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I have 231 stories published in
10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 226845 times
and 155 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
My stories
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel (Sunday Night. W*** Post or Willy Brothers. You are the hero. You decide.)
The last time you saw your father was just after he had thrown your mother from off the flat roof of the flat where you lived. You had called the...
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. (Sunday morning to afternoon. Existential Comedy Bum.)
It is 5:15 the digits click. The radio whines. Today is a day of reconciliation, says the DJ. Today is a day to bury the hatchet, says the DJ. Today...
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel (Sunday morning. The beginning of the end. Some thoughts about death.)
For many years you believed that you yourself were responsible for the death of your mother. You read many different kind of books about this but it...
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. (Saturday afternoon to evening. Post Sick Skeletons out of the Closet.)
At 3 o’clock you are woken by an insistent knocking at your door. Wearily you get out of bed and find Vietnamese Denise, from housekeeping, standing...
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel (Saturday morning. Sick to the Bottom of your Bum.)
It is 515. The digits click. The alarm whines and you groan. For once the pain is not solely existential. Every time you close your eyes Eusavio is...
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
Thanks. Although still
Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019
Thanks. Although still writing I'd been feeling down and very self critical about everything I was doing. This last few months posting stuff on here and getting nice comments has given me a huge boost. I've finished Flamingo Hotel and have...
Read full commentPosted in MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 1)
Love this. You pierce the
Posted on Sat, 28 Dec 2019
Love this. You pierce the shape perfectly.
Read full commentPosted in Decagon
A great piece about awkward
Posted on Sat, 28 Dec 2019
A great piece about awkward desire.
It's American?
And there are too many mentions of her nose, which is both turned-up and button? Is that possible? Or maybe you have a nose thing. Like Murakami with his ears. If so, that's fine...
Read full commentPosted in From Jester To King XI
Lovely thing to say.
Posted on Thu, 19 Dec 2019
Lovely thing to say.
Read full commentPosted in Filler Up With Rosebuds
Drummers are drummers.
Posted on Tue, 17 Dec 2019
Drummers are drummers.
Read full commentWriters are writers.
Write more.
I'm enjoying this.
Posted in Drum Dream
But don't expect them to buy
Posted on Mon, 16 Dec 2019
But don't expect them to buy you a beer. They might buy the brewery via an offshore company and put up the price selling it as artisan.
Read full commentPosted in Knowing when it's all up
Both Angel, and myself, are
Posted on Thu, 12 Dec 2019
Both Angel, and myself, are in need of a morning after pill.
Read full commentPosted in Angel 78 (old friends and new)
The story's all there but I
Posted on Fri, 06 Dec 2019
The story's all there but I think the twist is too much of a twist. I'd get Charlie in right in the first line. 'Alfred could love or leave his family but Charlie was his mate...' or something like that. And I'd give the impression that Janet was...
Read full commentPosted in Where The Hell is Charlie?
Thanks for your comments.
Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2019
Thanks for your comments. Part 2 is edited. And I've even looked ahead to Friday. Only three days left of the Seven at the Flamingo Hotel. I can't believe this thing I'd given up on and discarded is now nearing completion. That's thanks to ABC...
Read full commentPosted in Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. (Thursday afternoon. The Forsaken Foreskin. Part 1.)
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