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I have 227 stories published in
10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 498342 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
My stories
The Only Way to Rob a Bank is Naked
I’m a big fan of public transport. It’s the people they let on it that bothers me. In the same way I’m a big fan of democracy. It just depends whose hands it’s in.
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My life as a frog
I was a precocious child. I went straight from Peter and Jane to Lady Windermere’s Fan. Of course I returned later to Enid Blyton but it was with a certain aesthetic detachment.
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Papa Smurf Pays A Visit
Yesterday I was sitting at my desk writing when I turned around and noticed Papa Smurf standing in the centre of the floor behind me.
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Advocat for breakfast
I need to go shopping.
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NaNoWriMo
Starting on the 1st November and running to the 30th November it is National Novel Writing Month .
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I'm afraid I can't speak to
Posted on Mon, 02 Mar 2020
I'm afraid I can't speak to you anymore Commodore Man. :)
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It works perfectly with the
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2020
It works perfectly with the picture.
Read full commentPosted in Waka for Murasaki Shikibu
Thank you. Enjoyed this one
Posted on Mon, 24 Feb 2020
Thank you. Enjoyed this one too.
I recommend Donjong Heights by Ben Borek, The Golden Gate by Vickram Seth or Eugene Onegin by Pushkin. They are novels in verse form.
Read full commentPosted in What was stolen?
It has an infectiousness
Posted on Mon, 24 Feb 2020
It has an infectiousness about it that will make it spread.
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Sweet story. After the title
Posted on Sun, 23 Feb 2020
Sweet story. After the title I was expecting a Highsmith type murder....
Read full commentPosted in Strangers on a Train
I liked this. The short
Posted on Sat, 22 Feb 2020
I liked this. The short staccato sentences match the noir story.
Drew
Read full commentPosted in This mosters back in town
Yes. I agree. And that it has
Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2020
Yes. I agree. And that it has a positive ending.
Read full commentPosted in I've forgotten
So lovely. And sad.
Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2020
So lovely. And sad.
Read full commentPosted in To my Best Friend...(Frankie)
I know now that Charon is one
Posted on Wed, 19 Feb 2020
I know now that Charon is one of Pluto's moons. And I looked up 'reverse atmosphere' as I didn't have a clue. It's only believed to exist on Pluto (no one's ever been there, but we could send Trump and Boris as they like to be experts on...
Read full commentPosted in Pluto’s ode to Charon
Really beautiful again.
Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2020
Really beautiful again.
Read full commentPosted in Gila Woodpecker
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