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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
A New Year Message
For the past three days I have been editing the final chapter of ‘The Penguin Variations’. So I am finishing it as the year ends. It’s been a good year.
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A Christmas Message
I was at friend’s house the other day and he informed me that some of his friends had recently purchased themselves an oil-less deep fat fryer for Christmas.
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The Writer is in...
The writer is in. Do you remember those scenes from Charlie Brown? Lucy is the dr, she has a wooden booth, and Charlie Brown goes to visit her.
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Seasons End
My top 10 books of the year.
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Shock! Horror! Plot in Crisis!
John Richardson was interviewed on Front Row this week. For the past 30 years he has been writing the biography of Picasso.
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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)!
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.
Read full commentPosted in If You Were A Comet
Beautiful and sad. Drew.
Posted on Sun, 22 Mar 2020
Beautiful and sad. Drew.
Read full commentPosted in He Knew
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.
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A very calm precise poem, and
Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2020
A very calm precise poem, and wise words in light of the current panic stations.
Read full commentPosted in To wait
Lovely to hear you read this.
Posted on Sun, 15 Mar 2020
Lovely to hear you read this. It doesn't sound like ash trays. Beautiful.
Read full commentPosted in Ash Trees
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