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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When Fairy Tales Come Alive 31 by Lydia Manx

Is she really a friend if she rifled through your suitcase to find a way to cast a spell...and is the spell actually what she said it was?

Going Hungry 14 by Sand Pilarski

You've learned that you're in dire straits financially. You've learned that there are no jobs out there to bail you out. The next lesson is finding how to survive on what little you still have...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 30 by Lydia Manx

Jeff the cat inhabited by Eddie the demi-god may be the key to finding out what Ruby has been up to with her dark magic...

Going Hungry 13 by Sand Pilarski

The recession of 2007 is all too real for Gloria. No money, no jobs, no security...

Going Hungry 12 by Sand Pilarski

Gloria knows she can do whatever job she has to in order to keep her family in their house...and now is the time to prove it.

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 29 by Lydia Manx

It's a great trick for Edwin to take over Jeff the cat's body...but what can a cat do in a troll hunt, and why can't Edwin do this task himself?

Going Hungry 11 by Sand Pilarski

It's easy enough to open a bank account...but do you have any money to put into it?

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 28 by Lydia Manx

A luminous man who can read thoughts -- is he a god in some dimension? And what does he want with Delilah?

Going Hungry 10 by Sand Pilarski

The gardening service, the newspaper subscription, the cleaning lady have all been eliminated from the budget. Even the boyfriend is gone. What else can they do without?

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 27 by Lydia Manx

Welcome back, Lydia Manx, and the ongoing adventures of Delilah Monroe, who is armed to the teeth, and ready to rumble right into trouble again...

Going Hungry 09 by Sand Pilarski

This is it -- the pivotal moment, can they keep the house or are they on the street? Or is it?

Going Hungry 08 by Sand Pilarski

Will has made it through his first day in the orchards, Philli found full time work -- but will it be enough?

Going Hungry 07 by Sand Pilarski

There's a good reason your mother taught you to be nice to the people you meet...

Going Hungry 06 by Sand Pilarski

Gloria thinks she can keep the family together in their own house because she's got common sense and a work ethic...but her education in the real world is just beginning.

Going Hungry 05 by Sand Pilarski

There is a chance -- if they can manage to find jobs, they can keep the house. But where do you find a job when times get rough?

Going Hungry 04 by Sand Pilarski

Food and shelter -- those are the important things, right? Unfortunately, to get them, you have to have money...

Going Hungry 03 by Sand Pilarski

Gloria's mother's time to act was apparently years ago -- and she missed it.

Going Hungry 02 by Sand Pilarski

In disbelief at her late father's secret life, Gloria runs head-on into her mother's reality.

Going Hungry by Sand Pilarski

Serial fiction set in the time of the 2007 economic crash. Gloria Melton finds out the rocky truth behind her parents' life.

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 26 by Lydia Manx

The two troll princes are trapped in an odd dimension, and the gods see that their imprisonment is tearing the world apart. Is it time to act?

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 25 by Lydia Manx

The princes are frozen between the worlds, while the worlds themselves are beginning to crumble...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 24 by Lydia Manx

The newly-named trolls, Matt and Bob, take a walk to get away from the traumatized court ... but to where?

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 23 by Lydia Manx

Oh, what a gruesome path greed, laziness, and deceit lead a seer down...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 22 by Lydia Manx

Delilah continues to be shown a strange history -- one that becomes more horrific as it unwinds...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 21 by Lydia Manx

In the tale told to Delilah, the three naming-seers have come to the end of their cleverness...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 20 by Lydia Manx

The story of the naming ceremony flows on, with the king unaware that the sons to whom he will entrust his legacy are not his at all...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 19 by Lydia Manx

Delilah is being told a fairy tale -- about trolls living in harmony? Yep, that's got to be a fairy tale all right. To Delilah, trolls are only for killing...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 18 by Lydia Manx

Tripping in the old church, Delilah stumbles onto a tale of an ancient conflict...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 17 by Lydia Manx

Something may be after Ruby, but something worse could happen if Delilah gets caught in Ruby's house...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 16 by Lydia Manx

Delilah has to seriously think about what her friendship with Ruby could do to them both -- Ruby's connection with a clan of vampires could put them in the middle of a war...