“To Take Refuge in Some Mirage” – poem by BW Derge, written in 2024
Writing
Writing include excerpts from novels, short stories, random commentary and rants, poetry, and all else done with letters, words, etc.
Prose Writing
Top 5 Animated Series: Is South Park Better than the Simpsons?
Included are American cartoons that were created for a “mature” audience, although the Simpsons is included even though it wasn’t exclusively for an adult audience.
Fiction Prose Writing
A Short Story called “Shoot” by BW Derge
A short story originally written in 2007, reimagined in 2024. Entitled “Shoot,” it is about 2 hunters and their dog in the final days of what seems to be a somewhat long trip in the wilderness that the two old men enjoy… Shoot.
Prose Writing
Pulp Fiction 30 Years Later: A Movie about Moral Dilemmas
Revisiting Pulp Fiction 30 years after its release in 1994. What is the main theme of Pulp Fiction? I think it is a movie about moral dilemmas.
Fiction Prose Writing
Short Story: The Doctor’s Dark Satchel (2008)
A short story originally written in 2008 at the College of Santa Fe, “The Doctor’s Dark Satchel” shows a somber, off-beat universe that, for possibly just a moment, you’d like to inhabit. Like the dark streets it describes, it is a journey through the shadows of human desire.
Poetry Writing
Atop Satan’s Pallid Stage (or, “A Poem Called ‘Hell'”)
Two poems by BW Derge from “Mars Jazz” (2016), written in 2013. The first, entitled “Atop Satan’s Pallid Stage” is followed by a poem called “Hell.”
Doodles Prose Writing
Weekly Opinion Piece: Top 5 Doodles from a Random Pile
From a random pile of doodles I had yet to upload to the computer, here are my favorite five. All of the doodles in this pile were drawn between 2019 and 2024.
Fiction Prose Writing
No Bullets, Please. (A Short Story)
Written in 2024, taking place at pawn shop around 2014, “No Bullets, Please” is a short story by BW Derge about a customer named Jimmy, a store owner that goes by Dean, and a college girl shopping for a film camera. This is a reimagining of a similar short story written around the time this one takes place…
Poetry Writing
All the Pigments on the Spectrum (A Poem from ‘Paradox Locked’)
“All the Pigments on the Spectrum” – poem by BW Derge from the poetry collection, “Paradox Locked.” (Written in 2016)
Fiction Prose Writing
Oblivious Summer (It Falls On All Our Shoulders)
Short story written in 2012. Inspired by the novels by Henry Green, who wrote wonderful novels about rich British people with ugly complex souls, mostly taking place in 1940s England.