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My stories have been read 275391 times
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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 3)
He starts to arrange it so he, Guillaume and Vivienne, this being the young beauty’s name, are reading the same book at the same time. In this way,...
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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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Very pleased to have a French
Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2020
Very pleased to have a French novelist in the mix. :)
Read full commentPosted in The Woolly Mulligans
Well, there is The Birdland
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Well, there is The Birdland Bar in Flamingo Hotel - home to (stuffed) exotic birds, a singles night, a wedding and a cat funeral.
Read full commentPosted in Monsoon
Haha! Yes.
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Haha! Yes.
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I once got caught in a
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
I once got caught in a monsoon on Skikoku. But that's another story.
This is another poem. And I love it.
Drew
Read full commentPosted in Monsoon
I think the characters and
Posted on Sat, 31 Oct 2020
I think the characters and the set up are too good for this to turn out to be a prank. There's no emotional involvement in a prank. That's not to say I didn't like it. It's fine writing. But I suppose I don't like things in general, crime stories...
Read full commentPosted in Empire State (Part Two)
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)
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
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