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My stories have been read 500271 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

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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

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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 22

Chapter 15. The first thing I saw on opening the door of my flat was Russell dressed as Batman. He had on the full outfit, shiny leather boots, fully...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 21

Extract from The Ministry of Complaints Hans stood and walked to the window. He had thick tears running down his cheeks. “The terrible shame of it...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 20

1967 "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you." The reemergence of the main in the bowler hat happened at a particularly troubling time. "Don't worry,"...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 19

The Third Translation. Zelig Krüger’s Diary. Pages 4, 5 & 6 Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. What developments there have been...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 18

The Second Translation. Zelig Krüger’s Diary. Pages 2 & 3 A library! The lift doors had opened and there it was. Although I had never seen one...

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310 of my comments have received 334 Great Feedback votes

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Thank you. This is one of the

Posted on Fri, 04 Jul 2025

Thank you. This is one of the 20 Tom Cruise stories I've written. 10 are flash, written in this voice, with the same American kids. They sit between the 10 longer stories. I wrote this over a year ago but doing my usual thing of leaving stuff for...

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Posted in Born on the 4th of July

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Agreed. This is a really well

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2025

Agreed. This is a really well written scene. 
 

Congratulations - it's our Pick of the Day

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Posted in Ghigau 4

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Very funny. Just right with

Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2025

Very funny. Just right with all their tics. 
 

Congratulations - this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in Jacques and Basil

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Well, this certainly didn't

Posted on Sat, 28 Dec 2024

Well, this certainly didn't send me to sleep. 
 

The movement of the story between the sales person and the narrator was really well done. 
 

Congratulations. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in Home is where the mind is

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Loved this. 

Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2024

Loved this. 
 

It's a short sharp shock of a horror story. 
 

Congratulations. It's our Pick of the Day! 

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Posted in Roommate

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Really enjoyed this. 

Posted on Wed, 13 Nov 2024

Really enjoyed this. 
 

Congratukations. It's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in The Cinnabar Moth

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I really enjoyed this story.

Posted on Sat, 26 Oct 2024

I really enjoyed this story. There was a tension and a mystery to it that gripped me. 
 

Congratulations it's our Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in The choices that define us

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This is great. Captures

Posted on Thu, 26 Sep 2024

This is great. Captures perfectly the grind of every day life and worries. 
 

Although I've never heard a Taylor Swift song it's still my choice for the Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in On the Wind

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I too am sorry to hear you

Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2024

I too am sorry to hear you are in pain. 
 

I loved your poem. It is our Pick of the Day. I am sorry it is late. I read this earlier and then life intruded. 

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Posted in Suspended Between Two Worlds

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You had me at Top Gun.

Posted on Mon, 24 Jun 2024

You had me at Top Gun. Congratulations. This is our Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in New Morning Routine

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