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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

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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 6

Extract from The Ministry of Complaints reproduced with the permission of Orlando Press. Copyright remains with the author. Or representative of the...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 5

Chapter 4. I had read The Ministry of Complaints when I was fourteen years old. It had come out that year and had caused something of a sensation...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 4

Extract from The Ministry of Complaints reproduced with the permission of Orlando Press. Copyright remains with the author. Or representative of the...
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On Giving Up

On Giving Up I tweeted this the other day… “I’ve had 3 novels published. These are the ones I’ve not had published: The Brothers Mosteckski Zeitgeist...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 3

Chapter 2. The nurse’s soft Irish accent put me in mind of Ken Doherty the snooker player. All throughout my childhood, right up to my mid-teens, I...

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289 of my comments have received 311 Great Feedback votes

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Very funny. But I only knew

Posted on Sun, 02 Oct 2022

Very funny. But I only knew Dr Oetker from pizzas. A good lesson and funny!

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Posted in A Real Doctor

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Jean. Excellent piece of

Posted on Tue, 06 Sep 2022

Jean. Excellent piece of writing. 

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Posted in Chemo 8

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Enjoyed this Paul. 

Posted on Tue, 27 Sep 2022

Enjoyed this Paul. 

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Posted in In the Vale of the Shadow King (Part Three of Six)

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Beautiful. And great to hear

Posted on Sun, 25 Sep 2022

Beautiful. And great to hear you read it too. 

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Posted in The Ghost of The Bird

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Excellent Mark. Very Sombrero

Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2022

Excellent Mark. Very Sombrero Fallout. Which is a good thing. And also Flamingo Hotel flight of fancy to it. Also a good thing. Haha. 

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Posted in Small Town Insurrection

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Congratulations! This is our

Posted on Thu, 22 Sep 2022

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

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Posted in In Lucid Dreams

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Excellent. Funny and weird. 

Posted on Thu, 22 Sep 2022

Excellent. Funny and weird. 

(Lyrics are subject to copyright though so I'd change the last line which is a direct quote.)

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Posted in Punctured Bicycle

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Excellent stuff. May this

Posted on Tue, 20 Sep 2022

Excellent stuff. May this stand the test of time. 

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Posted in It's the year. . .

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I really enjoyed this take on

Posted on Wed, 31 Aug 2022

I really enjoyed this take on a 'fireside' ghost story. So congratulations. It's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in Sea Mist

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;)

Posted on Sat, 20 Aug 2022

;)

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Posted in Thirteen Letters. Chapter One.

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