Eric Priezkalns

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The Golden Cupid of Pickled Lily Circus

Karen Zipslicer woke, and sat bolt upright in her bed. She gasped. The room was black and cold. Then Karen quickly...

Favourite Film Instant In-Jokes

Hollywood moviemakers must be full of mirth. As well as having a job that many people envy, and laughing all the way to...

Desks and the Diseased Mind of Preston Dirges

Preston Dirges sloped into the shapeless beige office building, basked in the piercing rays of the morning sun. His mood absorbed that light,...

Colouring Pleasant Lands

Green was my shortest colouring pencil. The acorn and the oak. Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood. Pasture and hedgerows. The Hundred Acre Wood. Card tables and snooker baize. My lady...

Conversation with the Copywright

Greg: Watcha doin', Paul? Paul: Greg? I should have known it'd be you coming to bother me. What do you think it looks...

Losing a General Election (and hoping nobody notices)

In the immediate aftermath of the 2010 UK General Election, there was a lot of talk about whether any party won and which party...

Music of the Marionettes

Five. Four. Three. Two. One. It seems hard to believe that Gerry Anderson, pioneer of Supermarionation and producer of classic kids' television like Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet might have...

Parallel Return of the Jedi: Party Animals

A fair while ago, in a place quite far away (unless you live there, in which case it is not far at all) there...

Scrawl Wars in a Virtual Land

Two and a half years ago, I started Halfthoughts by drawing on a metaphor. I compared blogging to cave art. In both...

Leak the Truth, but not Speak the Truth?

For some people, the internet does not exist. For others, the internet is not a free, anarchistic haven but is instead carefully policed...

How to Play Twiddlythinks

Luckily for me, this morning's post included another letter from old friend Prince Karl Zeis of the royal house of Delthfia. Dear Eric, I write to...

When Words Fail

The limits of language might, on first consideration, seem a curious topic to write about. But then, like all topics, if not discussed...
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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.

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