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My stories have been read 420481 times and 163 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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

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...
Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 17

Chapter 11. After having been so forcibly and humiliatingly expelled by McPhearson and his cronies I made my way back to the library, stopping only...
Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 16

Extract from The Ministry of Complaints The swoosh of air from the closing doors puffed out their candle and for several long moments they stood in...
Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 15

1961 "Can Uncle Vickers read to me? Please mum. Please dad." Vickers precluded the question by pushing himself up and putting a hand flat on Agnes’s...
Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 14

Extract from The Ministry of Complaints Hans Walter Neumann couldn't remember his journey home. All he knew was that now he was staring at his own...

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302 of my comments have received 322 Great Feedback votes

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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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This is really fine writing

Posted on Wed, 25 Sep 2024

This is really fine writing Sean. How far are you into finishing this? 

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Posted in INSECT!

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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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Really enjoyed this. 

Posted on Sat, 11 May 2024

Really enjoyed this. 

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Posted in How inscrutable his ways

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Loved this!

Posted on Sat, 30 Mar 2024

Loved this!

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

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Posted in Passion Of The Drums

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I went to a junior school on

Posted on Mon, 26 Feb 2024

I went to a junior school on a rough council estate. They used to announce in assembly when someone had gone on to get a single O level and we would all stand and clap. A few of us were chosen to sit the 11 Plus and we had special lessons with...

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Posted in Land of Make Believe

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I thought it was great! 

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

I thought it was great! 

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Posted in Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

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This is an excellent piece of

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

This is an excellent piece of writing Di. I loved the beginning, the middle and the end. 
 

Congratulations it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

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Sean, loved this. Some great

Posted on Sat, 27 Jan 2024

Sean, loved this. Some great language in there. Made me smile. 
 

And congratulations. It's our Facebook and X Pixed of the Day. 

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Posted in Filthy Old Machines

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