Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Contributors with Profiles — Page 30

Moses Bakst is a Systems Engineer originally from Brooklyn, NY. He recently graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and as a member of the Jiménez-Porter Writers' House.

Nadim Silverman is a Bangladeshi-Jewish writer and illustrator based in New York City. He is currently studying creative writing at SUNY Stony Brook's MFA program.

Nathan works as a support worker in community aged care. Fantasy and Sci-Fi are his favourite genres that he enjoys reading and wants to write about. Nathan could spend hours reading about mythology, and would like to see ancient Persia become as common as medieval Europe in fantasy novels.

Nicholas Kellogg weaves chilling tales from his home in Connecticut, where he lives with his partner and balances fatherhood, with two toddlers under five and a full-time job. Early morning prior to work, he creates nightmares while many are still having them. Drawing inspiration from the eerie realities of everyday life while exploring the darkness beneath the ordinary.

Nicholas Woods is a writer and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. He wrote and directed the crime/drama ‘Echoes of Violence’ which premiered at CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL in 2020.

Sun Valley is the record holding largest trailer park in the world. We've got a meth problem, too. Jealous?

Nils Wolfcale earned a Bachelor of Arts from Ohio State University and an Associates Degree from Hocking Technological College in Nelsonville, Ohio. His short story, "Summer Music" was recently accepted by the Roanoke Review. He lives on a small farm in Northern Michigan.

Noel Lis lives in Vancouver, B.C., where they work in a Post Office. Some of their interests include exploring local hiking trails, metal detecting, and building Aliexpress watches. Noel was homeschooled and whatever preconceptions of that you might have are probably true.

Olga is a freelance writer and journalist. Her articles and book reviews appear regularly in local newspapers. She also writes short stories in the fantasy genre and is working on a novel.

Orion Andersen loves stories that capture the strange magic hidden of the mundane, prose meant to be read slowly and savored, images that arrange themselves into uncanny mosaics, and also dogs.

Pat O'Malley is a walking skin machine from New York who loves to write the kind of weird, quirky fiction that he and his friends would love to read.

Patricia Reis ~ retired professor and counselor. Recently put pen to paper to write poetry. Her work has been selected for publication. Her artistic goal is to create words that move the heart and touch the spirit.

Patrick S. Smith lives in Columbus, Ga with his wife and daughters. He is a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves. He enjoys knitting, playing video games, and watching a variety of sports.

Patty Somlo’s most recent book, "Hairway to Heaven Stories" (Cherry Castle Publishing), was a Finalist in the American Fiction Awards and Best Book Awards.

Paul G. Chamberlain is a Canadian writer. He has just published his latest book: "The Secret Alchemy of Atlantis: A Journey in Search of a Myth." He lives by the sea in British Columbia.

Paul O’Neill is an award-winning short story writer from Fife, Scotland. He runs Short Story Club on Substack where he and over 100 readers analyse the classics on a regular basis.

Paul Stansbury is the author of the five volume Inversion short story collection, "Down By the Creek – Ripples and Reflections", and "Under the Faerie Moon," an illustrated poetry book.His speculative fiction stories have appeared in a number of print anthologies as well as a variety of online publications.

Peggy Gerber is the 2021 winner of The Open Contract Challenge. When she is not busy writing poetry, she likes to indulge her love of speculative fiction by crafting stories of time machines, friendly aliens, creepy glass dolls and other phantasmagoria. In her spare time she enjoys reading, traveling, and all things magical.

Peter Dabbene has published the poetry collection Optimism, the graphic novels Ark and Robin Hood, the story collections Prime Movements and Glossolalia, and a novel, Mister Dreyfus' Demons.

Peter Rustin and his wife Leslie recently moved from Los Angeles to Peter’s native Connecticut, with their three rather intelligent cats. Peter is an attorney practicing remotely with his firm in Los Angeles.

"Despite spending 9 years in institutes of higher education, Phil only ended up taking two classes in English. (We think it shows.")

Dr. Piku Chowdhury teaches in a post graduate government-aided college and serves as a research guide, editor, author, painter, translator, singer, poet, photographer, and mental health facilitator.

Writer who lives in NYC.

R.F. Gonzalez was born in a small town in the impoverished country of Nicaragua. When he was young, he lived in Europe. When he grew up, he moved to the USA where he now does work as an investor and writing professor. One day he will write about these adventures.

Rajendra Ojha (Nayan) is a poet, social researcher, social worker, philosopher, and EU-certified trainer from Nepal.