Writing

Parallel Return of the Jedi: Interruptions

At a studio, nearly thirty years ago, somewhere rather near Borehamwood, they knocked up some plywood sets and pretended they were spaceships. The...

Remove

If you have read First Person Singular and Mohammed and Hanka, then you know that I am working on screenplays for a short movie....

Questions at Lundern Central

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

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

"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

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

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

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

Your Year to Go

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

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

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

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