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I have 227 stories published in
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My stories have been read 499622 times
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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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I'm the head of a matchstick, I'm a number seven, I'm a...
This week I’m just making shapes. I’m the head of a matchstick, I’m a number seven, I’m a box of Cuban cigars on an ageing dictator’s desk.
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I'm on Radio 4
Today at 3:30pm I’m going to be on Radio 4. Well, not me, but my story Teeth.
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I'm on the radio! I'm in the Guardian!
It’s been a good week all round, which is strange as weeks aren’t normally round (I’ve said this before).
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Geezer comes into shop...
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Really fabulous Christmas
Posted on Wed, 09 Dec 2020
Really fabulous Christmas story this. Loved it.
Drew
Read full commentPosted in It's (Still) a Wonderful Life
I particularly liked 'brides
Posted on Sun, 29 Nov 2020
I particularly liked 'brides of snow and ice' and their wings as 'new moons'.
They are the strangest creatures though aren't they, the evil giraffe of the bird-world.
Read full commentPosted in The Migration of Winter Angels
Well, there is The Birdland
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Well, there is The Birdland Bar in Flamingo Hotel - home to (stuffed) exotic birds, a singles night, a wedding and a cat funeral.
Read full commentPosted in Monsoon
Haha! Yes.
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Haha! Yes.
Read full commentPosted in Monsoon
I once got caught in a
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
I once got caught in a monsoon on Skikoku. But that's another story.
This is another poem. And I love it.
Drew
Read full commentPosted in Monsoon
Lots of lines made me smile
Posted on Mon, 09 Nov 2020
Lots of lines made me smile in that bittersweet way and want to crack open a beer. Unfortunately there is only wine and dinner to cook. Nice one Sean, you old romantic you.
Read full commentPosted in At The East Lake Where I'm Often Drunk, Thoroughly
I think the characters and
Posted on Sat, 31 Oct 2020
I think the characters and the set up are too good for this to turn out to be a prank. There's no emotional involvement in a prank. That's not to say I didn't like it. It's fine writing. But I suppose I don't like things in general, crime stories...
Read full commentPosted in Empire State (Part Two)
Simple yet effective.
Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2020
Simple yet effective.
Read full commentPosted in The Red
That is right, 'recognisable'
Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2020
That is right, 'recognisable', for we all think this. Few, if any, can express it so well.
Read full commentPosted in Deus Ex Machina
I'm very happy to see the
Posted on Mon, 28 Sep 2020
I'm very happy to see the next part of this Sean.
Read full commentPosted in Something You'll Have To Live With (2)
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