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 15 by Lydia Manx

Ruby, in one of her past pecadilloes, was infected with the blood of a Vermillion Court vampire. And while she herself isn't a vampire, can it really be any kind of a good idea for her to get staggering drunk?

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 14 by Lydia Manx

Ruby is a disaster waiting to happen...is a bar the best idea at this point?

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 13 by Lydia Manx

Even if your savior is an idiot, it's great to be out of jail...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 12 by Lydia Manx

There's a way to survive being unfairly jailed, and Delilah knows all the turns...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 11 by Lydia Manx

While Delilah cools her heels in the klink, she remembers the last time she got jailed for troll-killing...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 10 by Lydia Manx

Delilah knows how to deal with a troll, you better believe it...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 09 by Lydia Manx

Now let's return to Delilah and the troll: a people-eating troll, we might add...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 08 by Lydia Manx mature content

Remembering her youth, Delilah finds that her memories only make her hate trolls more...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 07 by Lydia Manx

While she waits for Lenny to get over himself, Delilah lets herself fall into memories...

Dinner With Henry 120: And They All Had a Real Swell Time by Bruce Memblatt

Conclusion of a charming series. Henry, half-bug and half-man, takes his final bow.

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 06 by Lydia Manx

There's a troll that has got to go -- Delilah has no qualms about taking a bounty for getting rid of him...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 05 by Lydia Manx

Something is not right with Ruby, but Delilah still has a job to do...and her boss seems to be out of touch.

Dinner With Henry 119: When Mama Gets Blue by Bruce Memblatt

Urban re-development has struck again: Clarissa, the giant bug, and her employees will have to move from their warehouse on Delancey Street. Is there a viable option for them all?

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 04 by Lydia Manx

As if skin-walkers weren't enough, something else even more sinister arrived...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 03 by Lydia Manx

Whatever it is that Ruby got involved in, she can't even talk about it until she's drunk...

Dinner With Henry 118: Another Pleasant Valley Sunday by Bruce Memblatt

Developers plan on tearing down the loft on Delancey Street. What happens when its main resident, the giant bug Clarissa, finds out?

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 02 by Lydia Manx

Ruby Galloway is one hot mama, turning heads and getting attention all the time. Unfortunately the other thing she does all the time is get herself in deep trouble...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive by Lydia Manx

What some call 'fairy tales,' others call 'major nuisances' -- and they're more real than you would like to think...

Dinner With Henry 117: Very Bad News by Bruce Memblatt

Can there actually be worse news than finding out your employer is a giant bug? The kitchen crew thought they had seen it all.../

Dinner With Henry 116: Epiphany by Bruce Memblatt

"Dinner With Henry" is back after a summer break. Half-bug, half man, Henry must once again smooth out the lumps in this bizarre kitchen stew...

Good Morning? 98 by Lydia Manx

Conclusion. Saved by the vicious creature known as Parrot, Emma finds herself in need of another rescue...

Good Morning? 97 by Lydia Manx

Emma continues to mull over a memory of a day when she didn't think to ask the right questions...

Good Morning? 96 by Lydia Manx

Saved by the appearance of the dangerous being Parrot, Emma is sent to examine her memory of a play-date with a werewolf...

Good Morning? 95 by Lydia Manx

Pieces fall into place, but still not enough for Emma to know who it was who set the trap for her...

Good Morning? 94 by Lydia Manx

Emma is trapped, and escape hasn't been successful...is death close? Or worse?

Good Morning? 93 by Lydia Manx

Something is not right, even beyond being trapped in an enchanted cave. Emma's time is running out...

Dinner With Henry 115: Home Alone With Shakespeare by Bruce Memblatt

Andre, Maria. Andre, Clarissa. Maria, Clarissa. Andre, Andre, Andre. Not one more time...

Good Morning? 92 by Lydia Manx

There are dragons, and then there are dragons...but a trap is a trap is a trap.

Good Morning? 91 by Lydia Manx

It's amazing enough to meet one chatty dragon in a lifetime -- but two of them?

Good Morning? 90 by Lydia Manx

Another dragon -- will this one prove to be as friendly as Sapphire was?