Karen Zipslicer Stories

Palaver at Farrago Square

In the last episode of Karen Zipslicer's adventures, Karen had just ventured into Farrago Square, and seen the enormous crowd gathered there... As her awe...

The Funnel Begins

In the last episode of Karen Zipslicer's adventures, she left Airship Downs, walking into the heart of town, headed for the ships that docked...

Rights and Chocolate

In the last episode of Karen Zipslicer's adventures, Karen was told the bad news that there were no airships that could fly her back...

Airship Downs (Reprise)

After a long hiatus, I am working on a complete rewrite of Karen Zipslicer's adventures in Lundern. This instalment retraces the steps of the...

Airship Downs

In the last installment of Karen Zipslicer's adventures, Badger and Corblimey, we left Karen and Winton dealing with the bureaucracy at the Municipal Financial...

Badger and Corblimey

In more recent posts, I digressed to tell the flashback story of the young Lady Emerald. Returning to the original thread, after Karen...

Not Another Day/The Twine of Relief and Tension

In the last installment of Karen Zipslicer stories, Karen is still using the black box machine to relive the memories of Dawn, the young...

The Evening’s Epilogue; Tomorrow’s Preface

In 'Dawn of the Dance', Karen continues to relive the experiences of the young Lady Emerald. The Lady Emerald, then known as Dawn,...

Dawn of the Dance

In 'Falling Into Emerald Memories' we explored an episode of Karen Zipslicer's adventure where she uses a machine to relive the memories of the...

Falling Into Emerald Memories

Recently I have spent a lot more time working on Karen Zipslicer's adventures in Lundern, and I took to writing them as a correctly...

Boots and All

On her first night in Lundern, Karen fell asleep in the attic of Winton, the cobbler. What would she discover on her first morning...

Introductions and Memories at the Cobbler’s Household

Despite a few frights along the way, Karen and Cecilia have walked the streets of Lundern to their destination, just before curfew is due...

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.