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My stories have been read 234648 times
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145 of my 906 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 151 votes
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.
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Sven Goes to War. Part 14. Happy House
It was August 23 rd in the year #### when Sven set off into the desert alone and underwent what he would later refer to as his Damascene Conversion...
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Sven Goes to War. Part 13. Love Vigilantes
Love Vigilantes . Captain Newheart, squat short and with a belly on him that hung grotesquely over his khaki shorts, a physical deformity or a secret...
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Sven Goes to War. Part 12. O mio babbino caro
O mio babbino caro The town of S was a thriving metropolis of four streets. Here were: tea rooms with gilded vaulted ceilings pool halls, the men...
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Sven Goes to War. Part 11. Between the Wars
Between the Wars. It was all very straightforward. The base was housed in a former pickle factory on the outskirts of S. Climb up by a series of...
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The Monkey Plans. (An audio extract from Sven Goes to War)
The Monkey Plans . 1. Listen to The Monkey Plans . 2. Read the full story here . 3. Or even from beginning of whole banana here . 4. Enjoy 5. Or don'...
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I enjoyed this episode.
Posted on Sun, 02 Aug 2020
I enjoyed this episode.
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 8
It's beautiful - a love poem
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
It's beautiful - a love poem for a hippo shouldn't work but it does and manages to say so much more - about you, and us, and Empire. Drew
Read full commentPosted in To my imaginary child
Well, the sun is out, and now
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
Well, the sun is out, and now I have a chill in my bones. We are all for worms in the end. Great poem.
Read full commentPosted in The Diplomacy of Vultures
Hats off to you! I now have a
Posted on Tue, 28 Jul 2020
Hats off to you! I now have a spring in my step, although I'm still in bed.
Drew
Read full commentPosted in Original Spring Poem
Image is free for use from
Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2020
Image is free for use from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/milky-way-galaxy-night-sky-stars-984050/
Read full commentPosted in Stars
Congratulations! This is our
Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2020
Congratulations! This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
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I enjoyed this episode. It
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
I enjoyed this episode. It has pace and the dialogue is very good.
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 6
It is beautiful. I didn't
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
It is beautiful. I didn't know what 'ouzel' meant. It's a lovely word.
Read full commentPosted in Love is a Labour
It's really good. I read it
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
It's really good. I read it before. I'd put the year in the first line. You're writing in the present tense and so I'd make it clear it's not now. In the first paragraph, if you have, 'you know' do you need a question mark after States? I think...
Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King (Opening - EDITED)
Yes, I thought that. As part
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
Yes, I thought that. As part of a longer piece it'd be fine. I was just thinking, stand alone, the opening is a bit long. Having posted longer work on here it made me really think, does this piece work alone? And that was really helpful. Because...
Read full commentPosted in The Careers Teacher
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