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My stories have been read 496139 times
and 172 of my stories have been cherry picked.
310 of my 1,289 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 334 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









I will. The problem is I'm
Posted on Thu, 12 Mar 2020
I will. The problem is I'm reading WG Sebald. Who writes in very long dense, brilliant, sentences. And all these stories initially were started after reading Camilla Grudova. I dream of being these people and in the end it comes out sounding like...
Read full commentPosted in Sven Goes to War. Part 1. Warriors of the Wasteland
Nicely Dunn Paul. A funny
Posted on Tue, 14 Apr 2026
Nicely Dunn Paul. A funny story with a good punchline. Congratulations. This is our Pick of the Day.
Read full commentPosted in Making Sense Of It All
Ha! Yes!
Posted on Fri, 10 Apr 2026
Ha! Yes!
Read full commentPosted in Joe - a dinosaur theme park story with hotdogs.
Check news that rocket hasn't
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2026
Check news that rocket hasn't hurtled into sun, or Iran, then make Pick of Day.
Read full commentSpot on. Very good.
Posted in Artemis Too?
Happy Birthday Ewan and well
Posted on Sat, 14 Mar 2026
Happy Birthday Ewan and well said. I really enjoyed this. It's our Pick of the Day.
Read full commentPosted in Birthday Blues
Sorry to hear about your
Posted on Wed, 04 Mar 2026
Sorry to hear about your hospital visit and fingers crossed for some positive results.
Read full commentPosted in My Time In A & E
Quite agree. I enjoyed this
Posted on Sun, 07 Sep 2025
Quite agree. I enjoyed this too.
Congratulations. It's our Pick of the Day.
Read full commentPosted in Sandwiches, Wittgenstein and a Log
As I said, Nicely done.
Posted on Sat, 05 Jul 2025
As I said, Nicely done.
Congratulations. This is our Pick of the Day.
Read full commentPosted in The lisping god of small things
This is excellent. There's so
Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2025
This is excellent. There's so much tension and distance to everything - apart from his son.
A couple of things - picky - paragraphs one and two are general and then three he hears the splashing. Goes upstairs. He's describing smells. I...
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Part 1 (c)
I enjoyed this feel-good
Posted on Sat, 05 Jul 2025
I enjoyed this feel-good story. Nicely done.
Read full commentPosted in The lisping god of small things
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