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I have 136 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 672020 times
and 202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1118 of my 4,692 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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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2025
This latest gripping chapter of a brilliant series is our Sunday social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Picture by Willi Heidelbach, copyright free at Wikimedia Commons:...
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Poem of the Week
Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025
This is our very beautiful Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in before Floris
Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 07 Aug 2025
This brilliantly written and very evocative piece is our social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Picture by Malc McDonald, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: https://tinyurl.com/...
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Chapter 5
I become unbearably smug when
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
I become unbearably smug when I'm in unfamiliar territory with my offspring and they're pissing about with map things on their phones and getting very confused and saying 'just a minute...', and I just ask someone the way. On the other hand, it...
Read full commentPosted in 3 oz of Insanity
Story of the Week
Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2025
This is also our wonderful Story of the Week! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Part One (b)
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 (...
Read full commentPosted in Perverse Future
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.
Read full commentPosted in So glad you made it
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...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you - Part 54
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
This is our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in Having perhaps the better claim
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!
Read full commentPosted in Message : Post Scriptum
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