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I have 227 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 530010 times and 172 of my stories have been cherry picked.
315 of my 1,300 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 342 votes

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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

C Darts ch27

Darts with the brothers

S 249 words

The end of the first part of the tales 249 words in length about a boy 249 mm high.

R 249 words

The Party

Q 249 words

Going to the hospital

P 249 words

Ninny's news

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315 of my comments have received 342 Great Feedback votes

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I love the setting. 

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2019

I love the setting. 
 

Just an opinion. 
 

I'd change the structure. So you have verses of 5, 3, 3, 5. The first 2 verses I'd leave. 'a soubrette I had met' can go and the third line, 'a dancer from the Moulin Rouge'....

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Posted in Godot

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Oh yes, me too. I love the

Posted on Tue, 05 Nov 2019

Oh yes, me too. I love the unexpected use of flowers. I particularly like, 'She had a lilac core' and the final 2 lines, because the admiration comes across in a completely unsentimental way. Steadfast. 

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Posted in The Language of Dead Flowers

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I enjoyed this. The opening

Posted on Sat, 02 Nov 2019

I enjoyed this. The opening line is wonderful. Am I being thick? Are there two Severn Bridges?

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Posted in Travelling down the Wye Valley 28/10/19

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