Stories & Skits

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,...

YouTube Pron

After reading how people make money from films they post to YouTube, I sat down and tried to write a comedy script for the...

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...

The Streets of Lundern

After their peculiar encounter with the Dowager Duchess D'Nunzio, Karen and Cecilia make their way across town on foot. They walk to where...

Unpopular, a Claim Attempted

Cecilia the stork, carrying her precious package of kittens, leads Karen from Lundern Central Station. The street outside the station was narrow and crooked. ...

EsoT-Eric Finds His Calling

This month I had more bad news from the University of Berkhamsted. They flatly rejected my latest research proposal: a study of whether...

AltRomCom: Opening Scene

Romantic comedies, or romcoms as they are also known, tend to be so... mainstream. In many ways, they are the safest of all...

The Hacker Store

Customer: I was wanting to take up a new hobby, and I hear you can help. Shopman: Oh yeah? Well, maybe I...

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.