Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 06, 2026
Fred Russell

Fred Russell

Fred Russell is the pen name of an American-born writer living in Israel. His novels "Rafi's World" and "The Links in the Chain" both appeared in 2014.

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About Fred Russell

Fred Russell is the pen name of an American-born writer living in Israel. His novels Rafi's World (Fomite Press), dealing with Israel's emerging criminal class, and The Links in the Chain (CCLaP), a thriller set in New York with an Arab-Israel background, were both published in 2014. His stories and essays have appeared in Third Coast, Polluto, Fiction on the Web, Wilderness House Literary Review, Ontologica, Unlikely Stories: Episode 4, The Satirist, CounterPunch, Gadfly, Cultural Weekly, Ragazine, etc.

Books by Fred Russell

Opinion

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  • Wreaking Havoc

    Fred Russell offers some thoughts on "escapism" and inadequacy after watching the film "Taken."

  • Grisham

    If you can really write well, don't you want to...

  • Simenon Again

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Essay

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  • "I Shot My Parents"

    If you're allergic to peanuts, you don't keep them in the kitchen pantry. If heroin is dangerous, you don't sell it at the grocery store. Then think about this...