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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
Artur and Guillaume (part 2)
This is the problem. It is not as if he can just apologise, say it was all a big misunderstanding. I’m sorry old chap. No hard feelings. But he has...
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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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A great choice for Poem of
Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2020
A great choice for Poem of Week. Ewan is right. It is the practice, the craft, the hard work which results in such great results. And the digging down into your themes, nature and its relationship to our existence.
Read full commentPosted in Dutch Elm Disease
Simple yet effective.
Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2020
Simple yet effective.
Read full commentPosted in The Red
That is right, 'recognisable'
Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2020
That is right, 'recognisable', for we all think this. Few, if any, can express it so well.
Read full commentPosted in Deus Ex Machina
I'm very happy to see the
Posted on Mon, 28 Sep 2020
I'm very happy to see the next part of this Sean.
Read full commentPosted in Something You'll Have To Live With (2)
Is that what the cormorant is
Posted on Thu, 24 Sep 2020
Is that what the cormorant is doing in the picture? Embracing the sun? I love that. Genesis provided the soundtrack on our long drive up to Scotland recently. An excellent poem with real depth.
Read full commentPosted in Afterglow
You've revolutionised poetry.
Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2020
You've revolutionised poetry. Brilliant.
Read full commentPosted in Assassin in My Village Supermarket
Agreed!
Posted on Sun, 30 Aug 2020
Agreed!
Read full commentPosted in Savannah
Lovely.
Posted on Sun, 30 Aug 2020
Lovely.
Read full commentPosted in Savannah
I agree. I could read more
Posted on Wed, 26 Aug 2020
I agree. I could read more about these characters.
Read full commentPosted in Jenny
In my head I can see how all
Posted on Fri, 07 Aug 2020
In my head I can see how all this is piecing together. I loved this.
Read full commentPosted in No Eagles Allowed
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