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I have 226 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 493905 times and 169 of my stories have been cherry picked.
307 of my 1,283 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 329 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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Don Quixote

By drew_gummerson on Sun, 27 Jan 2008

It would be difficult to write an amusing blog about mass suicide so I won’t even try.

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Me and Mickie James Cover

By drew_gummerson on Sun, 20 Jan 2008

This week I received the cover for ‘Me and Mickie James’. I was surprised. I was expecting a picture. Instead it is covered in writing, front and back. Also it’s black.

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National Year of Reading 2008

By drew_gummerson on Tue, 15 Jan 2008

This year is the National Year of Reading . (That’s reading as in reading books, not Reading as in the town outside London.

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As If!

By drew_gummerson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008

There was a quote at the end of the Start the Week podcast. Q. “Why are you not unhappy?" A.

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A New Year Message

By drew_gummerson on Mon, 31 Dec 2007

For the past three days I have been editing the final chapter of ‘The Penguin Variations’. So I am finishing it as the year ends. It’s been a good year.

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I liked this - quickly sets

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2020

I liked this - quickly sets the scene, and I like the way it pans out with the phone call. Couple of tiny things. 'fuck you quickly' needs some punctuation. Because I just read it as 'fuck you quickly'. An exclamation mark after 'fuck'? ...

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It's a great first line.

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2020

It's a great first line. Because everything builds and develops from there.

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Completely brilliant. A

Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2020

Completely brilliant. A procession of unusual, startling images that have absolute clarity in their absurdity. And I've seen the wolves, they're at the end of the pier, dancing a slow waltz while sucking on popsicles.

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