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I have 137 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 689384 times and 203 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1108 of my 4,603 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1211 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

A Pillock's Castle (2)

Some day my plumber will come.
Cherry

A Pillock's Castle

First find your stopcock

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1108 of my comments have received 1211 Great Feedback votes

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Completely splendid. Joan is

Posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2024

Completely splendid. Joan is nothing like my ex mother-in-law but a lot like my old granny's neighbour. And toad-in-the-hole flavoured condoms - oh yes please! (Not for personal use, you understand, just for the sheer exhilaration of knowing they...

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Posted in The Spice of Life

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Here I am, all caught up with

Posted on Thu, 06 Jun 2024

Here I am, all caught up with this, and greatly enjoying. Although I am holding you responsible for the earworm.

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Posted in 7 Cod Dickensian Crap

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Delightful, Turlough. Ah, the

Posted on Thu, 30 May 2024

Delightful, Turlough. Ah, the joys of 1970s cuisine. And being able to get into a gig for a quid! And those gig regrets. I'll never forget a friend who, at age 16, hitch-hiked/blagged his way all the way from Liverpool to the Isle of Wight...

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Posted in Bill or Bob?

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Mon, 27 May 2024

This beautiful poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

Picture free to use from Wikimedia Commons: https://...

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Posted in Dusk

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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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