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I have 227 stories published in
10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 507246 times
and 172 of my stories have been cherry picked.
311 of my 1,293 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 335 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
My stories
Pants!
So the proofs for Me and Mickie James have arrived.
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Me and Mickie Proofs
I had an email from the publisher telling me the proofs for ‘Me and Mickie James’ are bac
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Wee
On the first page of ‘The Penguin Variations’ a character has a wee. He is trying to help save the world so he doesn’t flush the toilet. I saw this on a programme on tv.
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Cover Story
One of my favourite books, ‘Death and The Penguin’ I bought because I liked the cover.
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The Suitcase
University had cleared me out. I had debts towering over me like obelisks and only two pairs of underpants left. I wore them on alternate weekdays, inside-out at weekends.
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Really beautiful again.
Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2020
Really beautiful again.
Read full commentPosted in Gila Woodpecker
Yes, I've had some one night
Posted on Mon, 17 Feb 2020
Yes, I've had some one night stands like that. Long time ago. And now I'd prefer a mudskipper, being immersed in all things aquatic. I might put one in the aquarium.
Love the poem
Read full commentPosted in One Night Stand
I love the circularity of
Posted on Sun, 02 Feb 2020
I love the circularity of this one.
Read full commentPosted in Eel
Just my opinion, but that
Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2020
Just my opinion, but that looks loads better. And, in line three, call him FF, then it's clear who he is from the beginning. (That's right, isn't it?)
Read full commentPosted in Lose the ivory towers - a novel
I liked it. Although it's
Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2020
I liked it. Although it's confusing. I'd lose the asterisks, as I think it'd flow better without. And the first time I read it I assumed he was one of the bank robbers... maybe that's just me.
Coincidentally I read a Clemens Meyer...
Read full commentPosted in Lose the ivory towers - a novel
Yes it is. Great, isn't it?
Posted on Thu, 30 Jan 2020
Yes it is. Great, isn't it?
Read full commentPosted in There Was The House and There Was The Sea (1)
Really great story. Thanks
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020
Really great story. Thanks for sharing. Like an updated version of one of those stories you'd read in a magazine.
Read full commentPosted in The Opposite Effect (3)
Well written. Good twist in
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020
Well written. Good twist in the middle there. Wasn't expecting that .
Read full commentPosted in The Opposite Effect (1)
Bit strange is perfect for me
Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2020
Bit strange is perfect for me. And I like that your poems have a specific style - they are very you, your voice - good I think when you are putting a collection together.
Read full commentPosted in Underground
I love this one too. To
Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2020
I love this one too. To describe a person as a mole is unusual but fits perfectly and then you carry it on through the whole poem. And what you say is true - if we burrow ourselves our reality does become distorted, and memories invade...
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