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Author Archives: davidkootnikoff

“CHASING THE MUSE”: WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Posted on June 6, 2025 by davidkootnikoff — Leave a reply
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1st Prize Winner: “What We Can Fix” By Indie MacGarva

Posted on June 6, 2025 by davidkootnikoff — Leave a reply

 On a sunny late spring morning in what he could only assume was June, approximately ten years after the world had ended, Liam found a strange machine in the rubble-filled Continue Reading →

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2nd Prize Winner: “A Night Sky” By Kole Rogers

Posted on June 6, 2025 by davidkootnikoff — Leave a reply

“I’ve never seen a night sky so bright.”  I smiled and turned to Harper. Her face still upturned at the sky, which was indeed unusually bright.  “Those are called stars, Continue Reading →

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3rd Prize Winner: “Encounters With The Last” By Levi Mason

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August 2039 “What the hell is that?” asked Kyle, his voice muffled by his own shoulder. He could almost taste the steroids pulsing through the bulging veins that stuffed his Continue Reading →

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REAL LOVE BY HAWNA ATWOOD

Posted on May 13, 2025 by davidkootnikoff — Leave a reply

She hadn’t known what real love wasNot until he smiled at her.He offered his help without her needing to askHe held her as she sobbed during shark week And never Continue Reading →

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PIECES BY: MALA VIRK

Posted on April 19, 2025 by davidkootnikoff — 1 Comment ↓

I thought I could fix what was broken. Be a hand to mend cracks and seams, But in my search for healing I lost myself within the dreams. You came Continue Reading →

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C3P0 & Juliet By: Ward Wizzordly

Posted on March 26, 2025 by davidkootnikoff — 1 Comment ↓

C3P0 & Juliet  OR Is YOUR Droid Suffering From Romanticizations? CALL US NOW!!! YOU May Be Entitled to Compensation! By: Ward Wizzordly Edited by: Jelayna Arbour INT. MOS EISLEY CANTINA Continue Reading →

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Film Review “The Substance” (2024): A Love Letter to Self-Hatred By: Taylor Wingrave Hanna 

Posted on February 6, 2025 by davidkootnikoff

If you haven’t been following film in 2024 (or if you avoid the world of horror at all costs) you may have somehow missed the buzz following The Substance. The film Continue Reading →

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Northern Lights Amnesia By: Daniela McGonigal-Videla

Posted on February 6, 2025 by davidkootnikoff

As I look up into the ink black sky,A smattering of stars above my eyes,Rays of moonlight white,Like angel’s fingers grasping at the darknessThe northern lights of Aurora beginning to Continue Reading →

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Contraband Body By: Victoria Nestorowicz

Posted on February 6, 2025 by davidkootnikoff

rot is the instinctintegrated to the land;taboo prescription.

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New Webzine from the English Department!
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Contact Dr David Kootnikoff for more info.
CREATIVE WRITING
OPEN STAGE PERFORMANCE
Dr. David Kootnikoff's Creative Writing
3800A class Department of English
Date: April 3, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Location: UH Atrium

Date: Friday, April 5, 2024
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: AH-100 (Andy's Place, Anderson Hall)

If you would like to participate, please send an e-mail to Dr. David Kootnikoff (david.kootnikoff@uleth.ca).

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