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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
I love the rain that runs
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
I love the rain that runs through this and the repeated line.
Read full commentPosted in The Storm Of A Thousand Years
It's a character. I see that.
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2020
It's a character. I see that. And it is how a lot of people talk. But we need to know why he's not let on the tube. 'After the incident with the French horn, the poodle and the can of WD40 Charlie gave me down the pub they wouldn't even let me...
Read full commentPosted in Not too Much to Ask
So sorry to hear that x
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020
So sorry to hear that x
Read full commentPosted in Iriecat
Loved both it and the video.
Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2020
Loved both it and the video. 'apologies of bees' is lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Bee eaters
I enjoyed this one two
Posted on Thu, 02 Jul 2020
I enjoyed this one two although would have liked a foxy twist in the tale once you've introduced Hargreaves and a buried dog and a loose rung and a threat. Anyway... do you know George Saunders foxy take? ...
Read full commentPosted in The Envy of Footprints
Brilliant. Loved it. And what
Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 2020
Brilliant. Loved it. And what a great idea. National Insect Week.
Read full commentPosted in Bluebottle
As Celticman said, good story
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2020
As Celticman said, good story. I think you need to build up the voodoo element, introduce it more slowly. How did he know about voodoo dolls etc? And have more than one thrust of the pin. After doing it the first time there's a recovery and then...
Read full commentPosted in I Can Never Say Sorry…
I mentioned Spike Milligan
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2020
I mentioned Spike Milligan the other day. And this reminds me of him too.
Read full commentPosted in Tormentors' Just Desserts
I liked this, like the other
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2020
I liked this, like the other one, the strange wasted characters. But like the other one I think you need to put some plot and tension in there. And when I say plot you could do worse than look at Brautigan - in sombrero fallout a sombrero falls...
Read full commentPosted in The Hippy and the Mermaid
It is beautiful and sad. All
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020
It is beautiful and sad. All loved pets are receptacles of pain.
Read full commentPosted in Iriecat
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