comedy

Even More Empire Strikes Back: Parallel Universe

In More Empire Strikes Back: Parallel Universe we left our alternative heroes in gloomy times. Han, Chewie, Leia and the Falcon have flown...

More Empire Strikes Back: Parallel Universe

A long time ago, there was a saga that borrowed from another saga. Imagine a parallel universe where the characters in Star Wars...

The Consolations of Being 30

This is a poem I wrote recently to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Tracy Buys. Saying that, I think it is true enough...

The 140 Rubaiyat: Poems for Twitter

The ruba'i is a poetic form of olden times, Lines 1, 2 & 4 must rhyme, Popular in Persia in the 11th Century, Most famously by Omar...

True Views of the News

It is amazing what insomniacs can buy at 4am in the morning, thanks to teleshopping. Kitchen knives that never need sharpening. Chess...

A Script About a Script

I have been wanting to tell you all something for a while, but it has been a struggle to find the way to do...

Reasons to Recast

In films and television, people always get cast according to how they look. Short people are angry/pushy/talkative. Slim young women are feisty....

Whose Problem is it Anyway?

Hmmm. Work. Hmmm. Life would be very smooth if we did not have to do it. It would still be...

Reimagination Machinations

The 'reimagined' Battlestar Galactica, a dark jazz riff on the 1970's space opera for children, is nearing the end of its final run. ...

A New Proposal

Would you believe that I get fan mail? Today, I am turning over Halfthoughts to a fellow who regularly sends me very interesting...

MaV-Eric in Davos

Do you find you never have enough time on your hands? I am always busy, especially now that credit is crunchier than burnt...

Going Around in Circles

It is a new year. What is so new about it? Anyone born before 2008 will have been here before, at least...
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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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