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12 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 769363 times
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1200 of my 4,825 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1332 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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My stories
Aftermath
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International Purple Day - Epilepsy Awareness
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What Goes Around (IP)
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Halloween
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Postcard from Upstairs (IP)
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This is so uplifting, Lore,
Posted on Mon, 20 Jul 2026
This is so uplifting, Lore, and a wonderful take on the IP. I love the pear analogy (although quite a fan of pears myself, I get the point!). I am going to show this to a family member who is going through a bit of a tough time at the moment,...
Read full commentPosted in Fly Your Colours
Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2026
This is our extremely unnerving Pick of the Day! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Re∆ision (1)
This is beautiful, SoulFire.
Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026
This is beautiful, SoulFire. Your eye for detail, for all the small things that make a moment, is amazing as always.
Read full commentPosted in How to Lose a Game of Chess
I agree, the danger is all
Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026
I agree, the danger is all too real. I'm so sad when I think that not so long ago it seemed as if real progress had been made, and maybe we'd reached a time when no young person need feel they had to explain a 'difference', when the glory of us...
Read full commentPosted in What Now?
Yes, some idiot can ruin your
Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026
Yes, some idiot can ruin your day by something they think is 'funny'. At my advanced age, I no longer care, and I find a 'Excuse me, I didn't quite hear that, would you repeat a bit more slowly' often takes the sting out of it. They generally...
Read full commentPosted in And the consequence was
We're in a world where one of
Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2026
We're in a world where one of the first things the media need to point out about a suspect in an appalling murder is that the person is 'a white British national', in an attempt to head off riots. Although that won't do much good if 'left-wing...
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There is nothing scarier than
Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2026
There is nothing scarier than your home, and the people who live alongside you, not being as they should be. Or as you think they should be. That last line is really chilling. This has echoes of The Twilight Zone at its best, and for once I am...
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Brilliant the way Noreen
Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2026
Brilliant the way Noreen moves from 'outsider' to 'insider' - whatever that means in this context - with no fuss or trauma, and this alters the whole perception of what or who is 'different'. And all those details of things we notice without...
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This is very, very unsettling
Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2026
This is very, very unsettling. On to the next part...
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Story of the Week
Posted on Wed, 08 Jul 2026
This is our wonderful Story of the Week! Congratulations!
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