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I have 137 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 680061 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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My stories

Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Twenty-One)

'I've got nothing left to lose,' I told him. 'You haven't asked about your sister,' he said.
Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Twenty)

Face to face with the man I had been searching for, the man I grew up with, the man who betrayed me. The man who was either dead or had never existed.
Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Nineteen)

Living on my home world disturbs me. Spider webs disturb me though I've never seen a spider. We learn to live with disturbance, with always being disturbed
Cherry

The Net Caster (Part Eighteen)

Not all blight survivors survive intact. 'You kept me drugged for a week?'
Gold cherry

Castle Pillock 11

Castle Pillock is in training.

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1131 of my comments have received 1238 Great Feedback votes

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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!

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Posted in Making this world a bettter place

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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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Posted in Ruminant

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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!

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Posted in Having perhaps the better claim

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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.

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Posted in Goose-Stepping Down Main Street

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Poem of the Week

Posted on Mon, 03 Feb 2025

This joyous piece is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!

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Posted in "Dug"

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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...

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Posted in The Body in the Library

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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.

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Posted in "Fragile"

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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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Posted in Ye Mighty

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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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Posted in Trump’s Inauguration Hot Air Balloon! By Alfred N.Muggins

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Very enjoyable read, with a

Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2025

Very enjoyable read, with a sting in the message. I still haven't recovered from seeing a thing about albatross killing their own chicks by unknowingly feeding them plastic. This young albatross is lucky to have a streetwise Dad!

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Posted in A story by Albert Ross

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