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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.
My stories
The Aquarium. Part 2. Exposition Coloniale Internationale
Francis Sheldon Snr had supplied his son with a bundle of French francs and told him to find himself a decent hotel, something you can see your...
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The Aquarium. Part 1. I’m Confessin’
On a cold Spring day in 1931 Francis Sheldon Snr. stood on the station platform in an extraordinarily tall top hat and a pair of squeaky shoes,...
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A Piece of Ass. Part 7. Grapefruit Moon. Part 2
Lifting his rucksack from the floor and placing it carefully on his shoulder, Corey went over to a door marked toilets. Inside was a long silver...
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A Piece of Ass. Part 6. Grapefruit Moon. Part 1.
Poulton-le-Fylde was a place of gilded palaces of commerce, monuments to men who had died many years ago, electric trams, street-lamps that in other...
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A Piece of Ass. Part 5. The Sugar Plum Fairy
Then the circus came to town. The first Corey knew of it was when, upon opening up Ginny’s Palace, he saw the flyer posted across the window. Stephen...
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Completely brilliant. A
Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2020
Completely brilliant. A procession of unusual, startling images that have absolute clarity in their absurdity. And I've seen the wolves, they're at the end of the pier, dancing a slow waltz while sucking on popsicles.
Read full commentPosted in A naked boulevardian
Agree with all of the above.
Posted on Fri, 27 Mar 2020
Agree with all of the above. Inspired concise storytelling. Fabulous. And it would make a great little film in itself.
Read full commentPosted in Dundee
Enjoyed this.
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2020
Enjoyed this.
Read full commentPosted in School's Out(ish)!
Thank you. You might be
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2020
Thank you. You might be surprised to find out, I don't have a job in advertising.
Read full commentPosted in Sven Goes to War. Part 7. Pictures of You.
I would love someone to
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2020
I would love someone to 'weave sunbeams' and 'streak radioactive across purpled midnights'. What lovely words.
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Beautiful and sad. Drew.
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
Beautiful and sad. Drew.
Read full commentPosted in He Knew
Thanks for your comments and
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2020
Thanks for your comments and for reading. I wasn't aware of any mix up... I've been in garden. Filled the garden bin.... now cracked open a Peroni (unusual at this time of day) so Cheers! It's a lovely escape to be on here...
Read full commentPosted in Sven Goes to War. Part 7. Pictures of You.
I did!
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
I did!
Read full commentPosted in Deimos
A really beautiful poem for
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
A really beautiful poem for our times.
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Last week's dystopian fantasy
Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2020
Last week's dystopian fantasy is this week's autobiography. And I like how it contain's a faux autobiography within it.
Read full commentPosted in Unprecedented
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