Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 16, 2026

Serials

Serialised fiction published in Piker Press, a weekly journal of arts and literature.

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All-Nighter 12 by Lydia Manx

The media has finally come to admit that there's something to this story about zombies...but they're not very forthcoming about what to do about it if you're just a kid...

Going Hungry 50 by Sand Pilarski

Will is gone. Gloria and Ben can take up the slack in the household chores, but are they close enough as siblings to ride out the changes coming?

All-Nighter 11 by Lydia Manx

Sammy continues to wander back in memories...

All-Nighter 10 by Lydia Manx

Lindy was trying to escape the zombie invasion, but Dean was less than helpful...

Going Hungry 49 by Sand Pilarski

Will has moved out, made a little home for himself elsewhere. What is "home," anyway?

Going Hungry 48 by Sand Pilarski

And when does life ever go on the same way, every day?

All-Nighter 09 by Lydia Manx

Lindy remembers how she and Dean narrowly escaped the zombie attack and the militia's massacre, and what came next...

All-Nighter 08 by Lydia Manx

There's a reason Sammy is kind of a dopey kid -- you don't grow wise and productive from being slapped around. But is this new job going to be any better for him?

Going Hungry 47 by Sand Pilarski

This is it, Gloria's in charge. In charge of the kitchen, that is...

All-Nighter 07 by Lydia Manx

So Sammy has a background in theft, and Lindy has recognized him. Maybe the zombie apocalypse made Florida's iguanas and alligators look a lot more appealing...

Going Hungry 46 by Sand Pilarski

Gloria has faced the worst she can imagine -- meeting Lolo face to face. And she made it through that horror. But she has to make her way through every day after, too, and where the on earth is Will?

Going Hungry 45 by Sand Pilarski

With Lolo in her mother's house, and Maria in the hospital, Gloria has to find her footing again in her own kitchen...

All-Nighter 06 by Lydia Manx

It looks like Lindy and Dean got away from being the next zombie lunch, but something's wrong out there, and then, like an ill omen, someone else showed up...

Going Hungry 44 by Sand Pilarski

At any time, Lolo could walk into the house. The only solution? Get out of there!

All-Nighter 05 by Lydia Manx

In the "safe room," Lindy and Dean are about as safe as they can be in a town full of zombies and gun-toting nutjobs -- but they still need to get away...

All-Nighter 04 by Lydia Manx

Being holed up in an abandoned house with a herd of zombies after you is bad enough -- but zombies are zombies, after all. Things could get worse...

Going Hungry 43 by Sand Pilarski

So her late father's mistress has come to live in the Melton household. The mistress her father supported financially is now going to be supported by his widow and kids? How wrong is that?

Going Hungry 42 by Sand Pilarski

Three days to prepare for Maria's departure. And then Gloria will have to take a big leap of faith in herself and land on her feet...

All-Nighter 03 by Lydia Manx

Sammy's got the new night job, but who have we here? Lindy? Oh, man, what's she doing here?

All-Nighter 02 by Lydia Manx

Sammy saw enough weirdness back in West Virginia for a lifetime. And yet the weird seems to find him wherever he is...

Going Hungry 41 by Sand Pilarski

Maria is gruff and grumpy to most people, but she does know when to kick the chicks out of the nest...

All-Nighter by Lydia Manx

From weirdness in the past to a differently flavored weirdness in the present, Sammy is about to pass through an office door that leads to...

Going Hungry 40 by Sand Pilarski

In spite of the economic down-turn, Gloria is grateful for the new way of life that is keeping food on the table. Life can be good even if money is tight...

Going Hungry 39 by Sand Pilarski

The mother-daughter relationship is wearing thin between Philli and Gloria, but they still need to respect each other to get through their economic crisis...

Going Hungry 38 by Sand Pilarski

Another week gone by, another day off. With the mortgage paid again for another month, Gloria can just let her mind relax...

Going Hungry 37 by Sand Pilarski

Just when Gloria thought her job was getting easy...

Going Hungry 36 by Sand Pilarski

The Melton kids have rolled with the punches and taken on things they never thought they'd have to do. And yet, their old lives still have a lot to contribute...

Going Hungry 35 by Sand Pilarski

As much fun as Gloria is having with her job, the backdrop is still a hungry, hurting economy...

Going Hungry 34 by Sand Pilarski

Gloria has accepted her role, and Will's, as wage earners. Can their mother?

Going Hungry 33 by Sand Pilarski

Taking a job as a cook's assistant wasn't the career that Gloria had anticipated, but there's a lot to be learned in a kitchen, and not all of it is about the food...