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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Dinner With Henry 102: The Gathering, Part 3 by Bruce Memblatt

The drunken giant bug has a disturbing memory to share with her kitchen staff...

Good Morning? 60 by Lydia Manx

All alone, Emma makes her way along the enchanted tunnel...wait -- what's that sound?

Dinner With Henry 101: The Gathering, Part 2 by Bruce Memblatt

The ceiling has shattered, the dinner table ruined -- has Clarissa the giant bug come to eat them all?

Good Morning? 59 by Lydia Manx

In all the worry about what creatures might be found below the earth, Emma and her werewolf pals haven't taken into consideration what the mine itself might do ...

Good Morning? 58 by Lydia Manx

Watch your step -- the first one's a doozy!

Dinner With Henry 100: The Gathering, Part 1 by Bruce Memblatt

The kitchen staff of a giant bug get together for a celebratory dinner. How crazy is it? Shakespeare the blind midget has words for that...

Good Morning? 57 by Lydia Manx

Through snow and darkness, the descent is about to begin...

Good Morning? 56 by Lydia Manx

As Emma rides in the backseat, she has less and less patience with the fey Star, who seems to have her own agenda with the werewolves.

Good Morning? 55 by Lydia Manx

Emma is on her way at last -- maybe even a little more quickly than she wants...

Dinner With Henry 99: Lesson Number One by Bruce Memblatt

Winifred has to go to half-bug school, and the work load there is making this little girl-bug very unhappy. Can she find a solution?

Good Morning? 54 by Lydia Manx

The fey creature Star has pushed Emma's buttons big time, being both irritating...and scary.

Good Morning? 53 by Lydia Manx

Emma finds yet another obstacle to her expedition -- and this one brings out her worst...

Good Morning? 52 by Lydia Manx

Gordon is one smooth-talking werewolf...but his information leads to a very rough decision.

Dinner With Henry 98: Z by Bruce Memblatt

When you feel that being a son or daughter is a difficult position to hold, think of Henry -- and be glad your mother isn't a giant bug...

Good Morning? 51 by Lydia Manx

Unlike Riley, Gordon is actually willing to tell Emma something about her salt caves, mistakenly thinking he could convince her to turn away from her quest...

Dinner With Henry 97: The Maria Conspiracy by Bruce Memblatt

"Power-mad" -- that could be Maria's middle name...

Good Morning? 50 by Lydia Manx

Well, Riley has some answers for Emma -- but they aren't about the questions she asked...

Good Morning? 49 by Lydia Manx

Riley has left, in search of his werewolf contacts. With the blizzard still raging, Emma is forced to wait -- and wonder where Riley went.

Good Morning? 48 by Lydia Manx

Riley needs to cough up some werewolf knowledge if he's to keep Emma from making an impulsive leap...

Dinner With Henry 96:Home Alone by Bruce Memblatt

Who knew that Diego felt this way?

Good Morning? 47 by Lydia Manx

What was once to be an outing born of curiosity is now laced with dread...what scares a werewolf?

Good Morning? 46 by Lydia Manx

What could possibly make a werewolf so angry? Emma is about to find out that it wasn't because she didn't pack a chew toy for him...

Dinner With Henry 95: The Gulls by Bruce Memblatt

Isn't that how the saying goes? "Life's a beach, and then you die?" Let's hope Diego doesn't remember that one...

Good Morning? 45 by Lydia Manx

Emma is drawn to trouble nearly as much as trouble is drawn to her. That might be why the old miner's journal whets her appetite for exploration...

Good Morning? 44 by Lydia Manx

A snow plow driver with a camera? During a blizzard? Something isn't quite right with that, and Emma isn't about to ask questions close up...

Dinner With Henry 94: Don't Cry for Me, Patti LuPone by Bruce Memblatt

What is it that a blind midget and a half-man, half-bug have in common?

Good Morning? 43 by Lydia Manx

A Michigan blizzard snows Emma and Riley in, so they should be safe from intruders, but something else is stalking them -- in the snow and from the past.

Dog. Girl. Armless Karaoke Maniac. by Joseph McKinley

Joseph McKinley is an English teacher in southern China, where he has lived for the past three years.

Good Morning? 42 by Lydia Manx

Is Emma's knack for telekinesis natural, or is it magic? No one knows for sure, and Emma is worried about the connection between magic and salt, not to mention the accuracy of her maps.

Good Morning? 41 by Lydia Manx

A blizzard is building, but the storm worries Emma less than what might happen to her underground...