A re-write of a short story first written in 2005, originally titled “Mr. Payphone’s Quest.” As the use and prevalence of payphones has greatly diminished the past 2 decades, it is now about one of the last payphones left in America and how it came to life to go on one of the greatest quests ever
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Mix Playlists Music
Amazon Music Playlist with Mars Volta and Tool: Tents Up Tense Tentacles
Amazon Music Playlist featuring the Mars Volta, Tool, Puscifer, the Black Keys, Pomplamoose, and more!
Poetry Writing
Dust at the Bottom (Poem from New Poetry Book)
Poem from new poetry book The Sun Will Eat You Too by BW Derge, Dust at the Bottom is a poem about the temporary nature of human existence and how we return to dust at the end.
Poetry Writing
New Book “The Sun Will Eat You Too” – 2024 Gift for a Poetry Lover
New poetry book by BW Derge is a great 2024 gift for a poetry lover or poet. Weird, intellectual, and a welcomed companion in dismal times. Cozy up with these poems while the world falls apart all around us.
Jams Music
Jam Notes Podcast: 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Talking about a jam from 2021 called “lots of space” or “beautiful.” BW Derge and Nick Ring review holidays, pilots, and the 2024 rock and roll hall of fame induction ceremony with Dave Matthews and Maynard James Keenan from Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer
Fiction Prose Writing
Remember Me, Nothing: Brass Jazz (Excerpt from Upcoming Novel)
Excerpt from “Remember Me, Nothing” (new novel to be released in 2025) chapter Sixteen: “Brass Jazz”
Mix Playlists Music
Music Playlist featuring Nine Inch Nails, Fiona Apple, and Carina Round
A genre-blending Amazon Music playlist mixtape from 2021; Nine Inch Nails, Carina Round, Puscifer, Fiona Apple, Samantha Fish, Limp Bizkit, and a few more!
Poetry Writing
Drawing Back, a poem by BW Derge
Drawing Back – poem about resignation from “The Sun Will Eat You Too” (2024) by BW Derge
Mix Playlists Music Prose Writing
Top Fiona Apple Songs, with Playlist, Genres, and Albums
Fiona Apple Songs, genre exploration, and ranking her five studio albums. What are the best Fiona Apple Songs? Check out the Amazon Music Playlist, “Fiona Apple of My Eye” below.
Fiction Prose Writing
Tragedy at the Sky Lovers Skydiving Center (A Short Story)
A short story by BW Derge about a skydiving accident that is told in three parts, each one featuring one of the components of tandem skydiving equipment. Tragedy strikes as equipment malfunction dooms a troubled instructor’s first jump with a customer.