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I have 221 stories published in
10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 237871 times
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Drew Gummerson
Author of Me and Mickie James (Jonathan Cape) and The Lodger (GMP), and many stories here and there. Follow me at @drewgum. Seven Nights At The Flamingo Hotel is coming November 2020. Pre-order here https://www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store
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11. Going bald. An Ancient Greek bent over an amphora. Canaryman!
11. Going bald. An Ancient Greek bent over an amphora. Canaryman! Read Part 10. Buff Bulgar. Dewey Decimal. Balaena ex machina. “Is that the time?”...
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10. Buff Bulgar. Dewey Decimal. Balaena ex machina.
10. Buff Bulgar. Dewey Decimal. Balaena ex machina. Read Part 9. Giotto's Grotto. Dante's Dodgems. El Cid's Most Marvellous Mangonel. Summer has come...
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9. Giotto’s Grotto. Dante’s Dodgems. El Cid’s Most Marvellous Mangonel
9. Giotto’s Grotto. Dante’s Dodgems. El Cid’s Most Marvellous Mangonel. Read Part 8. The Gunpowder Plot. Gargantua. A midnight flit. It is an eerie...
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8. The Gunpowder Plot. Gargantua. A midnight flit.
8. The Gunpowder Plot. Gargantua. A midnight flit. Read 7: The Horvát Twins. The Croc-Pit. Wet dreams . "Wait here, I have something of a surprise...
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7. The Horvát Twins. The Croc-Pit. Wet dreams.
7. The Horvát Twins. The Croc-Pit. Wet dreams. Read Part 6: Prize conker, the son of a Norwegian ferry captain. Escape plan . There have been rumours...
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Another great poem. I'm
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020
Another great poem. I'm pining for more. (Sorry. That was awful.). Drew.
Read full commentPosted in Pine Trees
That's a typical Sunday for
Posted on Sun, 16 Aug 2020
That's a typical Sunday for me. If you're struggling again, give me a shout. Loved the story, clearly.
Read full commentPosted in The Boy with Tight Underpants
I'm really enjoying it but
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
I'm really enjoying it but finding it confusing too... I don't think it's supposed to be clear, it's that sense of not knowing how it all fits together that carries it forward.
Read full commentPosted in Pins (21)
Brilliant. Can you set it to
Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2020
Brilliant. Can you set it to music and sing it at the next ABC event.
Read full commentPosted in She Fingered Me Every Night
Good, isn't it? I've not got
Posted on Fri, 15 May 2020
Good, isn't it? I've not got to end yet but I will.
Read full commentPosted in Lost Dog 8
I will. The problem is I'm
Posted on Thu, 12 Mar 2020
I will. The problem is I'm reading WG Sebald. Who writes in very long dense, brilliant, sentences. And all these stories initially were started after reading Camilla Grudova. I dream of being these people and in the end it comes out sounding like...
Read full commentPosted in Sven Goes to War. Part 1. Warriors of the Wasteland
Very pleased to have a French
Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2020
Very pleased to have a French novelist in the mix. :)
Read full commentPosted in The Woolly Mulligans
Well, there is The Birdland
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Well, there is The Birdland Bar in Flamingo Hotel - home to (stuffed) exotic birds, a singles night, a wedding and a cat funeral.
Read full commentPosted in Monsoon
Haha! Yes.
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Haha! Yes.
Read full commentPosted in Monsoon
I once got caught in a
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
I once got caught in a monsoon on Skikoku. But that's another story.
This is another poem. And I love it.
Drew
Read full commentPosted in Monsoon
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