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

Issue of November 4, 2024

13 articles in this issue.


Super Emergence by Marco Etheridge — Cover story fiction horror

Marco Etheridge is a writer of prose, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His work has been featured in over one hundred reviews and journals across Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA.

The Paris Stories by Paul Marshall — Fiction

Truth, or no truth?

Limbo Can Wait by Ethan Goffman — Flash fiction

Neither here nor there...

Ricky's Surprise by Shaun Anthony McMichael — Flash fiction

Shaun Anthony McMichael has taught writing to students from around the world since 2007, in classrooms, juvenile detention halls, mental health treatment centers, and homeless youth drop-ins.

Noble Laureate by Amanda Niamh Dawson — Poem

"...Pull the stars down..."

Bury Myself by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal — Poem unrhymed

"...Who creates such woe? ..."

Drowned in the Sea of Bourbon by George Gad Economou — Poem unrhymed

"...a lighthouse somewhere in the foggy distance..."

Memorial Day by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...we kept the tank engines running all night long..."

No Easy Fix by James Penha — Poem unrhymed

"... imagined fears of harm..."

Removal Car by Joel Bush — Poem unrhymed

"...I held my breath for a century..."

So Bloody by Taylor Dibbert — Poem unrhymed

"...writing his heart out..."

When the Fireside Is Freezing and Life Is Low by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Please let there be light at the end of that tired tunnel..."

Consolaçam 6 by Ron Singer — Serial fiction

Uzriel Abreu embarks upon a wide-sweeping change to his life.

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