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I have 136 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 623936 times and 202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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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Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent

A bit of a rant. The odd bit of totally unnecessary foul language. The views expressed are strictly the author's own.
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As You Wish

If your life is unbearable, what do you wish for? Rewrite of something posted in response to an IP nine years ago. Old IPs never die, they just get much needed edits...
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A Drama And A Crisis

I don’t know. You take a week off to have Covid and return to a world where the Post Office has grown horns and a tail. The arts strike again.
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Sweet Contemplation (Part 2 of 2) (IP)

I knew what Ben had been thinking. He was thinking it was his job now, his inheritance. I hadn’t gone near the vegetable garden after the night I saw Mum.
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Sweet Contemplation (Part 1 of 2) (IP)

We’ll never know why Dad went out to the vegetable garden. Maybe to see how the cabbages were doing, or to plan the next crop. Maybe just to think. He used to say that being out among living things just quietly growing was a good exercise in contemplation.
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1099 of my comments have received 1199 Great Feedback votes

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Story of the Week

Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2025

This is also our wonderful Story of the Week! Congratulations!

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Posted in The Vale - Part One (b)

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You've really captured both

Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

You've really captured both the frantic scrabbling and the exhaustion that characterises so much of what's around us now. I can't remember the exact details, but I think our brains have evolved to deal with only a certain amount of information (...

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Posted in Perverse Future

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Sat, 22 Mar 2025

This lovely piece, with its twist at the end, is our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in So glad you made it

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025

Another brilliant episode, and it's our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share.

Jane - I hope the picture's OK. I know it reflects only a small part of the story, but it was such a wonderfully surreal moment it just...

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Posted in Parcel for you - Part 54

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025

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Posted in Having perhaps the better claim

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Story of the Week

Posted on Wed, 06 Nov 2024

Very funny, very surreal, and totally unrelated to events in the real world. This is our Story of the Week! Congratulations!

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Posted in Message : Post Scriptum

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Keep on with the rage. I've

Posted on Sat, 12 Oct 2024

Keep on with the rage. I've found that retirement is brilliant, as long as you keep moving forward. If your circumstances allow you to do so.

I've gone off wild weather a bit since yesterday, when I was wild-weathered for nearly an hour...

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Posted in Who Needs Orkney Anyway

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I'd missed a few episodes, so

Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024

I'd missed a few episodes, so I went back to the beginning to remind myself, which was brilliant because I got to enjoy this all over again! Your characters are so natural, and the plot flows so well. I love the way you create this world.

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 17

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Story of the Week

Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024

This is also our Story of the Week. Congratulations!

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Posted in The Big End

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024

This brilliant story is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

Florian - I've added a picture for the FB and X posts, but if you don't like it please feel free to change it on here.

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Posted in The Big End

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