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Tag: science
Science poems and other writing about science – science fiction and poetry by BW Derge
Fiction Prose Writing
A Vision of the Future: Your Holographic Dating Service
Short story by BW Derge, written in 2024 – A vision of the future where an experimental dating service creates digital projections of potential suitors, who are much more revealing than their real life counterparts.
Fiction Prose Writing
The Dark Ages II: St. John’s Coffee Master – A Short Story
A post-apocalyptic short story about a village that survives on the ruins of an old cathedral, the only remaining building centuries after the nuclear wars. Brother John and Brother Paul are in search for electricity – the magic of the old times.
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.”
Prose Writing
Infinite Loops in Thinking About Thinking
Random thoughts from 2009 about thinking and consciousness. Philosophical ramblings on the infinite loops that arise when thinking about thinking.
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.
Poetry Writing
A Poem From the Unknown
“From the Unknown” – Poem by BW Derge from “Pillars of Salt, Book One: The Vultures of Orpheus” – written in 2005
Fiction Prose Writing
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”
Poetry Writing
The Mechanical Afterglow of Humankind
“Mechanical Afterglow” – Poem by BW Derge from “Mars Jazz” – written in 2013
Fiction Prose Writing
An Excuse for Melancholy, in Three Parts
Short story written in 2024 by BW Derge, “An Excuse for Melancholy (In Three Parts)” – with part 1, The Incident in the Woods – Part 2, Let’s Discuss Over Some Tea – and Part 3, Reunification –