Douglas lives in the woods of Maine. His words, an exploration of self and humanity, bleed through paper and harddrives. https://douglaswrightiii.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3muf2zc24az24Wild ones A reunion of some kind, I find myself at a high-school friend's parents' house. I'm hanging out in the foyer; he's not there, we weren't ever close, just two boys--a bit awkward with parents pushing us to socialize. The house is massive, opulent and cold; very "west coast." There's some… https://douglaswrightiii.com/2026/08/31/wild-ones/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social31 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf2zc24az24https://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mttfdpof622zListened to a panel discussion by the founder of Foghorn Mag, they killed it, go contribute or support. foghornmag.com #writers #anarchist #zine https://foghornmag.com/24 Aug 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttfdpof622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mttdatfroh2aRipples of Ripley There's a scene in David Fincher's adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo where Martin Vanger (Stellan Skarsgård) politely invites Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) into his house, after finding him snooping around. The fact that Martin is the killer well known by Mikael and… https://douglaswrightiii.com/2026/08/24/ripples-of-ripley/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social24 Aug 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttdatfroh2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mth2qic7g225I'm no Vonnegut, but I do have my own folder full of rejections. Please don't ask me to show the "accepted" folder, again, I'm no Vonnegut. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth2qic7g225https://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mtboupbv2x2yRipley The most recent take on Ripley is simultaneously the most faithful and the most radical departure from the Tom of the book, thanks to some delicious suspenseful pacing and Adam Scott's terrifying performance. Not that the book offered much in terms of an internal-monologue, but here, in a… https://douglaswrightiii.com/2026/08/17/ripley-2/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social17 Aug 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtboupbv2x2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mtad62yn6s22Like art or literature? Live in Maine? Feel like exploring the liminal? @12willowspress.bsky.social & Blue Hill Public Library are hosting a reading of the "Echoes in the Fog" anthology this Thurs, August 20 @ 7pm Come down, support art. bhpl.libcal.com/event/16202579 #booksky #writersky #maine16 Aug 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtad62yn6s22https://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mt25lxs7x22sGoing with bells on!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt25lxs7x22shttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3msq7j7cfiy2mThe Talented Mr. Ripley This was the iteration of the Tom Ripley that I grew up with. To be clear, I've only watched it recently, but Matt Damon's version swam in the cultural zeitgeist I was party to at the turn of the century. Prior to my watching the limited series and reading the book, this… https://douglaswrightiii.com/2026/08/10/the-talented-mr-ripley/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social10 Aug 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq7j7cfiy2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3ms6hkk3ypd2aPlein Soleil The first film adaptation is the one that takes the most liberties with the source material. Even the title "Plein Soleil" (aka "full sun") or as it was released to the English speaking world "Purple Noon" take a more poetic tact than any of the other versions. This is a French film… https://douglaswrightiii.com/2026/08/03/plein-soleil/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social03 Aug 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6hkk3ypd2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mrs6amjxdb2xRipley I like to compare media that have been done and redone, reimagined, pieces cut, characters changed or added, themes twisted and contorted and subverted. It's interesting to read into the pieces, to see what technology or cultural hangups may have influenced the creators, to get a glimpse at… https://douglaswrightiii.com/2026/07/29/ripley/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social29 Jul 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs6amjxdb2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mqu2pwq4nl2jLate to class It's not recent and it's my excuse but it's the best I got: The pitter-patter of little feet escaping, punctuated by the exclamation point of a cat's ass, tail held high. I'm awake. Something is wrong but I'm not sure what. I turn to check on my girlfriend, and I feel it. There's… https://douglaswrightiii.com/2026/07/17/late-to-class/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social17 Jul 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu2pwq4nl2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mqjofqojgt2aA short list In recent memory, I fell into the Expanse series really hard. Pulpy, genre-smashing and very much feeling of the political moment, without be an obvious 1-to-1 proxy, the books and the TV series became a salve against the insanity of the world--the subtext being, sure we're still as… https://douglaswrightiii.com/2026/07/13/a-short-list/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social13 Jul 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjofqojgt2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mpjje4tr222jFor the seafaring Mainers: https://www.eastportartscenter.org/downeast-pirates-flash-fiction #writers #maine30 Jun 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjje4tr222jhttps://bsky.app/profile/douglaswrightiii.com/post/3mp4s7kjmph2xThe literal shit post A cramped bathroom, knees and elbows hitting the walls. Tired tiles, once white, yellowed with years, smudged with stains. I finish my business and begin to wipe; my finger tears through the paper. Fuck. Standing, pants around my ankles, I twist to use the micro-sink… https://douglaswrightiii.com/2026/06/25/the-literal-shit-post/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social25 Jun 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:eyfaqapwtfvfpailtlwpvaxf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4s7kjmph2x