Stories & Skits

Re: Move (Reprieve)

If ever you find yourself selected for a Doha Film Institute program, you may want to celebrate by sitting down and writing a dozen...

Talks with a Stork

Karen, stuck at Lundern Central, and frustrated by the unhelpfulness of the Ticket Inspector, is muddled and befuddled about what next to do... Karen could...

The Ticket Inspector

After disembarking at Lundern Central, Karen discovered the next tube from Westminster would be along not in a minute, or an hour, or even...

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...

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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...

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...

New Year’s Dissolution

Twelvemonth had elapsed since the last arbitrary annual signifier of time's passing. It was the first workday of the year. Preston was...

First Person Singular

My first post of 2011 is pretty irregular, in that it is a properly formatted screenplay for a short film. I just submitted...

The Superhero Masked Ball

Deep beneath Wade Mansions, multi-billionaire William Wade, also known as The Nightwrangler, is preparing to host his very secret Christmas ball. Even by...

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.