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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
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Seven Nights At The Flamingo Hotel - contents page
Flamingo Hotel You could have been someone, you could have been a contender, yet instead you ended up here, a dishwasher at the Flamingo Hotel. From...
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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 3)
Read part 2 here: https://www.abctales.com/story/drewgummerson/movieland-christmas-story-part-2 Part 3 Some researcher based at Leicester University...
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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story part 2)
Part 2 Read part 1 here - https://www.abctales.com/story/drewgummerson/movieland-christmas-story-p... While the two boys shaded in the wind turbines...
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MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 1)
I was supposed to be the authority but it had to be said they were probably right, the duck did appear to be dying. It wasn’t a spectacular death,...
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Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. (Sunday Night. The End.)
“Oh yes,” you say. “Oh yes.” And you close your eyes and behind you you can hear the motorway and behind the motorway you can hear the dull thump of...
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Good choice. Drew.
Posted on Thu, 23 Jan 2020
Good choice. Drew.
Read full commentPosted in January
Catullus for me was a 30(+)
Posted on Tue, 21 Jan 2020
Catullus for me was a 30(+) year flashback.... You did Latin at uni? I only went to O level. I don't think there was an option to go further.
Read full commentPosted in The Provinces of Sea Swallows
This reminded me of Catullus,
Posted on Tue, 21 Jan 2020
This reminded me of Catullus, a personal nature poem speaking to another. Loved it.
Drew
Read full commentPosted in The Provinces of Sea Swallows
The writing is great and it's
Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2020
The writing is great and it's full of ideas. But you've got too many ideas for the story, that aren't about the story. I think, in my opinion, the 1st part prior to the detonation is too long - because it doesn't balance with this section. Which...
Read full commentPosted in The Free Market (Part 2)
This is brilliant again, the
Posted on Sun, 19 Jan 2020
This is brilliant again, the pairing of similar words and how this carries on to a range of perspectives. And 'formic' - I love that. Never heard it before but close enough to the French and the context to guess its meaning.
Drew...
Read full commentPosted in Anthill
Stunning. Drew.
Posted on Mon, 13 Jan 2020
Stunning.
Read full commentDrew.
Posted in Lime Tree
I like the absurd humour of
Posted on Thu, 09 Jan 2020
I like the absurd humour of it.
The computer wears tennis shoes. And the dialogue over Mel Brooks is good.
It's just my opinion but I'd think of a plot for it, rather than taken to another planet, clean some gutters, come...
Read full commentPosted in Salamander 7
Synchronicity. We said the
Posted on Wed, 08 Jan 2020
Synchronicity. We said the same thing at the same time!
Read full commentPosted in Across
Haha. We've all got our
Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2020
Haha. We've all got our version of that guy...
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A tasty after-dinner treat.
Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2020
A tasty after-dinner treat. Thank you.
Read full commentPosted in To the belly of an osprey
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