzle the ground..."

Place Settings 05 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family

Is it worth worrying about? Or is it just that it's dark and damp and ugly...?

Bohemian Morning 07 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires mature content

Think of it as supernatural liposuction for the too-fat underbelly of crime...

"Soccer" by Adam Kluger — Visual art

Adam Kluger is a New York City short-story writer and artist and a distant cousin of famed British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein. Kluger is one of the leaders of New York's Anti-Art movement. His book "Desperate Times: Short Stories" is available on Amazon in paperback and as illustrated ebooks.

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