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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
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Artur and Guillaume (part 1)
Artur lands heavily on his skinny Gallic arse as he is thrown unceremoniously from the door of Les Jolies Filles brothel, Rue Guy de Maupassant, in...
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Minnesota Fats
Minnesota Fats There isn't much great fiction about pool. In fact, the only book I know of any repute is The Hustler by Walter Tevis. It was made...
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Flamingo Dreams
And in other news. My book, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel , which appeared here on AbcTales between October and December 2019 is to be published...
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Sven Goes to War. Part 14. Happy House
It was August 23 rd in the year #### when Sven set off into the desert alone and underwent what he would later refer to as his Damascene Conversion...
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Sven Goes to War. Part 13. Love Vigilantes
Love Vigilantes . Captain Newheart, squat short and with a belly on him that hung grotesquely over his khaki shorts, a physical deformity or a secret...
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Image is free for use from
Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2020
Image is free for use from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/milky-way-galaxy-night-sky-stars-984050/
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Congratulations! This is our
Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2020
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I enjoyed this episode. It
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
I enjoyed this episode. It has pace and the dialogue is very good.
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It is beautiful. I didn't
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
It is beautiful. I didn't know what 'ouzel' meant. It's a lovely word.
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It's really good. I read it
Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2020
It's really good. I read it before. I'd put the year in the first line. You're writing in the present tense and so I'd make it clear it's not now. In the first paragraph, if you have, 'you know' do you need a question mark after States? I think...
Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King (Opening - EDITED)
Yes, I thought that. As part
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
Yes, I thought that. As part of a longer piece it'd be fine. I was just thinking, stand alone, the opening is a bit long. Having posted longer work on here it made me really think, does this piece work alone? And that was really helpful. Because...
Read full commentPosted in The Careers Teacher
I think it's great from,
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
I think it's great from, 'Darren walked to the stairwell...'. The tone of it is different from there, completely in his head. I think you need a new first line. In my opinion, because it's a short story and everything has to count. Asking for...
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It's a character. I see that.
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2020
It's a character. I see that. And it is how a lot of people talk. But we need to know why he's not let on the tube. 'After the incident with the French horn, the poodle and the can of WD40 Charlie gave me down the pub they wouldn't even let me...
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So sorry to hear that x
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020
So sorry to hear that x
Read full commentPosted in Iriecat
Loved both it and the video.
Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2020
Loved both it and the video. 'apologies of bees' is lovely.
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