Eric Priezkalns

Articles by This Author

Questions at Lundern Central

March 18, 2011

After being separated from her father and brother, and being tossed head over heel during a topsy-turvy tube journey, Karen Zipslicer arrives at Lundern...

UK Cut Loose

March 13, 2011

I used to be a leftie. The past tense is important; it does not denote a change to my values or beliefs, but...

The River

March 5, 2011

"And again, because they saw that all this world of nature is in movement and that about that which changes no true statement can...

Mohammed and Hanka

February 27, 2011

A couple of months ago, I wrote a screenplay for a short movie. This week I was at it again, coming up with...

MaV-Eric’s Pioneering Marketeering

February 20, 2011

Life, chez nous, is going from bad to worse. The University of Berkhamsted has cancelled my study into the homing instincts of Bradford's...

With

February 13, 2011

With three, a hand of bridge, With two, a ménage Ã trois, With ten, a football team, and with twenty-one, a game. With eleven, a jury, With four,...

Your Year to Go

February 6, 2011

This is a poem about being thirty-nine years of age. To attain the age of thirty-nine Should, all things considered, be very fine, As was Neil Armstrong,...

Better Together

January 30, 2011

Sun on skin Butter on toast Sport on telly Arriving on cue Ham on rye Eye on you Some things are good together Out with friends Service with smile Tea with milk Room with...

Confessions to a Cruel Internet

January 22, 2011

Dear friend, I like to start my notes to you as if we're already in the middle of a conversation. That was a...

More Crazy Cliches of Space Opera

January 16, 2011

Man's imagination knows no bounds. This has been demonstrated by his inventiveness since time began. First man discovered space, most particularly the...

New Year’s Dissolution

January 9, 2011

Twelvemonth had elapsed since the last arbitrary annual signifier of time's passing. It was the first workday of the year. Preston was...

First Person Singular

January 1, 2011

My first post of 2011 is pretty irregular, in that it is a properly formatted screenplay for a short film. I just submitted...

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About Halfthoughts

This website showcases content created by Eric Priezkalns, who also uses the pen name Ray Blank when writing science fiction. It includes stories, essays, poems, short films and audio recordings.