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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Tog by A. L. F. Fagan

We can never know what impact our actions will have on the future...

Skipping Time by Frederick Foote

They say that time goes by faster as we get older...what if it isn't age at all?

Operation Rainbow by Timothy B. Barner

Timothy B. Barner grew up in upstate NY and now lives in Southwest Ohio with his two sons. He publishes novels when he can, but more often writes short stories, plays, and musings from an interesting life. He hopes, of course, that others find his life interesting as well.

I Want, You Want by R.P.M. Clarke

We talk about

A Sellout by Skylar Ruprecht

Skylar Ruprecht has a B.A. in philosophy from the College of Wooster and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. He is currently an attorney in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Prrasantu by B. Jeyamohan

What if mercy is more powerful than punishment?

Steaming by D.A. Cairns

Heavy metal lover and cricket tragic, D.A. Cairns lives on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia where he works as a freelance writer.

The Yellowstone Mechanism by A. L. F. Fagan

Generations of complacency never lead level roads to the future...

Scandium by Jim Bates

Hardship and pain affect us strongly, but the greatest difference in a life is made by love, and kindness...

The Farmer by Frederick Foote

The reason is that only two know the reason...

An Embarrassment of Riches by Dan Mulhollen

Just make sure you do the dishes afterwards...

Diamond by Martin Grise

Martin Grise is an American professor who lives a secret life as an adventure story author.

No Arrogance like Flyboy Arrogance by Michael Fowler
A Sharp Edge by Peter Barbour

As one gets older, what may once have been silliness can devolve into serious mistakes...

Of Search by Hridi

Hridi is an Indian artist and writer currently based in Belgium, working as a research intern in art conservation at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium.

Manifesto of the Inoculationist Liberation Front by Ralph Benton

Ralph Benton lives under the blue skies of Florida's Gulf coast, where the weirdness oozes from the ground like a tar spring. So many stories, so many worlds.

That Day's General Knowledge Lesson by Ndaba Sibanda

Spring makes some writers silly...

Three Women by Beate Sigriddaughter

And who will judge?

Mr. Whiskers Versus Kevin by Eva Schultz

Eva Schultz lives in Aurora, Illinois, where she is a business writer by day and a fiction writer by night. Her work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Theme of Absence, and Writer?s Digest. She lives with a big orange cat named Gus and enjoys drawing, painting, and collecting typewriters.

The Boat Boy's Golden Key by John Mara

The spirit of greed and corruption long outlives its host...

Adrift at Sea by Steve Carr

"What is real regarding the sea is often open to interpretation..."

Trees by Frederick Foote

When you stop listening to the life all around you, you forget how to live...

Chlorine by Jim Bates

Not every step has to shake the world...

The Invisible Fiend by Lamont A. Turner

If you're going to make a deal, it's best to know just who you're dealing with...

New Flood by B. Jeyamohan

B. Jeyamohan (b. 1962) is a Tamil writer and literary critic based in Nagercoil, India. One of India's finest authors writing today, he has traveled the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent, and his work examines and reinterprets India's rich literary and classical traditions.

The Wallpaper Account by Patrick Sweeney mature content

Patrick Sweeney lives in lower Manhattan where he has produced an international employee benefits law digest for a couple of decades. The fiction has been incubating for a while and is now ready to be let out into the wild. His work has been published in Animal Review and Datura Literary Journal.

The Two Wives of Ierokles Kastanidis by Ioanna Papadopoulou

What will you do for the sake of love...

Aphis's Gambit by Emma Louise Gill

Emma Louise Gill is a British-Australian speculative fiction writer and consumer of vast amounts of coffee. Scientist, educator, and cat mum. Her short stories have been published in Flash Fiction Magazine, AntipodeanSF, and are forthcoming in Curiouser Magazine and others.

Sweet Billy by Ronald Paxton

Life is good, but endings...

A Room for a Decent Burial of Memories by Martin Foroz

Martin was born in Iran in 1964 and earned BA and MA in English Literature and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. He left Iran for Oman in 2014 and has been living there as an expatriate professor of English Language and Literature since then.