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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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The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Four)
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I'll Teach You To Burn (IP)
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The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Three)
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Castle Pillock 12
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The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Two)
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I really enjoy writing to
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
I really enjoy writing to prompts, as you never know where they'll take you. I go to a creative writing group once a month where we do just this, and I particularly enjoy seeing the different ways people interpret the prompts. Similarly, the...
Read full commentPosted in 'I remember ...'
Nice one. Gossip is as gossip
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
Nice one. Gossip is as gossip does. He could be a sober monster, of course!
Read full commentPosted in Making this world a bettter place
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
This beautiful reflection on memory is our Sunday Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Pearson Scott Foresman, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: ...
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Some much needed reassurance
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
Some much needed reassurance that even these days, if you are true to your dreams, you may just win out over all the flash and smugness out there. Very much enjoyed this!
Read full commentPosted in Having perhaps the better claim
This is just brilliant, Rich.
Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2025
This is just brilliant, Rich. So funny, and scary at the same time.
We think of you often. Hold on in there.
Read full commentPosted in Goose-Stepping Down Main Street
Poem of the Week
Posted on Mon, 03 Feb 2025
This joyous piece is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in "Dug"
Great fun, Paul! Yes, let's
Posted on Wed, 05 Feb 2025
Great fun, Paul! Yes, let's have some more. Your protagonist could always take on the case of the Giant Rat of Sumatra. I've never forgiven Watson for not writing that one up.
Sorry, great though the old films are, Jeremy Brett is the...
Read full commentPosted in The Body in the Library
Feeling hope in beauty is an
Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2025
Feeling hope in beauty is an important handhold. The next one will come.
A lovely piece of writing, Penny.
Read full commentPosted in "Fragile"
Hello! Thanks for dropping by
Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Hello! Thanks for dropping by. No beer glasses here, I promise.
What inclines me to think Musk knew exactly what he was doing is his support for right wing extremists like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson) and the fact that a few days...
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Trump assumes that should a
Posted on Mon, 03 Feb 2025
Trump assumes that should a contradiction arise, he can just bellow at it until it somehow miraculously disappears. Rather like the trans people who, at the stroke of a pen, will simply cease to exist. It's moronic and horrific all at the same...
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