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My stories have been read 360377 times and 159 of my stories have been cherry picked.
289 of my 1,279 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 311 votes

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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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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 26

Zelig Krüger’s Diary. Pages 14 to finish. To understand anything we must carefully follow the steps that led us to our present destination. Think of...
Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 25

Chapter 18. After I finished packing I got Zara to call me a taxi. When it came I made it stop at the bank as it was opening up. Zara and I had set...
Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 24

1971 "I love you, I love you, I love you." Agnes slid out of bed naked and did a kind of pirouette. She was no ballerina and tumbled down onto the...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 23

The human body holds on average ten pints of blood. The blood is pumped around the veins by the heart. The heart is the repository of love. And if...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 22

Chapter 15. The first thing I saw on opening the door of my flat was Russell dressed as Batman. He had on the full outfit, shiny leather boots, fully...

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289 of my comments have received 311 Great Feedback votes

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Congratulations! This is our

Posted on Tue, 23 Mar 2021

Congratulations! This is our Facebook And Twitter Pick of the Day. Please retweet and share with a cup of tea. 
 

Don't worry, the picture's not Stollen it's from...

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Posted in I am a Fruit Cake

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Excellent. Takes me back to

Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021

Excellent. Takes me back to the time when I wrote endless letters to my friends 

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Posted in Letters in the attic

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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. 

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Posted in The Boy with Tight Underpants

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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. 

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Posted in Pins (21)

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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...

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Posted in Sven Goes to War. Part 1. Warriors of the Wasteland

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I really enjoyed this story.

Posted on Sat, 26 Oct 2024

I really enjoyed this story. There was a tension and a mystery to it that gripped me. 
 

Congratulations it's our Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in The choices that define us

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Far from fucking awful I

Posted on Sat, 26 Oct 2024

Far from fucking awful I think this is rather great. 

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Posted in F*king awful (title censored)

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This is great. Captures

Posted on Thu, 26 Sep 2024

This is great. Captures perfectly the grind of every day life and worries. 
 

Although I've never heard a Taylor Swift song it's still my choice for the Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in On the Wind

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This is really fine writing

Posted on Wed, 25 Sep 2024

This is really fine writing Sean. How far are you into finishing this? 

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Posted in INSECT!

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I too am sorry to hear you

Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2024

I too am sorry to hear you are in pain. 
 

I loved your poem. It is our Pick of the Day. I am sorry it is late. I read this earlier and then life intruded. 

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Posted in Suspended Between Two Worlds

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