Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
November 09, 2026
"Mes de los Muertos"
Mr. Brunelle Explains It All 14
Robert Waldo Brunelle, Jr. -- Had to get out there and vote...

comic * ...to article.

Banjo Man
Harvey Silverman -- The good music, the good memories...

essay memoir * ...to article.

Escape from Hotel Cecil
Jerry A. Sierra -- AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is a true story. Some facts suffer from poor memory, but everything is as close to reality as I can recall 39 years later.

cover story creative non-fiction * ...to article.

Goodbye
Shadow -- "...Grandpa, you left me alone at the station..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Blue harvest
Mike Zone -- "...Withering autumn revelations..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Evidence
Christine Jackson -- Christine Jackson is retired and still recovering from her day job, professor of literature and creative writing at a South Florida university. She continues to clock in on a life-long night shift writing poetry.

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

The Secret I Shared with Fading Rays & Breeze (Part I)
Pranab Ghosh -- "...the breeze that sulked before entering..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Waiting for the Snow
Michael Adubato -- Seasonal haiku...

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Rumbles Off the Coast
Bradford Middleton -- "...the confirmation that Autumn is here ..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

A Handful of Dust
Jim Murdoch -- "...where does that leave May?.."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

when the firmaments and landscapes are grim-faced
Ndaba Sibanda -- "...we’re too quick to dread and debate..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

The Mercy Seat
Michael Braswell -- When you find your way there, you will know...

fiction life * ...to article.

The Fifth Generation Farm
John A. Wilde -- Winter has come, bringing a cold revelation...

fiction life * ...to article.