Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 13, 2026
Robert Garnham

Robert Garnham

Robert’s short stories have been published widely in magazines, and he writes a humorous newspaper column in the Herald Express. He performs comedy poetry all over the UK at fringes, festivals and TV, and had one of the funniest one-liners of the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe.

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About Robert Garnham

Robert’s short stories have been published widely in magazines such as Stand, Defenestration, Flash Fiction Magazine, Ink Sweat and Tears and others, and his poetry in Acumen, Tribe and the Broadsheet. In 2021 and 2022 he was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He writes a humorous newspaper column in the Herald Express. He performs comedy poetry all over the UK at fringes, festivals and TV, and had one of the funniest one-liners of the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe. He was recently featured very briefly on Britain’s Got Talent. In 2024 he won the Wergle Flomp poetry competition.

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  • This Year's Cold Heart

    Robert Garnham's short stories have been published widely in magazines such as Defenestration, Flash Fiction Magazine, Ink, Sweat and Tears, and his poetry has been published in Acumen, Tribe, The Broadsheet. He writes a humorous column every now and then for the local newspaper Herald Express, and as a comedy performance poet, he has performed all over the UK at festivals, fringes, radio and TV.

  • I Love You, Yes I Do

    Robert Garnham writes a humorous newspaper column in the Herald Express. He also performs comedy poetry all over the UK at fringes, festivals and TV, and had one of the funniest one-liners of the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe. 

  • Bingo

    It's the surprise that makes the laugh...

  • Mysterious Lights over Brixham

    A world so small, a world so vast...