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

Short Fiction

Short stories published in Piker Press, a weekly journal of arts and literature.

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Snowy Nights in Spring by Kimmy Larson

Kimmy Larson is an autistic horror writer and watercolor painter living in Belgium. She spends her free time volunteering at a wild animal rescue, bird watching, and caring for her own pets.

Skeleton Cove by Dan A. Cardoza

A nightmare? Reality? Perhaps it depends on the frame of mind...

Today We Take Off Our Hats to Nurses by Ndaba Sibanda

"...at heart, they embody care and love..."

A Visit By My Muse by Joel Millican

The inspiration is an image, a whisper, an invitation...

A Day at the Beach by Wendy Taylor

Wendy Taylor lives in rural New Zealand with her family and a variety of animals.

Conversation with Ian by Jacob Greb

Beginnings aren't really beginnings, as they carry so much of the past with them...

Calculus, Charlotte and the Breaking of Waves by Ali Abbas

Ali Abbas is an author, photographer and carpenter, all of which has to fit around a day job. His short fiction has been published widely. Ali maintains a blog at www.aliabbasali.com.

Carleton's Geranium by Sylvia Cumming

Sylvia Cumming lives in Southern California with her husband and two elderly cats. She would love to say she is working on a novel but actually she is just snacking and watching videos about cats or police car chases. As research, of course.

The Graffiti Artist by Robert Feinstein

Robert Feinstein is a retired medical librarian. His short stories have appeared in: Downtown Brooklyn, Stuck in the Library, Lowestloft Chronicle, New English Review, Literary Yard, and other publications.

Bracelet Anomaly by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury

Space and Time are fickle dance partners...

A Holy Pardon by Shawn P. Madison
Vanishing by Paul Marshall

Paul Marshall has co-written two plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and been short-listed for the BBC Opening Lines short story competition. His work has been published widely in literary magazines and anthologies. The music magazine Mojo has featured an account of his conversations with Leonard Cohen.

The Hit by Lamont A. Turner
Paper Route by Jacob Greb

The pain of the past and the awkwardness of the present hinder Evan's chances for love...

Companionship Can Be a Fickle Thing by George Gad Economou
Years and Yearbooks by Thomas Elson

A shared dream could be perfect ...

The Escape by Darren Sapp

Harriet Beecher Stowe, author and accomplice...

Tattoo by Gomathi Sridevi

Just look beyond what you see...

Chanchala by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury

Why must oppressors steal even the smallest of treasures...?

For Someone Like You by Mason Yates

Mason Yates is from a small town in the Midwest, but he currently lives in Arizona, where he studied at Arizona State University.

House of Mildew and Sunshine by Terry Petersen

Terry Petersen writes with positive thinking in mind. Her motto: Dive through the muck of real life, but surface with a gem.

Rubidium by Jim Bates

Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three hundred online and print publications.

The Mortician by Arón Reinhold

Arón Reinhold is a Texan who reads and writes. He studied English Literature at the University of North Texas until 2014. Recently, he has returned to fiction out of a love for the craft and its inherent promise to envision a different world.

The Head Sculptor by Michael Fowler

Every successful artist needs a special patron...

Le Saxophone Solitaire by Timothy B. Barner

Finding your way into the future may lead you to foreign places...

Pinecone by Victoria Smee

Victoria Smee is an outreach worker who writes in her spare time. She has enjoyed writing all her life and has recently started to make more time for her short stories and poetry.

Icarus Reborn by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury

Dangerous, perhaps, but the reaching is irresistble...

The Button Girl by Christopher Henckel

"Galactic Roads, Take Me Home." Christopher Henckel is a writer of science fiction and fantasy with a healthy dose of Appalachian mischief.

Forensic Betrayal by Dan A. Cardoza

Dan A. Cardoza has an MS Degree in Psychology and Counseling. His poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in over 300 publications.

Julian by Eric Roberson

Eric Roberson is an emerging writer. He earned an MFA in creative writing from Augsburg University in 2020. He and his wife and old hound dog, Blue, live in Southern Nevada near their four grown children, and a crazy and eclectic family of friends and creatives.