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I have 220 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 328259 times and 157 of my stories have been cherry picked.
288 of my 1,317 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 309 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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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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Seven Nights in the Flamingo Hotel

At five o’clock in the morning you are woken by the sounds of the couple in the next room arguing and this surprises you because the previous night...
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Palestine

1. God is dead Myron comes home and takes off his, ‘God is Dead’, sandwich board.
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Zola Budd and Big Books

I am Zola Budd or an aspiring bum. Remember her, when they did get her in spikes you didn’t know if you were watching track and field or a remixed edition of Death Race 2000.

Sitges, Sitges, Sitges

So said the barwoman of the hotel terrace bar. We we looking down on the church, at a green laser light playing on the ground. It was nothing really, like something a kid would have.

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288 of my comments have received 309 Great Feedback votes

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Nice ending.  

Posted on Fri, 02 Apr 2021

Nice ending.  

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Posted in Marta and the Bug (3-4)

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I never knew him and now I

Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

I never knew him and now I miss him. 

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Posted in The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)

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It feels full of hope! Love

Posted on Tue, 16 Mar 2021

It feels full of hope! Love it. 

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Posted in Vernal Equinox

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Ok. So, I like what happens

Posted on Fri, 05 Mar 2021

Ok. So, I like what happens within the story. Getting up to the window is too long. He needs to land on his arse quicker.  So I'd cut some there. The monologue about his woes is too long. The speech back and forth between them is excellent. I'd...

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Posted in Sharks

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I love its simplicity, that

Posted on Mon, 01 Mar 2021

I love its simplicity, that of a single moment. But it's so moving. 

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Posted in Hand Washing, Glasgow Central

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I loved it. Was there in 1991

Posted on Wed, 03 Mar 2021

I loved it. Was there in 1991. I was a student. And in Milwaukee. As per Flamingo Hotel. It's all true! (Well, not quite.)

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Posted in New Amsterdam

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It's great. 

Posted on Sun, 28 Feb 2021

It's great. 
 

One point of style. After a lot of your direct speech, you have, 'sais' and then a present participle...

'McDade sais, tryin tae sound authoritative'

'Scanlon sais, noddin'

'ah sais, scramblin fur...

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Posted in The Party ay the Year (Part One)

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It's lovely. But very sad. 

Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2021

It's lovely. But very sad. 

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Posted in Lyrebird

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Great stuff. Glad you got

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021

Great stuff. Glad you got jabbed. Now you're a red arrow can you loop the loop? 

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Posted in Pad Life 14: The Joy of Jabbing

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Really? I can't believe it's

Posted on Tue, 19 Jan 2021

Really? I can't believe it's been that long. You know, it felt really comforting in this horrible current climate to return to something warm and reassuring. Write some more! 

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Posted in Craven Unraveled

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