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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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Sven Goes to War. Part 1. Warriors of the Wasteland
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
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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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 3)
Read part 2 here: https://www.abctales.com/story/drewgummerson/movieland-christmas-story-part-2 Part 3 Some researcher based at Leicester University...
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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story part 2)
Part 2 Read part 1 here - https://www.abctales.com/story/drewgummerson/movieland-christmas-story-p... While the two boys shaded in the wind turbines...
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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 1)
I was supposed to be the authority but it had to be said they were probably right, the duck did appear to be dying. It wasn’t a spectacular death,...
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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...
Read full commentPosted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 3
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.
Read full commentPosted in Gentlemen and Players
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.
Read full commentPosted in The Swallow's Broken Leg
Excellent!
Posted on Fri, 03 Sep 2021
Excellent!
Read full commentPosted in Coyle Loyal
It was in the days I had an
Posted on Thu, 02 Sep 2021
It was in the days I had an agent. I think I was trying to write a thriller....
Read full commentPosted in The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir
Congratulations Mark. Another
Posted on Thu, 19 Aug 2021
Congratulations Mark. Another really good council estate story.
Read full commentPosted in Minefield
Well done Paul. Great poem.
Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2021
Well done Paul. Great poem.
Read full commentPosted in Leaving Home
Excellent poem. Takes me
Posted on Mon, 16 Aug 2021
Excellent poem. Takes me right there.
Read full commentPosted in Naples: balcony overlooking Via Firenza
Well, I love Highsmith. She
Posted on Wed, 11 Aug 2021
Well, I love Highsmith. She wouldn't fare well in the twitter-verse these days. She didn't like people very much. But was fond of snails. And was known to attend parties with a bagful of them....
Her first book was Strangers on a Train....
Read full commentPosted in Danger Mouse
Good stuff Mark. Enjoyed it.
Posted on Wed, 11 Aug 2021
Good stuff Mark. Enjoyed it. I'd recommend Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith. A really great peeping Tom thriller.
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