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

Issue of February 10, 2025

14 articles in this issue.


Blue Skies by Prithvijeet Sinha — Art

"...the beauty of Nature..."

Sandcastles in an Hourglass by Joe Wood — Cover story speculative fiction

Joe Wood is a novice speculative fiction writer. Having graduated from Canisius College with a BS in Psychology and a BA in Creative Writing, he now studies School Psychology at SUNY Oswego. During his free time, Joe enjoys going on hikes and reading Heartstopper over and over.

They Knocked It Down by Isaiah J. King — Fiction

Isaiah J. King is a Ph.D. candidate at George Washington University, studying machine learning. When he isn't doing that, he writes short fiction and poetry.

Sonam Gupta Is a Cheater by Ankit Raj Ojha — Fiction humor

Be sure to click on the link at the very end...

Michael and Michelle by Tim Law — Fiction life

A sighting that brings two worlds together...

Their Second Date by Cynthia Bernard — Flash fiction

Cynthia Bernard is a woman in her early seventies, a long-time classroom teacher and an emerging writer of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. She lives with her husband, their pets, and many houseplants on a hill overlooking the ocean, about 25 miles south of San Francisco.

How I Love to Write by H.L. Dowless — Poem

"...We all live for something..."

When Abortion's Not an Option by Frank De Canio — Poem

"...the germinating seed that grows..."

Probably Salsa by Christina Chin and Sarang Bhand — Poem rengay

A rengay collaboration

A Monster of Light in Motion by Scott Thomas Outlar — Poem unrhymed

"...Chaos scrambles the pattern’s picture..."

Distillation by M. Benjamin Thorne — Poem unrhymed

M. Benjamin Thorne is an Associate Professor of Modern European History at Wingate University. Possessed of a lifelong love of history and poetry, he is interested in exploring the synergy between the two.

Picasso's Canvas by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

"...the tender, the kind, the caring..."

The Spur and Scent of Descriptive Writing by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...The bard’s pen built a bond..."

Why There's Now a Gombolar Between the Godwink and the Gonja** by John Grey — Poem unrhymed

"...It smells something strange – human..."

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