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I have 136 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 672188 times
and 202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1118 of my 4,695 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1223 votes
I write all sorts, some of it SF, urban fantasy and horror, a lot of it not. Sometimes I can even be funny, so I'm told. My short stories have appeared in the anthologies 'Cold Iron: Ghost Stories from the 21st Century' (Iron Press) and 'Science Fiction For Survival: An Archive For Mars' (Valley Press), as well as in magazines ranging from the literary magazine 'Dreamcatcher' to 'Writing Magazine' and 'The People's Friend' (the latter definitely not SF, urban fantasy or horror). I do regular local spoken word events, and needless to say there is a novel on the go. Do come and have a peep at the blogs, stories and audio at https://www.janeayrie.com - you can even go mad and sign up for my newsletter! Plus the usual social media stuff. All details below. Thanks for dropping in! (Oh, the picture is of my highly critical personal editor.)
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AWOL
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- 1506 reads
Once Around The Block
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- 29 comments
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- 4117 reads
Retroactive
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- 15 comments
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- 3162 reads
Ye Mighty
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- 33 comments
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- 7370 reads
There You Go
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- 4571 reads
Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Jean, you have been so generous about sharing your story in our public domain posts, so I hope you are happy for this to be our Pick today. The picture represents how I've always seen your writing - colourful and sparkling and bringing joy. x...
Read full commentPosted in The End - part 2
Years ago, for a school
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
Years ago, for a school project, my son taped an 'interview' with my Mum and Dad about their lives during the war. Last minute as ever, he took the tape into school before I got the chance to hear it, so I asked him to make sure he kept it safe....
Read full commentPosted in I’ve Got a Gal in Tiramisu
Pick of the Month
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
This is our Poem of the Month! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table
I always thought they
Posted on Thu, 04 Aug 2022
I always thought they originated in Paris, but according to Wikipedia (so it must be true) there is a Hungarian story about a woman who fastened padlocks to bridges in memory of her lover who was killed in the First World War. I think mass...
Read full commentPosted in Lock
Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 12 Feb 2026
Wonderful to see more of this story, and this spooky episode is our social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Read full commentPosted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (9)
Indeed. They wouldn't give
Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2026
Indeed. They wouldn't give him the big shiny medal so now he's just gonna break stuff. Future historians (assuming we have a future) will spend entire careers just trying to make anything resembling sense out of this.
Read full commentPosted in Ego Maximus Mundi
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sun, 11 Jan 2026
This is our social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Picture by order_242, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: https://tinyurl.com/36majzmb
Read full commentPosted in Hold Still
Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 14 Nov 2025
This is our fabulous social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Jane - I'm sorry it's a bit of a bland picture (and that its description is cupcakes). The other results of my search for online images of 'fairy cakes with...
Read full commentPosted in FAIRY CAKES
Poem of the Week
Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2025
This is our wonderful Poem of the Week! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Early Lateness
Pick of the Day
Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2025
This is our very intriguing and gripping social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Read full commentPosted in Arrival in Hallowmere
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