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12 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 736473 times
and 222 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1169 of my 4,771 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1291 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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Oh blimey, this takes me back
Posted on Mon, 04 May 2026
Oh blimey, this takes me back. My grandparents lived in Dagenham, and used to take me 'up Chadwell Heath' to visit someone or other when I was little. Also...port and lemon. Too young to ever have had it, but my Mum used to speak fondly of it as...
Read full commentPosted in "Answer Me"
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2026
When an absence is a presence in itself...this beautiful poem is our Sunday social media Pick of the Day.
Picture by Olybrius, free to use at Wikimedia Commons:...
Read full commentPosted in After You'd Gone
Poem of the Week
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
This is our brilliant Poem of the Week! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in A Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance
Pick of the Day
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
This is our very beautiful social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Read full commentPosted in “The Song From Moulin Rouge”
Whenever I read about what
Posted on Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Whenever I read about what is happening with you all, I think of the lovely, warm and generous Americans I have known over the years, and I feel both bewildered and sad at the news. It was great to see so many people turn out for the No Kings...
Read full commentPosted in Tossing tea bags into the harbor
This beautiful and quietly
Posted on Sat, 21 Mar 2026
This beautiful and quietly devastating poem is our social media Pick of the Day. Please do share if you can.
Picture by W.carter, free to use at Wikimedia Commons:...
Read full commentPosted in Absenses
Teeth Tales Honourable Runner Up!
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2026
This is our Teeth Tales Honourable Runner Up! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Teeth Tales – a Song For My Dentist
A lovely piece, Rhiannon. The
Posted on Tue, 03 Mar 2026
A lovely piece, Rhiannon. The image of the ivory wall is so striking. Thanks very much for this.
Read full commentPosted in The Ivory Wall - (Teeth tales*)
Hampstead Heath makes perfect
Posted on Fri, 06 Mar 2026
Hampstead Heath makes perfect sense! My mum came from Wapping, so rhyming slang was a part of life. Eventually my parents came to live near me, in t'North, and so my kids went to school bilingual, fluent in both Yorkshire and Cockney.
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Read full commentPosted in Teeth Tales - Woohoo Thirty Two
The Tooth Fairy is, obviously
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2026
The Tooth Fairy is, obviously, protected from ketchup by her sparkles, as are all us members of the Fairy community. She says that if your daughter ever wishes to take revenge for the childhood trauma, she will happily assist. There's a lot she...
Read full commentPosted in Teeth Tales - The Miser’s Guide to Molars
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