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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

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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 17

Chapter 11. After having been so forcibly and humiliatingly expelled by McPhearson and his cronies I made my way back to the library, stopping only...
Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 16

Extract from The Ministry of Complaints The swoosh of air from the closing doors puffed out their candle and for several long moments they stood in...
Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 15

1961 "Can Uncle Vickers read to me? Please mum. Please dad." Vickers precluded the question by pushing himself up and putting a hand flat on Agnes’s...
Cherry

The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 14

Extract from The Ministry of Complaints Hans Walter Neumann couldn't remember his journey home. All he knew was that now he was staring at his own...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 13

1956 part 2 "Two buggers together. What do you say? It'll be jolly good fun." The next time they met up, at another viewing of Casablanca , neither...

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293 of my comments have received 311 Great Feedback votes

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Sean, loved this. Some great

Posted on Sat, 27 Jan 2024

Sean, loved this. Some great language in there. Made me smile. 
 

And congratulations. It's our Facebook and X Pixed of the Day. 

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Posted in Filthy Old Machines

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Really enjoyed reading this. 

Posted on Tue, 05 Dec 2023

Really enjoyed reading this. 
 

Congratulations. It's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day (well, I'll pick the first part). Are you keeping up your 100 word a day habit. 

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Posted in This Sort of Thing - November 2023 – Second Half

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Loved this. Riddles always

Posted on Tue, 14 Nov 2023

Loved this. Riddles always make me think of Gollum. And that's a good thing. 
 

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

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Posted in Blackthorn

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Congratulations Turlough this

Posted on Mon, 31 Jul 2023

Congratulations Turlough this is our Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in Mucky Maureen

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Beautiful. 

Posted on Wed, 02 Aug 2023

Beautiful. 

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Posted in Under Late Spring Sky

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Agree with Mark. The switch

Posted on Tue, 01 Aug 2023

Agree with Mark. The switch isn't clear. I just took it that he had deleted his memories but was still living in the real world. I liked it tho. And agree with the Bladerunner connection. 

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Posted in Second Life

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So pleased you decided to

Posted on Sun, 23 Jul 2023

So pleased you decided to continue this. 
 

Blueberry is our Pick of the Day. Please share. 
 

 

 

 

Read Part 2 ...

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Posted in Blueberry

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I read Part 1 earlier today

Posted on Mon, 24 Jul 2023

I read Part 1 earlier today and was going to write you needed to continue it. So glad you did. This part is great - love how you've delved down into the character. There is a fab Stephen King story where a man gets trapped in a portaloo. 

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Posted in Blueberry - Part Two

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You're right about those

Posted on Mon, 03 Jul 2023

You're right about those coffee machines. 
 

Congratulations. Your encounter with Macron is our Pick of the Day. 

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Posted in The Bratislava Pálava - Part One of Two

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Congratulations Ralph - this

Posted on Fri, 09 Jun 2023

Congratulations Ralph - this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.

 

Image is from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/rails-soft-tracks-railroad-3309912...

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Posted in Jumping Trains

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