Stories & Skits

Preston Dirges and the Lunchtime of the Soul

Int. Office Canteen - Day Gordon and Tina sit at a table, facing each other and chatting as they eat. Preston leads Valerie across...

Commencing the Audit of Preston Dirges

Int. Deserted Office Floor - Day THIMBLEBY (O.S.): Preston? Thimbleby is round the corner from the meeting cubicles, sat at a small round table in front...

An Apology to Barack Obama

Dear Mr. President, You do not know me, but I feel compelled to write you a personal message. Whilst I realize you probably do...

Preston Dirges Takes Valerie Into Space

Int. Deserted Office Floor - Day Preston opens a door and leads Valerie on to the first floor of the building. It is seemingly...

Preston Dirges: Gordon and Tina

Deep in the basement of Preston Dirges' office lurks the Business Intelligence team, two people who can afford to spend the day talking to...

Preston Dirges Doubles His Empire

Int. Open-Plan Office - Day Preston knocks on the door of David Rubnick's office, then opens it without waiting to be asked. Rubnick is...

Preston Dirges and New Beginnings

Int. Bedroom - Morning An alarm clock buzzes. It is 7am. PRESTON (V.O.): 1. Alarm clock. Wake. Set it back 5 minutes....

Outer Confines

Rob Nield, editor of Re:Move wants to film a short story by Iain M. Banks. That would be the same Iain Banks who...

Preston Dirges and the Infinite Everythink

Orwell was a pussy. Anybody could manage doublethink. A politician, a Nazi soldier, a customer services representative, a spouse. They all...

The New New Year with num-Eric

Plus ça change... this morning I consulted Samuel Pepys to see what he was thinking about, 350 years ago to the day. It...

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...

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.