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Mephiboseth – Part 4 – Weekly Feature | August 17, 2010

by andrewkooman on August 18, 2010

Read Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 The last time I was in the hospital the scar set itself much deeper.  It carved its way deeper than my flesh, under the surface of my skin, below muscle and bone.  I remember seeing Marion for the first time after the accident.  She looked at [...]

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Mephiboseth – Part 3 – Weekly Feature | August 10, 2010

by andrewkooman on August 11, 2010

Read Part 1 and Part 2 Marion and I used to dance a lot.  She would joke that dancing was like sex with clothes on, and that ironically it met the approval of her father.  I’ve heard some amputees say that after they lost their limbs they would still itch.  They would go to scratch [...]

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Mephiboseth – Part 2 – Weekly Feature | August 3, 2010

by andrewkooman on August 4, 2010

Read Part 1 I made my quarterly appearance with my internet support group today.  A group of SCI’s who I’m supposed to relate to.  What areas of the body do the Sacral spinal nerves supply? It’s part of my continuing “healing” and “therapy.”  Marion thinks it will move me away from Prozac, but its having [...]

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Making of Mephibosheth – Chat Group 2

by andrewkooman on August 4, 2010

The following is part of the back story I developed for the narrator in my short story “Mephibosheth“.  Birk Sproxton, who led the creative writing class at the Red Deer College in 2002 (where said story emerged) gave us a character assignment to generate a life for the narrator and to write a story in [...]

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Mephiboseth – Part 1 – Weekly Feature | July 28, 2010

by andrewkooman on July 28, 2010

Watch Andrew’s Video about the Making of “Mephibosheth” and his tribute to writer and professor Birk Sproxton. BONUS FEATURE: Behind the Scenes Chat Sessions Mephibosheth: Part 1 This was a suicide note, but then I remembered crying.  It was a true story.  I thought the little actress was the little girl.  I cried because the [...]

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