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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

Cherry

Travis's Tours

Travis's Tours !supportEmptyParas]> Four days have passed, one after another, like lettuce leaves being scraped against a grater. If what I feel...
Cherry

Penguin Ending

Penguin Ending !supportEmptyParas]> !supportEmptyParas]> It is the last day of the holiday and I wake with a start. Above my head the roof...

After After The Quake

After After the Quake On Boxing Day Ralph woke with the worst possible hangover. The night before he had drunk until three am in a bar on Oxford...

Diary November 2nd

Diary November 2 - on finishing editing Darts and watching Fahrenheit 451

C Darts ch27

Darts with the brothers

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291 of my comments have received 313 Great Feedback votes

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Stunning.  Drew. 

Posted on Mon, 13 Jan 2020

Stunning. 
Drew. 

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Posted in Lime Tree

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I like the absurd humour of

Posted on Thu, 09 Jan 2020

I like the absurd humour of it. 
The computer wears tennis shoes. And the dialogue over Mel Brooks is good. 
 

It's just my opinion but I'd think of a plot for it, rather than taken to another planet, clean some gutters, come...

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Posted in Salamander 7

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Haha. We've all got our

Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2020

Haha. We've all got our version of that guy...

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Posted in Shooting The Engineer

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A tasty after-dinner treat.

Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2020

A tasty after-dinner treat. Thank you. 

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Posted in To the belly of an osprey

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Thanks. Although still

Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019

Thanks. Although still writing I'd been feeling down and very self critical about everything I was doing. This last few months posting stuff on here and getting nice comments has given me a huge boost. I've finished Flamingo Hotel and have...

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Posted in MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 1)

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Love this. You pierce the

Posted on Sat, 28 Dec 2019

Love this. You pierce the shape perfectly. 

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Posted in Decagon

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A great piece about awkward

Posted on Sat, 28 Dec 2019

A great piece about awkward desire. 
It's American?

And there are too many mentions of her nose, which is both turned-up and button? Is that possible? Or maybe you have a nose thing. Like Murakami with his ears. If so, that's fine...

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Posted in From Jester To King XI

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Lovely thing to say. 

Posted on Thu, 19 Dec 2019

Lovely thing to say. 

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Posted in Filler Up With Rosebuds

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Drummers are drummers. 

Posted on Tue, 17 Dec 2019

Drummers are drummers. 
Writers are writers. 
Write more. 
I'm enjoying this. 

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Posted in Drum Dream

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But don't expect them to buy

Posted on Mon, 16 Dec 2019

But don't expect them to buy you a beer. They might buy the brewery via an offshore company and put up the price selling it as artisan. 

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Posted in Knowing when it's all up

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