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I have 222 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 362979 times and 160 of my stories have been cherry picked.
289 of my 1,276 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 306 votes

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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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Ginny. Part 3. Man Ray.

Charles opened the door holding an ActionMan. “I don’t like to leave him alone,” he said. “I suspect he’s been trying to poison my food.” Ginny...
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Ginny. Part 2. the stranglers’ underpants

And it was that Summer, death of mother, metamorphosis from boy into girl and back again, that Ginny and Charles posted a notice on the board of...
Cherry

Flamingo Hotel. The interview.

Seven Nights. The Interview. First off, isn’t it a bit unusual to interview yourself? Well, I saw the Chris McCabe do it in his book Dedalus and that...
Cherry

3. Nancy the elephant. A mime artiste. The Wall.

Read Part 2. A stick of rock. Some nudity. A man dressed like a magician. The town of O____ lies on the East side of the fast flowing D____ river,...
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2. A stick of rock. Some nudity. A man dressed like a magician.

(Read part 1: A cup of tea. A bogey. The President. ) And so pulled together the days pass and the days pass. Each morning, at exactly eight fifty-...
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289 of my comments have received 306 Great Feedback votes

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It's great Mark. And I wanted

Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2022

It's great Mark. And I wanted to read more. 

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Posted in Nor There

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You should be proud. A lovely

Posted on Mon, 07 Mar 2022

You should be proud. A lovely coming out story. 

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Posted in Finally Proud

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This is really great Ed. Fast

Posted on Mon, 07 Mar 2022

This is really great Ed. Fast pace, spot on dialogue. Love it. 

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Posted in THE FIRST ANGEL 12 &13

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It's excellent Mark. Like a

Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2022

It's excellent Mark. Like a Simon Barget story. Please send me the draft when you've finished. 

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Posted in Weightless v2

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Congratulations! This is our

Posted on Thu, 13 Jan 2022

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

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Posted in Only She

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I like the sound of a

Posted on Thu, 13 Jan 2022

I like the sound of a Flamingo Resort :)

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Posted in The Other Otherworldly Visitor of Oscaloo

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Perfect for the season. 

Posted on Thu, 30 Dec 2021

Perfect for the season. 

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Posted in Mistletoe

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I fell over the dog the other

Posted on Mon, 13 Dec 2021

I fell over the dog the other month. As he pulled towards another dog. I kind of did a forward roll. Like this was the kind of thing I normally did. Like Gene Wilder. In Willy Wonker. It was only a hundred yards along the path I realised one of...

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Posted in I'm Not A Princess.

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Really liked the poem. Hate

Posted on Mon, 13 Dec 2021

Really liked the poem. Hate robins. Vicious little things. Territorial and grumpy. 

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Posted in Robin At Winter Solstice

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This is excellent Paul. A

Posted on Sun, 12 Dec 2021

This is excellent Paul. A couple of things. The first sentence. I would go 'Bill Doherty rocked gently on..'

 

His job and ennui come out in the story. You don't need that lurch between the first sentences. 
 

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Posted in Saints and Sinners - A Christmas Fable (Part One of Two)

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