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I have 137 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 679206 times and 203 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1131 of my 4,717 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1238 votes

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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)

By airyfairy on Tue, 03 May 2016

I looked at Hamish. Who had replaced the dodgy businessman, the charming, self-serving rogue I had known since childhood, with this stern creature who delivered lectures to the powerful?
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I'll Teach You To Burn (IP)

By airyfairy on Mon, 02 May 2016

Fire was a dominant theme in my childhood. It was for most kids in the fifties and sixties. It was one of our earliest lessons on the contrariness of life.
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The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Three)

By airyfairy on Mon, 02 May 2016

I knew who she was. We all did. And every face was afraid.
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Story
Certificate 15
Gold cherry

Castle Pillock 12

By airyfairy on Tue, 26 Apr 2016

Castle Pillock has run the London Marathon! Well, one of us has.
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Certificate 15
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The Net Caster (Part Twenty-Two)

By airyfairy on Wed, 20 Apr 2016

I began to laugh from fatigue, shock, grief, and an overriding terror of being locked down here in this cellar with a group of disparate and apparently ill-matched Bios.
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1131 of my comments have received 1238 Great Feedback votes

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I love that phrase, 'Worse

Posted on Tue, 15 Apr 2025

I love that phrase, 'Worse things happen at sea' - it was my grandmother's response to pretty much any calamity, be it petty or catastrophic. I occasionally use it myself, and my kids look at me in complete bewilderment.

A lovely family...

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2025

Another hugely enjoyable episode, and its our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in Stiffed (Episode 5 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))

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A very big welcome to ABC

Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2025

A very big welcome to ABC Tales. You capture the utter bewilderment of grief, and those stages, which seem incomprehensible at the time, that we pass through. It is to be hoped that most people do reach whatever form of acceptance they need in...

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Did not see that coming!

Posted on Sat, 22 Mar 2025

Did not see that coming! Lovely story.

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Posted in So glad you made it

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Hmm, maybe Hetty or Henry

Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2025

Hmm, maybe Hetty or Henry wouldn't thank Vanessa for delivering them to the tender mercies of Cedric.

Mind you, his bin cleaning fetish would definitely come in handy at my place.

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Thanks for reading, Jane. You

Posted on Sun, 02 Mar 2025

Thanks for reading, Jane. You're right, it does feel as if we're drowning in all the quicksand out there, and I keep trying to stop myself looking at it all and reading it, but old habits die hard and there is something hideously fascinating...

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Posted in Retroactive

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A truly unsettling poem. Like

Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2025

A truly unsettling poem. Like you, I've read a few stories about people and their cow encounters. We do tend to forget that cows are very powerful animals and I've read that they're not very keen on humans they don't know. They have my sympathy...

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Posted in Killed By Cows

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Marmite is a great and

Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025

Marmite is a great and wondrous thing. Sadly, I have failed to convey this indisputable fact to my children, one of whom hates the stuff while the other will tolerate it to be polite when visiting a marmite household. It is a necessary part of my...

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Congratulations on tying it

Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025

Congratulations on tying it all up so well. Looking forward to the next enterprise!

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Posted in So The Story Goes (Dead Reckoning series - Part 50)

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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...

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Posted in 'I remember ...'

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