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I have 136 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 623352 times and 202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1099 of my 4,662 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1199 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

Corruption

Exploring the background to events in my story 'I Wish I Might'. Started off as a response to the IP 'Tramp', stalled, and then brought back to life by this week's IP.

Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Pt 3)

Kati formulates a plan. An ending. Possibly not THE ending. Still needs a lot of work.
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Cherry

Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Part Two)

Part Two. Still don't know the ending.
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Cherry
Story of the week

Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Part One)

I am really struggling with this one. I've got two thirds of the way through and I now have about three endings, all entirely different, and I can't decide. I don't even know what genre to put it in. Depends on the ending...
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A Pillock's Castle (2)

Some day my plumber will come.

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1099 of my comments have received 1199 Great Feedback votes

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One of my favourite things is

Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024

One of my favourite things is watching a summer evening turn to dusk. This is so beautiful and will be a lovely thing to turn to when, as today, the summer evening is one of belting rain and clouds!

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Posted in Dusk

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This is such an emotionally

Posted on Sat, 25 May 2024

This is such an emotionally charged but also very sweet story. This is my first reading of it but I know I will return to it. Great response to the IP.

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Posted in Being rather silly

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Ha! I'm a Silver Surfer,

Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024

Ha! I'm a Silver Surfer, apparently. I mean, not Jason Connery, obviously - nice bloke but couldn't act for toffees. I'm not sure Michael Praed could act either but who the hell cared?

Although chronologically I should be Senior Citizen,...

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Posted in Who Is Your Robin Hood?

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Absolutely love this. It's a

Posted on Tue, 21 May 2024

Absolutely love this. It's a completely engrossing stand-alone, and part of me really wants you to develop it, while part of me just likes the way it ends there, with all those possibilities for each reader to imagine for themselves. A really...

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Posted in "Book of All Answers"

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It was depressing hearing

Posted on Fri, 24 May 2024

It was depressing hearing Starmer on the radio this morning, today's lesson in obfuscation starteth here. I'll still vote for them though, partly because my local Labour MP is a good constituency MP, and partly because...yes, Get The Bastards Out...

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Posted in Empty M_______o

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Really interesting story,

Posted on Fri, 24 May 2024

Really interesting story, Paul, with some solid Oppenheimer research. I understand he was tormented later in life by what he had contributed to. Eternal atonement is a terrifying thing to contemplate.

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Posted in The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part Two of Two)

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Such a lovely, witty read, as

Posted on Mon, 13 May 2024

Such a lovely, witty read, as ever. You do realise that now all of ABC Tales have adopted Snezhinka and await an update as a matter of urgency. I sympathise with the bathroom sealant situation - recently had something similar when the carpet in...

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Posted in This Sort of Thing - April 2024 - The Gametophyte Stage

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Tue, 30 Apr 2024

This lovely and thoughtful poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day!

Picture by Jastrow, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia....

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Posted in Scotch Measure (Part One)

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Poem of the Week

Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024

This is our wonderful Poem of the Week! Congratulations!

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Posted in Doubt

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2024

A beautiful poem about a very particular little quest, and it's our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in Wild Side Of April

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