Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 13, 2026
Jeffrey Zable

Jeffrey Zable

Jeffrey Zable is a teacher, conga drummer/percussionist who plays Afro-Cuban folkloric music for dance classes and rumbas around the San Francisco Bay Area, and a writer of poetry, flash fiction, and non-fiction.

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About Jeffrey Zable

Jeffrey Zable is a teacher, conga drummer/percussionist who plays Afro-Cuban folkloric music for dance classes and rumbas around the San Francisco Bay Area, and a writer of poetry, flash fiction, and non-fiction. He’s published five chapbooks and appeared in over 2,000 literary magazines and anthologies, more recently in Cacti Fur, Fleas on the Dog, Chewers & Masticadores,The Hooghly Review, Alba, and many others.

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  • One Minute You're Here and the Next You're Gone

    Jeffrey Zable is a teacher, conga drummer/percussionist who plays Afro-Cuban folkloric music for dance classes and rumbas around the San Francisco Bay Area, and a writer of poetry, flash fiction, and non-fiction.

  • Medical Alert

    "... I’m not trying to sell you anything..."

  • The Conversation

    "...listening through the ceiling to my upstairs neighbor..."

  • The Hike

    "...I stepped on an underground hornet’s nest..."

  • Nothing More To Say

    "... reminds me once again of my own imminent demise ..."