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I have 227 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 506725 times and 172 of my stories have been cherry picked.
311 of my 1,290 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 335 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. Pre-order here https://www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store

https://www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store

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Minnesota Fats

By drew_gummerson on Fri, 31 Jul 2020

Minnesota Fats There isn't much great fiction about pool. In fact, the only book I know of any repute is The Hustler by Walter Tevis. It was made...

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Flamingo Dreams

By drew_gummerson on Sat, 09 May 2020

And in other news. My book, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel , which appeared here on AbcTales between October and December 2019 is to be published...

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The Monkey Plans. (An audio extract from Sven Goes to War)

By drew_gummerson on Thu, 02 Apr 2020

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

By drew_gummerson on Thu, 12 Mar 2020

Sven Goes to War. Part 1. Warriors of the Wasteland While their parents watched War 73 ( The war to end all… etc etc) spin out on Nightly News , the...

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On the Spectrum

By drew_gummerson on Mon, 02 Mar 2020

On the Spectrum. It is 1986. Margaret Thatcher is sat firmly on her throne. The Chernobyl Nuclear disaster is just on the horizon. People are...

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311 of my comments have received 335 Great Feedback votes

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The history lesson works, I

Posted on Sat, 11 Sep 2021

The history lesson works, I think, because it's told in such a particular specific voice.

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I would flesh this out more.

Posted on Wed, 08 Sep 2021

I would flesh this out more. What was the room like? What did she look like? Not overdoing it.

And there is too much direct speech. Read it out. Does it sound the way someone speaks?

I like the story tho...

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It's hard not to overdo the

Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2021

It's hard not to overdo the sentimentality in these things. And you've got this pitch perfect. It's really lovely.

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As above. I love both the

Posted on Sun, 05 Sep 2021

As above. I love both the poem and the tale. And I want to eat some Korean food. It used to be my favourite thing but there aren't many Korean restaurants in these parts.

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