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The Piker Press is proud to feature Barry Udoff's, "Finding the Moment, " a thought-provoking nonfiction essay about visiting modern Krakow and Auschwitz as a tourist.
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Some people would argue that except for climate, a place is only a place, not different from all others. The memories of the earth, the streets, and the stones know better, and we would do well to listen to their whispers ...
The Piker Press wraps up October with Bruce O'Lantern. With roguish veggie charm like his, you don't need to know jack. New for the weekend: opinion polls!
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Was it that he took life too seriously? Or was he afraid that life wouldn't take him seriously at all? No matter -- sometimes you need another perspective, maybe even a sense of humor ...
Karla Kambic Lammers "Three's a Charm" looks wonderful. Thanks for choosing the beautiful artwork to accompany my story.
As announced in the Piker Press Forums: 10K to Labor Day: 2009 Edition Once again, it is time for Pikers, filthy or fair, to rise to the annual NaNoWriMo warm-up challenge and declare their intent to write 10,000 words over the Labor Day (US) weekend...
The Piker Press contemplates the feminism, the economy and rolling with the punches in Dan Mulhollen's "Booth Babes".
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When business is booming, picking and choosing your sales tactics is a viable path. But when the company is tanking, and jobs are on the line, you go with what works -- even skills that are a bit rusty ...
Love to dabble, but lacking something specific to light your fire? Just getting started and looking to pad your resume / portfolio? ...
The Piker Press spends a bittersweet moment with Jim Wisneski's "A Pile of Dinners," a tale of the loss that comes with aging and all the small movements of sacrifice and hope that come with love.
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Jim Wisneski is an author and poet living in the Lehigh Valley, PA with his wife, his almost one year old son, two cats, a fish, and a hermit crab. Updates and some of his short stories can be found at his site www.JimWisneski.com.
Ed Moyer Are staff meetings still on Tuesday Nights?
The Piker Press This week in the Press: Jonathan D. Scott's "Ever So Slightly Mangled." A simple repair job. A relevant commode. A routine police call. This is why contractors and handymen charge so much...
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For the most part, the houses on Belmont Lane look alike. They are all two stories with barely detached one-car garages at the end of their brief driveways The owners display their individualities in their ...
Tedi Trindle I'm a fan. Of course, I have reason to be. Many of my favorite folks write here.
Alexandra
This week in the Piker Press:
Take a hilarious, psychedelic journey of self-denial and self-discovery in M.J. Nicholls' "A Modern Narrative".
Book reviews, fiction, travel and more in your best online source for literature without the nutritive value.
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M.J. Nicholls is a thrilling novelist based in the thrilling town of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is fond of gravy, tattooed ladies and potassium permanganate. Previous work by this thrilling writer has been ...
Chris Miller
I have suggested this before, but no one seemed open to the idea ... Will you ever put together a BEST OF PIKER PRESS collection? After 7 years in operation online, there must be some desire to see the best stuff over the years put in a print book.
There's enough writers familiar with Lulu to put together a book that wa...y. Every interested writer could submit his top story or poem(s) for the collection. Editors could select their favourites, too. It doesn't even have to be a moneymaker, just something for fun, or donate the profits to some worthy cause.
There's been some great stories over the years that I think it would be a quality book if it's done right.Read More
There's enough writers familiar with Lulu to put together a book that wa...y. Every interested writer could submit his top story or poem(s) for the collection. Editors could select their favourites, too. It doesn't even have to be a moneymaker, just something for fun, or donate the profits to some worthy cause.
There's been some great stories over the years that I think it would be a quality book if it's done right.Read More
Sand Pilarski
August 24th issue -- Aliens! We need stories, misinformation, poetry, pictures, artwork, outright lies about Aliens From Outer Space! Fiction under 2000 words, misinformation under 1500 words.
Mer, I hear ya. We're working on this, I promise.
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