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.
Fiction
Fiction By BW Derge
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.
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…
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.
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The Airport on Earth (excerpt from ‘And the Sun Let Go’)
From Laenif: Book 2, “And the Sun Let Go” – chapter Eight: “The Airport on Earth”
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Remember Me, Nothing: Absurdity’s Faultline: The Landlord’s Chambers
From “Remember Me, Nothing” chapter thirty-one: “The Landlord’s Chambers”
Fiction Prose Writing
Don’t Touch the Water When the World Ends – Short Story
“Don’t Touch the Water When the World Ends,” a short story by BW Derge written in 2024, is a glimpse at an apocalypse where the Earth is drowned by toxic oceans. The last living human lies in a canoe, hope no longer exists, the last inhabited house floods, and discussions of the immense time and uncertainty involved with direct panspermia.
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Chapter One: The Village on Laenif
From Laenif: Book 1, chapter one: “The Village on Laenif”
Fiction Prose Writing
The Death of Love in Modern Times: A Tragedy in 6 Scenes
Short story in 2024 by BW Derge about modern love and its unimpressive death at the hands of man’s stupidity. Six scenes with two main characters, Melissa and Gavin, plus two supporting roles of Barry and Tina. Not based on any actual occurrences or people.
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To Another World, The Dreamer Dreamed (excerpt from Laenif: Book Two)
From Laenif: Book 2, “And the Sun Let Go” – chapter two: “To Another World, the Dreamer Dreamed”